International Students and Scholars Office

Required Documents and Fees

Required From the Hiring Department

Required Fees

Departments may request checks through Brandeis Accounts Payable. Please see more guidelines on the School of Arts and Sciences website.

  • Filing Fee: $460
  • H-1B Anti-Fraud Fee: $500 (Fee not required for H-1B visa extensions)
  • Premium Processing Fee: $2,805 (Please contact us to understand if this petition should be submitted with the premium processing service. You may contact us at scholars@brandeis.edu.
  • All checks should be made payable to "Department of Homeland Security." The address on the checks should be:

Premium Processing Service
USCIS
Attn: Premium I-129 H-1B (Box 4204)
2500 Westfield Drive
Elgin, IL 60124-7836

Note: Please ask Account Payable to send all the checks to the ISSO. Do not send them directly to USCIS, as USCIS will not consider an H-1B petition complete unless the checks are filed with it.

Effective September 1, 2025, all USCIS filing fees for H-1B petitions must be paid by credit card. The ISSO will make these payments and subsequently charge the respective department. To facilitate this, the ISSO will request that the department complete the Authorization for Filing Fees Transactions form to provide the appropriate charge line. If you have any questions, please email scholars@brandeis.edu.