Increased verification of compliance on H-1B employers by the USCIS Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS)
USCIS is giving heightened scrutiny to H1B applications, with a greater role for the Fraud Detection and National Security division (FDNS).
In 2005 Congress imposed a $500 Fraud Prevention and Detection Fee that H1B and L visa applicants must pay when seeking their initial visas.