{"id":1263,"date":"2022-01-17T15:31:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T15:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.h1btransfersusa.com\/blog\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2022-01-17T15:31:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T15:31:34","slug":"h-1b-denial-rates-for-new-application-drops-to-4-in-fiscal-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.h1btransfersusa.com\/blog\/h-1b-denial-rates-for-new-application-drops-to-4-in-fiscal-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"H-1B denial rates for new application drops to 4% in fiscal 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The H-1B denial rates<\/strong> for new applications (petitions) for initial employment during fiscal 2021<\/strong> (year ended September 30, 2021) has dipped to 4 percent<\/strong>, this is significantly lower than the denial rate of 13% in fiscal 2020<\/strong>. The denial rates in earlier years were much higher – at 24% <\/strong>in fiscal 2018 and 21 percent<\/strong> in fiscal 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are the new finding of the National Foundation for American Policy <\/strong>(NFAP), a policy research association based in Arlington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4% denial rate in fiscal 2021 for new H-1B petitions<\/strong> was similar to the rate before Trump took office. Which means the Trump years<\/strong> were an aberration due to imposing restrictive policies<\/strong>. That courts found to be unlawful,\u201d said Stuart Anderson, executive director, NFAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H-1B petitions for ‘initial’ employment are primarily for new beneficiaries<\/strong>. (Potential employees who are being sponsored for the visa) and typically count against the H-1B cap <\/strong>yearly quota of 85,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The increase in H-1B denials <\/strong>started in Donald Trump’s first year in office (2017). And the decrease in the denial rate began in his last year (2020), affecting the fourth quarter<\/strong> of fiscal 2020 and later 2021<\/strong>. The effect of favorable court decisions against different restrictive policies. Imposed by the Trump government<\/strong> became evident in the final months of his presidency, cites the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H-1B is the most popular visa for skilled employees<\/strong>, a significant number of the yearly quota is allotted to Indian beneficiaries<\/strong>. Particularly those in the information technology area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H-1B Denial Rates For New Applications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During fiscal 2021, Amazon had the most approved H-1B petitions <\/strong>for initial employment with 6,182 approvals<\/strong>. This was followed by Infosys with 5,256 approvals. Next were TCS (3,063), Wipro NSE – 6.02 % (2,121) Cognizant (1,481), Google<\/strong> (1,453), IBM (1,402), HCL America (1,299) and Microsoft (1,240).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NFAP’s review brings up that around 18,000 <\/strong>more petitions were approved for initial employment in fiscal 2021 <\/strong>compared to fiscal 2020. Possibly due to the delays in processing during 2020 owing to the pandemic and also higher denial rates<\/strong>. As indicated by NFAP, another caveat to the fiscal 2021 numbers is that, as per lawyers. In the earlier two years<\/strong> USCIS held or delayed H-1B applications<\/strong> for many information technology services companies. Which would have inflated the number of approved H-1B petitions for those companies in the subsequent fiscal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The denial rate for H-1B petitions for continuing employment (visa renewals<\/strong>) was 2% in fiscal 2021, as opposed to 7% <\/strong>in 2020. The review brings up that this level of 7% was achieved. Owing to favorable court decisions and legal settlements<\/strong> in the fourth quarter of this year. In fiscal 2018, for example, the denial rate for continuing employment <\/strong>was as high as 12 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4% Denial rate in Fiscal 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Much of the increase in H-1B denial rates for continuing employment during the Trump government was due to an October 2017<\/strong> policy memo. That instructed USCIS officials to no longer give deference to the finding of a previously approved petition. Many extensions of H-1B status<\/strong> were reviewed under a new. More restrictive standard based on policies that judges later determined to be unlawful<\/strong>. Employers and lawyers have credited USCIS Director Ur Jaddou and the Biden government <\/strong>for rescinding this October 2017 memo, states the review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[The Number Workers with H-1B Visas Have Dropped<\/span><\/a>]<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The top employers of approved H-1B petitions in fiscal 2021 <\/strong>were also among the fastest-growing employers of US workers<\/strong>. Giving clear evidence that companies that employ H-1B visa holders<\/strong>. Also seek out and employ local American workers in significant numbers. The data on the significant recruiting of US workers by employers of H-1B professionals<\/strong>. It shows the fallacies of the zero-sum argument about high-skilled foreign nationals<\/strong> \u2018taking\u2019 American jobs<\/strong>. Especially since economists have found hiring high-skilled personnel complements other high-skilled jobs. As well as other types of employment at a company and in the economy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study adds that: As of December 6, 2021<\/strong>, there were more than 1.5 million job opportunity postings in computer occupations in the US. And only about 56,000<\/strong> new H-1B petitions every year are used by employers and H-1B employees<\/strong> in computer jobs, as per USCIS information. That implies even if one incorrectly assumes there are a fixed number of jobs. There are close to 30 times more available jobs in computer occupations<\/strong>. Than H-1B visa holders who fill such positions every year. At US colleges, just around 25%<\/strong> of the full-time graduate students in electrical engineering and computer and information sciences are US students<\/strong>. These statistics indicate the need for hiring H-1B workers<\/strong> to fill the gap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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