H-1B visa: Indian IT companies applications rejected on a large scale in the US
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to appoint foreign workers for specialized occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
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According to a study by official data, the US has rejected an application for H-1B visas out of every fifth petition in 2019 for Indian IT companies like TCS and Infosys, compared to US companies. This has been a very high rate of visa application rejection in the US.
Technology companies depend on this visa to hire tens of thousands of employees every year from countries like India and China. However, in 2019, the H-1B visa rejection rate was 21 percent, slightly lower than the 24 percent in 2018.
According to the National Foundation for American Policy, this rate is much higher for IT companies like TCS, Wipro or Infosys in India, while much lower for US companies like Amazon or Google.
Loss to Indian companies
In the Indian IT companies like TCS and Infosys in 2019, the H-1B visa application refusal rates were 31 and 35 per cent respectively while for Wipro and Tech Mahindra it was 47 and 37 per cent. In contrast, the rate of rejecting this visa application for Amazon and Google was just four percent. It was six percent for Microsoft and just three percent for Facebook-Walmart.
Difficulties will increase with the new rule
In the year 2020, the Trump administration can introduce a new H-1B visa regulation bill. With this passage, it will become even more difficult for employers to appoint high-skill foreign nationals in the US. According to the report, new H-1B petitions for the top seven Indian companies declined by 64 percent between FY15 and 2019….
