{"id":985814,"date":"2026-01-16T11:15:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=985814"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:15:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:45:56","slug":"h-1b-visa-will-100000-fee-apply-on-re-entry-if-youve-been-laid-off-and-are-outside-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/01\/16\/h-1b-visa-will-100000-fee-apply-on-re-entry-if-youve-been-laid-off-and-are-outside-us\/","title":{"rendered":"H-1B visa: Will $100,000 fee apply on re-entry if you\u2019ve been laid off and are outside US?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>H-1B visa: Since its launch, the hefty $100,000 fee for an H-1B visa has triggered confusion for many. But a Reddit user had a typical query: \u201cMy H1-B was approved in 2024. I came to the US in January 2025, but was unfortunately laid off in August 2025. I travelled back to India and now have another job offer, starting from January 2026. Will the $100,000 fees apply in this case?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We asked an immigration attorney, ChatGPT and Gemini for suggestions. Before delving into them, let&#8217;s first understand where the H-1B visa fee applies (exemptions):<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>H-1B visa: Since its launch, the hefty $100,000 fee for an H-1B visa has triggered confusion for many. But a Reddit user had a typical query: \u201cMy H1-B was approved in 2024. I came to the US in January 2025, but was unfortunately laid off in August 2025. I travelled back to India and now have another job offer, starting from January 2026. Will the $100,000 fees apply in this case?\u201d We asked an immigration attorney, ChatGPT and Gemini for suggestions. Before delving into them, let&#8217;s first understand where the H-1B visa fee applies (exemptions):<\/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-985814","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\/985814","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=985814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=985814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=985814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=985814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}