Leanne,

Here is information from Texas.

Steve

Stephen A. Schulze ‘86

Chief Human Resources Officer

and Director of Special Projects

Texas A&M AgriLife

979-845-2423

From: Extension Service Personnel Officers in the Southern Region [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Leanne Fuller
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 5:52 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Payment Policy of Visa (H1-b and LPR) holders

Colleagues,

Hope you all are doing well.  I have an inquiry as to what your policies and/or guidelines are in relation to covering the costs associated with H1-b visa applications or transfers and ultimately green cards.  As a college and experiment station, we have always paid the labor portion of the filing fee for H1-b which is running us about $825 per filing.  The green card is costing approximately $1800 for the required amount.  We have also been limited by our Payment and Procurement Office to paying for anything above the required amounts with state funds (which on our campus is interpreted as ALL accounts except gift accounts).

I am interested in seeing what each of you do in regards to what you commit to pay for visa filings, whether it is faculty or staff.  If you have separate practices/policies for faculty and staff, please let me know that also. 

Any information you could share information on this topic would be greatly appreciated.  I hope it will get us to the development of a policy.

Thanks a lot, Leanne