Re: H1-B fees with employee personal checks? (to be reimbursed by employer)

NA wrote on 04/08/06 14:04:

Thanks for your replies. The employer *will* pay all the fees, they are
in no way looking for ways around this. The problem is with the company
policy that asks employees to pay their expenses, and then be reimbursed
(same goes for travel, for example - they reimburse travel expenses the
employee has already covered). So, they want me to write the checks to
accompany the H1-B application, and then they will issue checks for the
same amount to me later. I don't know why they want to do it this way, I
suppose it is some kind of administrative formality. There are two fees:
a $500 one and a $190 one - can I pay those myself, given that I will be
reimbursed?


The thing is, these are not your expenses. These are company expenses. They are
filing the application, they are signing the form.
This is completely different from stuff like travel expenses. It is more like
providing chair and desk for your office. You don't go out and buy that, the
company buys it.
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