Must-know updates for international students
Are you looking for news about the H-1B visa? The H-1B is a sought-after work visa for many international graduates in the United States. It allows employers or companies in the United States to recruit international graduates with a particular specialty (or its equivalent) to work in the country. The H-1B visa holder can only work for the sponsoring employer and allows international graduates to work in the United States for 3 years at least.
According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), H-1B specialty occupations can include: Fields like Architecture, engineering, math, physics, social sciences, medicine and health, education, economics, accounting, law, theology and the arts.
The American Immigration Council said research shows that H-1B workers fill in employment gaps many STEM professions. Almost two-thirds of requests for H-1B visa workers are in STEM occupations, but there is also high demand for workers in the healthcare, business, finance and life sciences industries. From FY 2010 to FY 2016, most H-1B receivers were in the New York City metropolitan area, followed by Dallas, Washington, DC, and Boston.
Here is some welcome H-1B Visa news for students: Many tech companies like Amazon and Google are among the H-1B Visa sponsors. Source: Tolga Akmen / AFP
News about the H-1B visa: Tech companies among the top sponsors
Here is some welcome H-1B visa news for international graduates in the US – Tech companies are among the US companies that sponsor the majority of H-1B visas. According to reports, some of the companies that regularly sponsor the visa include:
- Intel
- Amazon
- Microsoft
- Infosys
- Tata advisory services
- Cognizant
- Capgemini
- HCL America
- IBM
Former President Donald Trump’s executive order banning visas expired on March 31, 2021 USCIS data, Amazon received 3,737 initial Visa approvals last year. The number was 1,790; 1,682; 748; and 743 for Microsoft, Google, Apple and Intel. I
It is worth remembering that the US has a lottery system for their H-1B visa and is mandated Upper limit of 65,000.
Approximately 40% of H-1B visa holders switch from the F-1 international student visa. In 2019, USCIS approved 388,403 H-1B petitions with almost 72% of successful applicants comes from India. Around half (54%) have a master’s degree and two thirds (66%) plan to work in IT.
Starting March 9, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will prioritize high earners in the H-1B visa selection system. The aim of the selection process is “to protect the economic interests of US workers and to ensure that the best qualified foreign workers benefit from the temporary employment program”.
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