{"id":984768,"date":"2026-01-12T08:43:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=984768"},"modified":"2026-01-12T08:43:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:13:47","slug":"us-hikes-premium-processing-fees-for-h-1b-visa-e-1-e-2-and-other-categories-check-new-fees-implementation-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/01\/12\/us-hikes-premium-processing-fees-for-h-1b-visa-e-1-e-2-and-other-categories-check-new-fees-implementation-date\/","title":{"rendered":"US hikes premium processing fees for H-1B visa, E-1, E-2 and other categories \u2014 Check new fees, implementation date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced an increase in premium processing fees for several visas, including the H-1B visa. The hike will apply only to applicants who opt for faster processing, while the standard visa filing fee remains unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>According to USCIS, the changes will take effect on 1 March, 2026. It will affect key employment-based and non-immigrant filings which are widely used by foreign professionals, including Indian nationals working or studying in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced an increase in premium processing fees for several visas, including the H-1B visa. The hike will apply only to applicants who opt for faster processing, while the standard visa filing fee remains unchanged. According to USCIS, the changes will take effect on 1 March, 2026. It will affect key employment-based and non-immigrant filings which are widely used by foreign professionals, including Indian nationals working or studying in the United States.<\/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":[57,13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-984768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bpo-live-mint","category-live-mint","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984768","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=984768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=984768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=984768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=984768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}