The US on Monday proposed a USD 1,03,265 fee for all H1-B visa cap-subject applications, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption, the Department of Homeland Security said.The new proposal from the DHS came a month after a federal appeals court rejected a plea to stay a district judge’s order overturning the Trump administration plan to charge a USD 1,00,000 fee for H1-B visa applications.The order will affect the Indians.”…DHS proposes to implement the USD 1,03,265 amount as a separate, additional H-1B fee rather than combining it with the existing H-1B petition fee,” according to a notice published in the Federal Register.It said the fee would apply only to H-1B cap-subject petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption, but not to cap-exempt filings.The proposed fee is specifically to recover the interagency costs described in this rule and having a standalone fee is intended to facilitate tracking, allocation, and reporting of the associated revenue, the DHS said.For these reasons, DHS proposes to implement the USD 1,03,265 amount as a separate, additional H-1B fee rather than combining it with the existing H-1B petition fee, the notice said.”Same number. New wrapper. Same playbook. Throw enough things at the wall to restrict legal immigration and eventually something might stick (this won’t),” said Emily Neumann, a US-based immigration attorney.The US Congress set the current annual regular cap for the H-1B category at 65,000, commonly known as the “regular cap”. It also set aside 20,000 additional H1-B visas for workers who hold a master’s degree or higher from a US college, commonly called the Master’s cap.