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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released data from the previous four fiscal years on H-1B adjudications, including H-1B approval rates, the percentage of cases receiving requests for evidence (RFEs) and the most common reasons RFEs were issued.
Key facts and figures:
BAL Analysis: The statistics confirm that the agency has taken a harder line on H-1B petitions since President Trump issued the “Buy American and Hire American” Executive Order. Employers should prepare for the upcoming H-1B cap season knowing that RFEs are being issued with greater frequency and denials are also increasing. The data also show that for H-1B adjudications USCIS completed within fiscal 2018, tech employers enjoyed higher approval rates than IT consulting companies.
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