H-1B Employer Data Hub

[protomyth]

I like that they have the raw data at https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-studies/h-1b-employer-da...

[minimaxir]

Why is the file size of the 2018 data much smaller compared to the other full years? Are there that many fewer H-1Bs?

[disgruntledphd2]

I like the documentation even more, to be honest :)

[hammock]

Some initial analysis-

Of the top 20 employers, the average approval rate was 76%. Most of the employers are outsourcing subcontractors or accounting firms. But there were five employers in the top 20 with 90%+ approval rates: Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple.

[acolytic]

Just to add some context to this since I was a bit confused. The H-1B goes through the lottery to see which applications get seen by immigration. This seems to be the approval rates of the H-1B after the lottery which makes sense. The FAANG applications are probably mostly legit. 90% acceptance rate for an H-1B before lottery though seemed a little high :)

[tyingq]

Some companies have more initial denials than approvals. For 2019, DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP, Initial Approvals: 298, Initial Denials: 564

[devoply]

And it's a question as to whether any of these FAANG companies actually need to hire any H1Bs considering how much money they have. How many well paying jobs are they exporting for no good reason other than they want to keep more money.

[maerF0x0]

Also related: https://h1bdata.info/index.php

[raincom]

This site just gives LCA data. For every H1-B and employment based I-140, companies need to submit LCAs. But no data on "initial/continuing approval/denial".

[yalogin]

Cannot wait for all the correlations and conclusions drawn from this data. I can see people from sides of the spectrum looking into this data to understand and make cases.

[anonu]

Maybe this can help someone:

There is a total of 85,000 new H-1B visa numbers released each US Fiscal Year, with the FY2020 beginning as of October 1, 2019.

Out of 85,000 new H-1B visa numbers, 20,000 are set aside for individuals that graduated with a Masters or equivalent (or higher) degree here in the U.S., provided the university wasn’t a for-profit entity.

There is high demand for new numbers and USCIS typically receives 190K+ cases the first week of the season (ie: April 1, 2019). Thus, each year USCIS conducts a lottery to decide which of the cases will be processed .

The H-1B Cap lottery first step is to decide which cases will be selected for the regular 65,000 numbers - then the lottery for the 20,000 US Advanced Degree H-1B cap being conducted after.

[imbusy111]

Looks like Tata Consultancy went down in 2018 substantially and is coming back up again in 2019.

[shiftpgdn]

Tata/Infosys executives and their ilk all belong in prison with their company assets seized and redistributed.

There is a place for an H1B program. The effectively indentured servitude program as it exists today has no place in America.

[the_economist]

Approval rates have taken a serious hit: https://twitter.com/typesfaster/status/1112836630589534208

[dccoolgai]

Looks like they actually started doing their job at some point.

[agrothberg]

Does www.uscis.gov host employee level data along the lines of what sites like h1bdata.info offer?

[demodddd]

I dont see the name of my company in this list published. What does that mean?

[demodddd]

I dont see the name of my company in this list

[Sebguer]

Either you're not actually typing your company's legal name, or you're adding a filter that's incorrect. Try removing everything except company name- and reduce to one word if possible. Alternatively, it's possible your company has no H1-Bs.

[dang]

Please don't do this here.

[zavi]

No

[copperx]

What do you mean by 'wasted'?

[dudul]

How do you think that green cards are wasted?