H-1B: More advanced-degree holders selected in this year’s lottery, feds say

[NeneRajuNeneManthri]

Any sources for this info other than this article?

 

More H-1B visa applications for workers with advanced degrees from U.S. colleges and universities were selected in the main lottery for the visa this year compared to last year, federal authorities said Tuesday.

The agency, following President Donald Trump’s “Buy American and Hire American” executive order, tweaked this year’s lottery for 65,000 H-1B visas, saying the change would favor holders of a U.S. master’s degree or higher. An additional 20,000 visas for such applicants are issued under a related process in the lottery, for a total of 85,000 new H-1Bs per year.

Preliminary data show that the share of advanced-degree holder applications selected in the 65,000-visa lottery this year amounted to 63 percent, up from 56 percent last year, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Tuesday.

 

This year’s lottery, which ran at the start of April, drew about 201,000 applications from employers for 85,000 new H-1B visas for fiscal year 2020. Slightly more than half the applications were for candidates with a master’s degree or higher from a U.S. school, Citizenship and Immigration said in a statement.

The agency is “laser-focused” on carrying out Trump’s executive order “to ensure H-1B visas are awarded through a more meritorious selection process,” spokeswoman Jessica Collins said

On top of changing the lottery, the Trump Administration has taken a number of steps as it seeks to fulfill a promise to reform the H-1B. The administration has dramatically increased numbers of H-1B denials and requests for more evidence that a candidate and job qualify for the visa. It has also pledged to remove work authorization from an estimated 90,000 spouses of H-1B workers on track for green cards, but has several times delayed that plan.

The visa is heavily relied upon by major Silicon Valley technology firms who argue for increased H-1B visas they say they need to secure the world’s top talent. Critics point to reported abuses by outsourcing companies, and argue that those firms and their clients  — including major tech companies — use the visa to obtain cheaper foreign labor.

But while bearers of a U.S. master’s degree or higher now have a better shot at being selected in the H-1B lottery, there’s no guarantee they’ll get a visa, and federal authorities have narrowed their interpretation of which degree types qualify a visa candidate for particular jobs, said Fremont immigration lawyer Barbara Wong. In the past, for example, electrical engineering, math and physics degrees were deemed suitable for software-engineering jobs, but that’s no longer the case, Wong said.

 

 

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/16/h-1b-more-advanced-degree-holders-selected-in-this-years-lottery-feds-say/amp/

[tacobell fan]

More ante 20k kanna ekkuva issue chesara?

[ekunadam_enkanna]

Mercury News is a reliable news paper. At least 100K applicants are STEM. So,  63K got picked.

20k from STEM quota.

So, 43K from 65k quota.

 20K is left for everyone else.

[tacobell fan]

1 minute ago, ekunadam_enkanna said:

Mercury News is a reliable news paper. At least 100K applicants are STEM. So,  63K got picked. 20k from STEM quota. So, 43K from STEM. So, 20K is left for everyone else.

under the hood Inka istam vachinattu rules change chestunnaru ga. Without going for congressional approval and amendment they are doing it in the name of Immigration law

[ekunadam_enkanna]

Just now, tacobell fan said:

under the hood Inka istam vachinattu rules change chestunnaru ga. Without going for congressional approval and amendment they are doing it in the name of Immigration law

Hmm, Executive Agencies don't need to go to Congress for changing rules. They are given that leeway. 

[panipoori]

5 minutes ago, ekunadam_enkanna said:

Mercury News is a reliable news paper. At least 100K applicants are STEM. So,  63K got picked.

20k from STEM quota.

So, 43K from 65k quota.

 20K is left for everyone else.

So total 85 K lo 60K masters ee saari

[DrBeta]

K

[tacobell fan]

2 minutes ago, ekunadam_enkanna said:

Hmm, Executive Agencies don't need to go to Congress for changing rules. They are given that leeway. 

They assume they have that flexibility and they made it harder for anyone to argue to points they take action because they are using loopholes in law.

[futureofandhra]

Witch companies ki pedha bokka

[DrBeta]

Just now, futureofandhra said:

Witch companies ki pedha bokka

Good only no? According to AFDB people

[Peddayana]

2 minutes ago, futureofandhra said:

Witch companies ki pedha bokka

you dreaming vuncle , ee year kuda valle biggest beneficiaries avutaru choodu , loss to desi mestries

[SnehamKosam]

15 minutes ago, ekunadam_enkanna said:

Mercury News is a reliable news paper. At least 100K applicants are STEM. So,  63K got picked.

20k from STEM quota.

So, 43K from 65k quota.

 20K is left for everyone else.

Last year 113k were picked in the lottery. Previous year enni petitions approve kakapothe anni petitions next year lottery ki add chestaru. Since many were denied last year too mostly above 100k pick chestaru anukunta 

[Peddayana]

19 minutes ago, ekunadam_enkanna said:

Mercury News is a reliable news paper. At least 100K applicants are STEM. So,  63K got picked.

20k from STEM quota.

So, 43K from 65k quota.

 20K is left for everyone else.

we want all 85k for masters ani db yuvatha telling

[ekunadam_enkanna]

Just now, SnehamKosam said:

Last year 113k were picked in the lottery. Previous year enni petitions approve kakapothe anni petitions next year lottery ki add chestaru. Since many were denied last year too mostly above 100k pick chestaru anukunta 

you are probably right. Kaani, last year quota enni petitions denied anedhi, data ledu. I just see 40K from FY 2019 (thanks to h1 data hub).

Lets estimate: 110K STEM petitioners, 90K regular petitioners

63% * 110K = 69K  Remove 20K from master quota. So, 49K from regular quota

Regular Cap  = 65K - (6800 for chile and singapore) + 20k (unused petitions from 2018 April) = 80K

80k - 49k = 31 k picked from everyone else (31/90 = 33% )

 

 

[LastManStanding]

22 minutes ago, panipoori said:

So total 85 K lo 60K masters ee saari

Nice!