By CNBC-TV18 Oct 30, 2019 9:54:15 AM IST (Published)
The United States has rejected nearly a quarter of all fresh H-1B visa applications, reported The Economic Times, citing an analysis by a US body. The Donald Trump-led administration rejected a fourth of all applications submitted between October 2018 and June 2019.
The United States has rejected nearly a quarter of all fresh H-1B visa applications, reported The Economic Times, citing an analysis by a US body. The Donald Trump-led administration rejected a fourth of all applications submitted between October 2018 and June 2019.
The rejection rate represents a three-fold jump in when compared to 2015, according to an analysis of H-1B data from US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) by National Foundation for American Policy, said the report.
“The denial rates for H-1B petitions have increased because USCIS has changed the standards for approval without new regulations or Congress passing a new law,” Stuart Anderson, executive director of NFAP was quoted as saying in the report.