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[argadorn]

Indian H-1B filings set to drop by 50% this year

[argadorn]

BENGALURU: Immigration experts believe there could be a sharp decline in the number of H-1B petitions filed by Indian IT services companies + this year following the tough environment created by the US administration under president Donald Trump.
H-1B filings for the next fiscal began on April 2, and will conclude when the immigration authority, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), determines that they have received enough applications to meet the upper limit of 65,000 visas that can be issued in a year.

Scott FitzGerald, partner in US immigration firm Fragomen Worldwide, said the general consensus seems to be that filings of H-1B petitions by Indian IT services companies would be down this year, “possibly by as much as 50% compared to the recent years.”

The Trump administration has been gradually increasing the stringency with which it scrutinizes work visa applications. In February, it issued a policy memorandum that allowed its officers to demand more detailed documentation from applicants to determine they have specific assignments in a specialty occupation for the H-1B beneficiary, and for the entire time requested on the petition.

H-1B visa rejection rates, including for renewals, have risen markedly. Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law practice at Cornell Law School, said the number of H-1B petitions that received requests for additional evidence last year increased more than 40% over the previous year. “That trend is likely to continue this year,” he said.

FitzGerald said petitions will be rejected if USCIS deems it to be incomplete if they find missing signatures, missing or incorrect filing fee checks, missing or incorrectly checked boxes. He said these have increased the administrative work for the IT firms and lawyers to audit the checklist for all H-1B filings.

This and the increase in requests for evidence have resulted in higher legal fees, which too discourages Indian companies from filing too many petitions.

“One should expect the same sort of H-1B carnage like last year. No matter how well one responds to the request for evidence or argues the case before the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO), the outcome could still be a preordained denial – as if Trump’s wall is already up,” said Cyrus Mehta, managing attorney and founder of New York-based law firm Cyrus D Mehta & Partners. 

 

Indian IT companies have been the biggest users of the H-1B visa for many years. They use it to send employees in India to the US to service clients there. Trump, however, believes companies do not do enough to find local talent to do the same job, and prefer Indian employees because they are cheaper.

Mehta wondered whether there would be a different and effective strategy for overcoming next year’s H-1B denials, such as suing the USCIS in federal court. “I feel that companies may feel more emboldened to sue to overcome unfair and arbitrary denials,” he said

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Meanwhile, Indian companies are establishing more development centres in the US to tap into local talent. “Their overall dependency on the programme is likely to reduce this year,” said Vikram Shroff, lead of HR law at law firm Nishith Desai Associates.

 

 

 

But FitzGerald wondered if there are enough willing and qualified US workers to take these jobs, especially since they typically require frequent relocation to new client engagements. “If not, will these (Indian) companies look to recruit talent away from more traditional `IT staffing’ firms? Will they instead look to offshore as much of the work as possible to India?”

 

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[machoman]

8 minutes ago, argadorn said:

Indian H-1B filings set to drop by 50% this year

ee sari em ana vache chances unaya usa lo vskune valaki

[argadorn]

40 minutes ago, machoman said:

ee sari em ana vache chances unaya usa lo vskune valaki

masters poragallaki 70 percent ravachu ...

[Maryadaramanna]

India ninchi tagginavanni..H4 vaunties and vuncles cover sesestharu 

[former]

Masters vallaki ki 90% chance ee year.

[JambaKrantu]

max 140k.  Masters vallaki 90% selection chance. But approvals chudali.. Oka 60% approve avutayemo..

[WHAT]

DB EXPERTS :

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[argadorn]

1 minute ago, WHAT said:

DB EXPERTS :

monna evaro annaru... last year cap lo pick ayi deny/withdraw chesukunna numbers ee year cap lo add chestaraaa... public ga em chepparu kani   add chestaru annaru is it true ?

antay one year varaku ah position fill cheyaledha ani usicciiss vadu reverse lo query vesthadu veelaki ....  ala cheyaru man ....

[WHAT]

2 minutes ago, argadorn said:

antay one year varaku ah position fill cheyaledha ani usicciiss vadu reverse lo query vesthadu veelaki ....  ala cheyaru man ....

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[Quickgun_murugan]

On 4/2/2018 at 12:04 PM, argadorn said:

Compared to other nonimmigrant visas, the H-1B may seem easier due to the relatively low eligibility criteria. However, you need to take one thing into account: chance. The main thing that separates the H-1B from other visas is the annual lottery that takes place. Because of the fact that many more people petition for the H-1B than there are slots available, the USCIS randomly selects 85,000 petitions to be sent to processing. Any that are not selected will have their petitions and fees returned to them.

What’s more, the H-1B visa allows foreign workers to be accompanied by their spouse and children (under 21) via the H4 Visa. While the demand for H1B visas was lower last year compared to previous cap seasons, the visa lottery was still necessary as 199,000 visa petitions were received from April 1st to April 7th. If that’s any indication of the demand, then we can expect a lottery again this

some are expecting 200k ...

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[argadorn]

24 minutes ago, Quickgun_murugan said:

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thatha racha epatidhi kadhu ...

[argadorn]

vellu e video edho march lo cheppachu ga ...aplications ayina thaguthayi ga ...laddugallu epudu matladutahy em vastahdhi ....

[Yuvatha]

23 minutes ago, argadorn said:

vellu e video edho march lo cheppachu ga ...aplications ayina thaguthayi ga ...laddugallu epudu matladutahy em vastahdhi ....

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