H1B Cap Exempt Filing Fees

I found this online after a lot of searches so I thought wise to blog it here. Below are the filing fees for regular non-exempt H1B with a side note on whether it is applicable to camp exempt H1B. Also the below filing fees are for petitions filed from inside the US. Petitions from abroad might have to pay some additional fees.

Base Filing Fee : The standard H-1B filing fee is $320 for the 1-129 petition. This applies to both cap/non-cap exempt H1B petitions

ACWIA (Training) Fee : The employer must pay a fee of $1,500 towards a training fee meant to fund the training of U.S. workers. This fees DOES NOT apply to cap exempt H1B petitions. But if the employer has less than 25 full-time employees, they must pay only one-half of the required fee which is $750 [see Section §214(c)(9) of the Immigration & Nationality Act].

The training fee is paid one time to initially grant the H-1B petition and to extend H-1B status. But if this is the second or subsequent extension with the same employer, then the training fee is not required.
The following are exempt from the training fee: primary or secondary educational institutions, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations related to or affiliated with any institutions of higher education, a nonprofit organization that engages in established curriculum-related clinical training of students registered at any institutions of higher education, nonprofit research organizations or a governmental research organizations [see Section 214(c)(9)(A) of the Immigration & Nationality Act and 8 C.F.R. §2l4.2(h)(19)(iii)-(iv).

Fraud Fee : A $500 fraud prevention and detection fee is required for the initial H-1B petition or to switch employers. The fraud fee is not required for extensions with the same employer. This fees must be paid with both exempt and non-exempt H1B petitions.

Premium Processing : Optional fees to expedite the H1B processing. Decisions are made within 15 business days. This applies to both exempt and non-exempt H1B petitions if premium processing is desired.

References:

http://web.mit.edu/scholars/administrators/h1b/antifraudfee.html
http://thevisabulletin.com/2008/h-1b-filing-fees-overview-and-questions/