9-11 Response and Biometric Entry-Exit Fee for H-1B and L-1 Visas

What it does

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending the regulations concerning the 9-11 Response and Biometric Entry-Exit Fee for certain H-1B and L-1 Visas (9-11 Biometric Fee). The regulatory changes correct DHS's interpretation of statutory language to require that covered employers submit the 9-11 Biometric Fee for all extension of status petitions, regardless of whether the related fraud prevention and detection fee applies, which includes extension of status petitions that do not involve a change of employer. The 9-11 Biometric Fee continues to apply unchanged to petitions seeking an initial grant of status. The changes also help DHS comply with its congressional mandate to implement a biometric entry-exit system.

The Homeland Security Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

8 CFR 106

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Homeland Security Department has published 23 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 16 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1651-AB48 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This rule is effective on September 9, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket USCBP-2024-0009 on Regulations.gov
• Title 8 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register