H1B Denial Rate Reduces By 93%; TCS, Wipro, Infosys Has Only 1% Denial Rate!

The Trump government introduced a variety of strict policies to reduce the entry of foreign nationals. The H-1B visa, a highly sought after visa for high-skilled foreign nationals, including international students, to work long-term in the US.

Indian IT professionals rely heavily on this visa status, the petitions of which were sharply declined under the Trump Government.

H1B Approvals On rising, Thanks To Joe Biden?

It has been reported by a US immigration think tank NFAP, that in the quarter ending September 2020, the H-1B denial rate fell to 1.5%, from 15% in the same quarter last year.

In fact, the rejection rate for the 1st 3 quarters (this year) has been as high as 58%.

Please note that the fiscal year followed by United States Citizenship and Immigration and Services (USCIS) is from October to September.

The fresh H-1B denial rate for Infosys from October to March 2020 quarter reached 58%, as compared to 2% in the same quarter of FY15.

As the two memos were rescinded by a US court, the rejection rates reduced in the 4th quarter, ending September 2020.

The acceptance of H-1B petitions has increased in the last quarter of FY20.

Losses in federal court cases that declared administration actions to be unlawful forced Trump officials to change restrictive immigration policies; improvements in H-1B denial rates for companies, state the new analysis reported by NFAP.

Additionally, one reputed source has informed that Indian IT firms like Infosys, TCS, Wipro, and HCL Tech have recorded denial rates at 1%, while that for Tech Mahindra is at 0.4%.