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No. It was changed for FY 2020. Before that you had to pay in full beforehand with a complete petition and get refunded if you don't get selected. It was quite

No. It was changed for FY 2020. Before that you had to pay in full beforehand with a complete petition and get refunded if you don't get selected. It was quite effective at weeding out non-serious job offers. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/08/2019-24292/registration-fee-requirement-for-petitioners-seeking-to-file-h-1b-petitions-on-behalf-of-cap-subject https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/08/2019-24...

bubblethink 3y ago
From what you linked, it looks like it was free earlier, and it became $10. "Moreover, the nominal fee would assist DHS in recovering the cost of administering the electronic registration process. "
- junar 3y ago
  Parent comment is correct: They are talking about the "filing fee", which had always existed, and should not be confused with the $10 registration fee. The situation pre-2020 was that it was more difficult to enter the H-1B lottery compared to now, because the employer had to prepare all the paper forms and write checks for at least several hundred dollars. Now, they can enter a trivial amount of information online and pay a trivial fee, and they only have to do the full filing for employees actually selected. Here is another article describing the pre-2020 situation: https://web.archive.org/web/20221129013748/https://hackinglawpractice.com/faqs/what-is-the-h-1b-visa-lottery-and-how-does-it-work/ https://web.archive.org/web/20221129013748/https://hackingla... Also, a comment in the DHS final rule pretty much says the same thing as the parent comment: > One commenter asked how the nominal fee will prevent large outsourcing companies from gaming the H–1B system, when their revenue is in the billions. A professional association stated that the addition of a $10 registration fee will not sufficiently deter speculative and/or fraudulent filings. Another commenter noted that requiring employers to pay a more substantial fee may protect employees from predatory employers and that we should include a provision barring employers from passing the fee on to their employees or garnishing it from their wages.

bubblethink 3y ago

From what you linked, it looks like it was free earlier, and it became $10. "Moreover, the nominal fee would assist DHS in recovering the cost of administering the electronic registration process. "

junar 3y ago
Parent comment is correct: They are talking about the "filing fee", which had always existed, and should not be confused with the $10 registration fee. The situation pre-2020 was that it was more difficult to enter the H-1B lottery compared to now, because the employer had to prepare all the paper forms and write checks for at least several hundred dollars. Now, they can enter a trivial amount of information online and pay a trivial fee, and they only have to do the full filing for employees actually selected. Here is another article describing the pre-2020 situation: https://web.archive.org/web/20221129013748/https://hackinglawpractice.com/faqs/what-is-the-h-1b-visa-lottery-and-how-does-it-work/ https://web.archive.org/web/20221129013748/https://hackingla... Also, a comment in the DHS final rule pretty much says the same thing as the parent comment: > One commenter asked how the nominal fee will prevent large outsourcing companies from gaming the H–1B system, when their revenue is in the billions. A professional association stated that the addition of a $10 registration fee will not sufficiently deter speculative and/or fraudulent filings. Another commenter noted that requiring employers to pay a more substantial fee may protect employees from predatory employers and that we should include a provision barring employers from passing the fee on to their employees or garnishing it from their wages.