International Students and Scholars Office

Required Documents and Fees

Required From the Hiring Department

• Letter of Support: Please print on department letterhead (see sample support letter - pdf)

• Actual Wage Form (see fillable sample - pdf)

• I-129 Export Control Compliance Certification (see fillable sample - pdf)

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.