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        <title>H.R. 3648, A bill to impose additional fees with respect to immigration services for intracompany transferees</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to an employer of L-visa (intracompany transfer) nonimmigrant aliens to direct: (1) the Secretary of State to impose a $1,500 fee on an employer when an alien files a visa application abroad authorizing initial U.S. admission under a blanket petition; and (2) the Secretary of Homeland Security to impose a $1,500 fee on an employer filing a petition initially to grant an alien L-visa status or to extend for the first time the stay of an L-visa alien.</p> <p>States that: (1) such fee shall apply to the principal alien and not to an accompanying spouse or child; and (2) an employer may not require fee reimbursement from an L-visa alien.</p>]]></text>
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