Who Are The Top Users of H-1B Visas?

The H-1B visa is among the most popular avenues through which U.S. companies employ foreign nationals. H-1B visa issuance depends primarily on two factors: 1) at US. employer offering at market wage a position in a “specialty occupation” – most often defined as a position that typically requires the worker to have attained a university degree, o katumbas, related to the position at issue and 2) the foreign national having the requisite university degree or equivalent.

Sa nakaraang taon, Estados Unidos. employers have filed around 200,000 H-1B visa petitions with U.S. Kagawaran ng Homeland Security / Citizenship at Immigration Serbisyo (CIS) annually. With a yearly supply of only 85,000 H-1B visas available (not including “cap exempt” H-1B petitioners) the competition is fierce, and employers are prohibited from filing multiple petitions for the same worker in hopes of increasing odds of being picked.

Sa nakaraang linggo, CIS released interesting and revealing data with regard to users of the H-1B visa program, in terms of which companies are the most frequent filers, the national origin of petitioned workers and salary levels offered.

The companies with the most approved H-1B petitions for fiscal years 2015 at 2016 are three major information technology companies: Cognizant Technology Solutions, Infosys at Tata Consultancy Services. Cognizant obtained 15,500 approvals for 2015 at 21,400 sa 2016. Infosys obtained more than 7,900 approvals in 2015 at higit sa 12,700 sa 2016. Tata obtained more than 7,900 approvals in 2015 at higit sa 11,200 sa 2016. para sa,,en,pag-aasawa batay aplikante LGBT,,en,pindutin dito,,en 2016, other major H-1B petitioners included Microsoft Corp. na may higit sa 3,500 approved petitions, at Google Inc. na may higit sa 2,500 approved petitions. As far as salaries are concerned, the vast majority of H-1B workers approved for visas were offered an annual wage of at least $50,000, na may higit sa 60% being offered a salary of over $75,000 kada taon. The country sending the most H-1B workers to the U.S. continues to be India, especially in the IT professions. In terms of adjudication trends, the Trump Administration, pursuant to its “Buy American and Hire American” executive order, is applying stricter scrutiny to all H-1B visa petitions and working toward a goal, via various regulatory initiatives, to ensure H-1B visas are given to the “most skilled or highest-paid” workers.

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