To: Accounting Services
From: ______
(Department or School Name)
Re: Government-imposed Fraud Prevention and Detection Fee
Date: ______
The “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (H.R. 4818) requires a fee for H-1B immigration status applicants beginning on March 8, 2005. Section 26 of the Act reads:
“Adds to INA Section 214© a new $500.00 fraud fee. Such fee will be in
addition to other fees and will apply to employers filing either an initial
petition for an H-lB or for a change of status petition.”
The employing department at the university is required to pay the $500.00 fee for this applicant.
Name of applicant: ______
Account # ______
(The department making the hiring decision will be responsible to fund payment of the $500. The only restrictions on types of funds to be used would be related to contract/grant funds. The fee could only be paid if the contract/grant allowed such expenditure and the individual is physically expending effort on and benefiting the project. Any fee to be paid from a grant/contract account is to be paid in proportion to the level of effort proposed and supported by the grant/contract for that specific individual (i.e. if personnel are paid 50% time from the grant/contract, then only 50% of the fee may be charged to the account).
Check should be sent to our requesting department, but made payable to:
HOMELAND SECURITY.
24000 Avila Road, Room 2312
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677*
Notes to the Department:
· Prior to sending the check to OIE, please note the applicant’s name on the check.
· This anti-fraud fee is in addition to the application fee of $325.00
· Please forward the check to:
o ISSIS, OIE, 1324 South Lumpkin St.,
o Attention: International Scholar Advisor
o Athens, GA, 30602
*Check must be received in OIE before the H-1B application can be sent to Homeland Security. Any checks sent directly to Homeland Security will be considered lost and will have to be re-issued.