ask2009 Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 I've read in this forum that it is illegal for companies to ask the H1B candidates to pay the H1B and premium processing fees. Is that true? Should the company bear the full expenses? Also, in case of any complaint against the employer or auditing, will the candidate get in trouble since he/she has paid the H1B fees? Please reply. Thanks. Link to comment
JoeF Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Some fees, like premium processing fees, can be paid by the employee. Some fees absolutely have to get paid by the employer. A good employer would pay all the fees. Link to comment
Attorney_22 Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 You may find the following link helpful regarding H1B fees: http://www.murthy.com/2011/06/27/h1b-faqs/. Link to comment
chtummala Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 hmm do you have a valid proof that they asked you to pay your h1b fees .. and do you have a valid proof that you paid from your pocket .. Link to comment
JoeF Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 hmm do you have a valid proof that they asked you to pay your h1b fees .. and do you have a valid proof that you paid from your pocket .. Checks, or cash receipts... If you hand out cash without a receipt, well... in such a case, where can I get some money from you... Link to comment
krv99 Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 you can also get in trouble as you paid the fees...just as employer not paying h1 fees is crime so is employee paying the fees is..you should have done some research before doing all this Link to comment
chtummala Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Checks, or cash receipts... If you hand out cash without a receipt, well... in such a case, where can I get some money from you... hmm i just want to make sure how his employer asked him to pay .. most of employers slash employee pay rate ..and use those money to pay fee .. Link to comment
catx Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Most of employers slash employee pay rate ... and use those money to pay fee ... That is both illegal and unscrupulous -- in a word, criminal. Employers who do this types of things should be reported to the Department of Labor immediately. It astounds me that people tolerate these business practices. No regular employee in North America would put up with them. Further, it is these type of business practices that are contributing to the increased difficulties with H-1B visas, which may only get worse with the proposed new DoL rules regarding LCAs, and some other potential legislation. They hurt everybody. Link to comment
JoeF Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 hmm i just want to make sure how his employer asked him to pay .. most of employers slash employee pay rate ..and use those money to pay fee .. That would be illegal. And there would be a papertrail in this case. That was my point. As long as there is a papertrail, it can be shown who paid for the fees. Link to comment
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