Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to an employer of L-visa (intracompany transfer) nonimmigrant aliens to direct: (1) the Secretary of State to impose a $1,500 fee on an employer when an alien files a visa application abroad authorizing initial U.S. admission under a blanket petition; and (2) the Secretary of Homeland Security to impose a $1,500 fee on an employer filing a petition initially to grant an alien L-visa status or to extend for the first time the stay of an L-visa alien.
States that: (1) such fee shall apply to the principal alien and not to an accompanying spouse or child; and (2) an employer may not require fee reimbursement from an L-visa alien.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 6.
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