The $100,000 H-1B Fee Was Just Vacated: How Immigration Firms Should Handle Refunds, Re-Billing, and Client Trust Adjustments

A federal court vacated the $100,000 H-1B fee as an unlawful tax, and the First Circuit declined to block it. Here is the operational playbook immigration firms need to handle refunds, re-billing, and client trust adjustments across every affected matter without risking a compliance violation.