L Visa Services and Fees

L-1 A CLASSIFICATIONS

The fee schedule for L-1A classification (fees are payable by personal or corporate checks) is as follows:   

  Fee Type Amount
1. Legal fees:
(Payable to Our Office at the commencement of the case)
 
  Regular processing

$3,400

 

For start-up companies or opening a new office in the USA

$4,200

 

2.

Filing fees: to USCIS ( personal or corporate checks, BOTH payable to "Department of Homeland Security.")

 

  Regular Processing   

$1,385

  For small employers and nonprofits $695
  Premium Processing:   

Additional $2,805 

3. Asylum Fee: to USCIS
 
 

 

For a company with 26 or more employees

$600

  For a company with 25 or less employees $300
  For non-profit companies $0

4.

Federal Express Expenses: approx.

$100

5. 

Fraud Prevention and Detection fee (personal or corporate check ) made payable to the "Department of Homeland Security.

This fee will be applicable to:
a) All initial L-1A petitions;
b) Transfers from one employer to another; and
c) Change of Status to L-1A

 

$500

 

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L-1B CLASSIFICATIONS

The fee schedule for L-1B classification (fees are payable by personal or corporate checks) is as follows: 

Note 1:  If the L-1B is likely to be complicated, we may charge higher amounts for legal fees
Note 2:  We charge the same fees for new cases and extensions

AND

3.     IF YOU ARE A COMPANY WITH 50 OR MORE EMPLOYEES AND MORE THAN 50% OF YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE IN H-1 OR L-1/L-2 STATUS: A CHECK FOR $4,500.00 (CORPORATE CHECK ONLY) MADE PAYABLE TO THE “Department Of Homeland Security.”  

Fee Type Amount
Legal fees (for our Office), payable at the commencement of the case,
(
Both by personal or corporate checks payable to "Department of Homeland Security")
 
Regular Processing $3,600
For start-up companies or a new office in the USA $4,200
Filing fees (to the USCIS, Form I-129) :    
Regular Processing $1,385
For small employers and nonprofits $695
Premium Processing Additional $2,805

Asylum Fee: to USCIS

 
For a company with 26 or more employees $600
For a company with 25 or less employees $300
For non-profit companies $0
Fraud Prevention and Detection fee (personal or corporate check ) made payable to the "Department of Homeland Security. $500
Federal Expenses appx. $100

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Blanket L-1 CLASSIFICATIONS

The fee schedule for Blanket L-1 classification (fees are payable by personal or corporate checks) is as follows: 

Fee Type Amount

Legal Fee (for our Office)

$2,400

Filing Fee ( to the USCIS)

 

Regular Processing $1,385
For small employers and nonprofits $695

Fraud Prevention and Detection fee

$500

Premium processing fee

Additonal $2,805 

 

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L-2 CLASSIFICATIONS

The fee schedule for L-2 classification (fees are payable by personal or corporate checks) is as follows: 

Fee Type Amount

Legal fees (for our Office), payable at the commencement of the case:

 
For an independent L-2 $800
For L-2 application filed with an L-1 application $300
Filing fees (to the USCIS, Form I-539) appx. $470
Fedex $70

Note 1:
On Dec. 18, 2015, President Obama signed into law Public Law 114-113, which contains provisions to increase certain L-1 petition fees with immediate effect for cases postmarked on or after Dec. 18, 2015, and it will remain in effect through Sept. 30, 2027.  These additional fees apply to petitioners who employ 50 or more employees in the United States with more than 50 percent of its employees in the United States in H-1B or L (including L-1A, L-1B) nonimmigrant status.  Petitioners meeting the following criteria must submit the additional fee of $4,500.00 with their L-1 petitions:
- All initial L-1 petitions; or
- Transfers from one employer to another

Note 2:
If the case is likely to be complicated, we may charge higher amounts for legal fees.
For governmental Requests For Evidence (RFEs), we charge extra based upon the complexity of the issue(s).

 

 

Nonimmigrant Visas

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