Low Demand for Jobs = Higher Chance for H-1B Applicants

CNNfn.com has an interesting article on the H-1B visas demand for this April’s H-1B quota.   The article cites the weak economy, the H-1B restrictions imposed recently on TARP recipients and the bankruptcy of Satyam Computer Services (which filed ~2,000 H-1Bs in 2008) as one of the reasons that the H-1B demand will be weakest in years.  The article suggests that it may take several weeks to fill the entire H-1B quota this April (as opposed to a few days over the past years).

We do not have good estimates that the H-1B demand will be less than the 65,000 (plus additional 20,000)  and as a result there will not be a lottery to distribute the available visa.  However, we do agree wholeheartedly with the article that the H-1B demand this April is likely to be the weakest it has been in many years.

By | Last Updated: January 1st, 2010| Categories: H-1B, News|

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Dimo Michailov
Dimo has over 15 years of experience in US immigration including employment-based immigration benefits, corporate compliance and family based immigration. He represents corporate and individual clients in a wide range of cross-border immigration matters including mobility of key foreign executives and managers, specialized knowledge workers, and foreign nationals with extraordinary ability.

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