{"id":1028115,"date":"2026-08-11T11:56:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1028115"},"modified":"2026-08-11T11:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:26:33","slug":"us-hikes-h-1b-l-1-visa-extension-fee-how-will-it-impact-indian-professionals-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/08\/11\/us-hikes-h-1b-l-1-visa-extension-fee-how-will-it-impact-indian-professionals-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"US hikes H-1B, L-1 visa extension fee &#8211; How will it impact Indian professionals? Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US has broadened the scope of current H-1B and L-1 visa fees to encompass extension petitions submitted by specific employers, even if foreign professionals remain employed by the same organization.<\/p>\n<p>According to a final rule released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), affected employers will be required to pay $4,000 for each eligible H-1B petition and $4,500 for each eligible L-1 petition. This rule is set to come into effect on 9 September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US has broadened the scope of current H-1B and L-1 visa fees to encompass extension petitions submitted by specific employers, even if foreign professionals remain employed by the same organization. According to a final rule released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), affected employers will be required to pay $4,000 for each eligible H-1B petition and $4,500 for each eligible L-1 petition. This rule is set to come into effect on 9 September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,15,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bpo-hindustantimes","category-hindustantimes","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1028115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1028116,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028115\/revisions\/1028116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1028115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1028115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1028115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}