If you were one of the unlucky ones not picked in whopping 233,000 H1B 2016 Lottery Applications , you might be already wondering when is the next H1B season going to start. Also, some of you may be studying in US and some working abroad and planning to work in US next year. This page will be constantly updated with the latest details and commonly asked questions around the next upcoming H1B Visa fiscal year of 2017 season news and updates.
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- H1B 2017 season start date ?
- H1B Cap for FY 2017- Regular ? Masters ?
- H1B 2017 Predictions? Lottery?
- H1B Lottery Myths ?
- How to plan for H1B FY 2017 ?
- How to find H1B Sponsors for FY 2017 ?
- What is H1B Fee ? Details
- Any impact of Comprehensive Immigration Reform(CIR) on H1B
- What is H1B LCA
- H1B 2017 Premium Processing
- H1B 2017 Case Tracker
- Latest News Update of H1B 2017
- When is the next H1B Season ?
- Sample H1B Reject Notices for FY 2017
When will the H1B visa 2017 season start ? Date ?
Short answer April 1st 2016. Typically, USCIS will start to accept petitions for the next fiscal year starting from April 1st of the previous fiscal year. USCIS fiscal year is from October 1st to September 30th. So, for H1B quota of fiscal year 2017, which starts from October 1st, 2017, USCIS would typically accept applications from April 1st, 2016. The H1B Visa 2016 season started on April 1st of 2015. Also, in the H1B Rejected Notices of 2016, USCIS mentioned that, the non-selected candidates can file H1B petitions for FY 2017 on or after April 1st, 2016.
USCIS announced on March 16th, 2016 that they will accept FY 2017 petitions from April 1st, 2016. Read Summary of USCIS press release FY 2017 .
Also, we have written an article summarizing on What to expect in H1B FY 2017 Season
What is H1B 2017 Cap ? What are the H1B 2017 Quota numbers ? Regular vs Masters ?
If you new to H1B, I suggest you read All about H1B Visa Cap- Regular vs Masters. In simple terms H1B cap is a congressional mandated maximum number of petitions that USCIS can accept in a year. As of now, below are the H1B cap number for fiscal year 2017. The below numbers are confirmed in press release by USCIS on Mar 16, 2016.
- Regular H1B Quota : 65,000
- H1B Master’s Degree Quota ( only US Master Degrees) : 20,000
- Out of the above, a total of 6,800 is usually set aside for Singapore and Chile citizens as part of the free trade agreement between them.
There have been many discussions around change in H1B cap numbers by Obama administration since 2013. The planned proposal was to increase the regular quota cap to 110,000 and Masters quota to 25,000. No changes for FY 2017, the above numbers of 65,000 and 20,000 are officially confirmed by USCIS in their press release.
What is H1B Visa 2017 Prediction? Will there be Lottery again for FY 2017
Update : USCIS Updated on April 12th, 2016 that they have received over 236,000 petitions for FY 2017 quota and the lottery was completed on April 9th.
Looking at the past trend of H1B season in the past three years, we could very likely have lottery for FY 2017. Last year for FY 2016 quota, there were 233,000 applications. We have done a detail analysis with the H4 Visa EAD rule in place considering the economy, students graduating, OPT news, etc. You should read article H1B Visa 2017 Lottery Prediction News, results, Date .
If H1B lottery, will there be any preference in lottery for Large companies ? Premium Processing
Well, no preference for anyone, all are treated equally, including premium processing. There are many such misconceptions about lottery process, we have compiled a list of such myths and criteria, you should read Myths of H1B Lottery, Criteria
When to plan for H1B visa 2017 Application ? How soon ? What should be the strategy ?
It is never too late to start planning for your H1B 2017 season. If you plan to work in US on H1B visa in the next coming fiscal year, below are some suggestions based on your situation.
- F1 Student in USA : If you are studying on F1 visa and about to graduate in next one year, you should seriously look at finding an internship or co-op at companies that can sponsor your H1B visa. You can search for H1B Sponsors in a particular area using our H1B Sponsors Search Tool and try to get an internship to work there on CPT or OPT after you graduate. This is a strategic move and will require sometime, so plan well.
- Professional from outside USA : If you are a working professional outside US, planning to work in US on H1B, your best bet is to find Multinational companies that have major US presence and secure a job there, so that you can position internally for applying to H1B visa, when the season starts. This is a very strategic decision, you need to carefully assess your options, speak to the company if such options exist and then only choose it.
- Other H4, L1 Visas : If you are on these visas, your best bet is to find companies just like I mentioned for F1 students that sponsor H1B visas and start interviewing and keeping the conversation going so that you can ask them to file H1B when the season starts.
We have put together a Step by Step Plan on How to apply for H1B 2017 Quota
How do I find a H1B Visa Sponsor – The most asked million dollar question ?
If you are student in the US, it is very straight forward, you find the list of H1B Sponsoring companies using the tool in an area as I mentioned above and get an internship in one of them so that they can sponsor your H1B visa. Unlike, if you are coming from outside US, it can be tricky. If you work for an Multinational company ( MNC), then they will have some internal process to pick the candidates and then process H1B visa for them…The other option that has been used and abused is the consulting companies route…Many a times, the H1B aspirants approach a body shop IT consulting company to file H1B for them and they apply for the same. It gets nasty with the body shop consulting companies. The comments on this H1B Companies Reviews article are quite eye opening. I advise, you beware of the consulting companies and avoid fraud. Also, WE as RedBus2US do NOT provide any guidance or assistance or sponsor anything. If someone claims that, it is pure fraud and they are trying to trick you, we are not responsible for that. Please be careful. Anyways, for various other options , You may read article How to find H1B 2017 Sponsors
What is the H1B visa 2017 filing fee ? Is it same or any changes ?
It changed slightly this year with the Omnibus Bill passed in December 2015, that will increase the H1B filing fee by $4000 for FY 2017, until 2025 for certain companies that have over 50 employees and have more than 50% of their employees as H1B or L1 visa holders in USA. Check USCIS Guidelines on H1B Fee increase. Depending on the size of the company, the H1B filing fee can vary anywhere from $1,600 USD to $7,400 USD + Attorney Fee. There are various fees components that make up this number range, for more details Read Summary of H1B Filing Fee 2017 – Who pays for What ? . Below is a high level summary. Also, one key change is that, there was $2000 USD additional filing fee as per Public Law 111-230, this law expired on Sep 30, 2015 and that is not included anymore.
| H1B Fee Component | Fee in USD |
| Base filing fee | $325 |
| AICWA Fee | $750 or $1,500 |
| Fraud prevent & detection fee | $500 |
| Fee based on Public Law 114-113 ( if applicable) | $4000 |
| Premium processing fee (Optional) | $1,225 |
| Immigration Attorney Fee | Varies from $500 to $3000 |
What about Comprehensive Immigration Reform(CIR) and Obama Executive Actions for H1B 2017 Quota Increase ?
There has been many articles and discussions since 2013 around immigration reform by President Obama and changes around and some like below have been discussed in the last couple of years, nothing moved significantly.
- H1B Cap to be increased from 65,000 to 110,000 per year. Also have provisions to have it up to 180,000 in case of extreme demand.
- Advanced degree from US cap quota to increase from 20,000 to 25,000
- The Filing fee for H1B could go up to 10,000 USD ( Part of this came up as the fee increase in Omnibus Bill )
- Additional H1B rules to avoid H1B Visa fraud by employers
- Mandatory LCA posting for 30 days before it is certified.
The current status on all of the above are basically “No updates”, there are no set deadlines for any of them and none of these are happening for FY 2017. You may read Summary of CIR Changes to H1B . Officially as per press release on March 16, 2016, the H1B cap is confirmed to be 65,000 for regular and 20,000 for masters…hence, no changes.
What is LCA for H1B Visa ? Processing times ?
LCA is a form that has to be filed with US Dept of Labor and get it certified before filing H1B petition with USCIS. It has to be sent along with H1B Package to USCIS. It has all the relevant information about the job position like wage, location, title, etc. It takes about 7 working days for processing of the LCA by US Dept of Labor (DOL). You can read complete details at Why is LCA Needed for H1B – Processing Time, Salary
USCIS Updated in their original press release on March 16, 2016 that the premium processing will begin no later than May 16, 2016. But, on April 22nd, they updated that the premium processing for FY 2017 will begin on May 12th, 2016. What it means is that the official 15 calendar day SLA for premium processing petitions will be starting from 12th. USCIS may process the petitions early as well, but officially their clock starts on that day.
H1B 2017 Case Tracker :
Did you apply for FY 2017 ? We have put together a tracker along with good graphs for analysis. It is completely anonymous as we do not capture your case number or any personal information. It is community contributed data, the more you add, the better for everyone, including You !
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Most Recent News of FY 2017 H1B
Below is the most recent news regarding H1B 2017 season. You can check the updates page as indicated below for the full history and details.
- July 8th, 2016 ( Official ) : USCIS released a press note today indicating that they have completed returning all the petitions that were not selected in the H1B lottery for FY 2017. Read More details here
- May 2nd, 2016 ( Official Update ) : USCIS updated that data entry is complete for selected petitions in lottery. if you were selected, you should receive receipt notices in 2 to three weeks. If not, the chances are very slim to get selected. You should look at your plan B. Read H1B Data Entry Complete Article for full details
- April 22nd, 2016 : (Official Update) USCIS Updated that they will start premium processing from May 12th, instead of May 16th.
- April 12th, 2016 – 6:30 PM EST : Official Update : USCIS released a press note that H1B lottery was completed on April 9th and they received over 236,000 petitions for FY 2017 quota. Read Press Release Summary
- April 12th, 2016 – 11:50 AM CST ( Unofficial Update ) : It is reported on blog by attorney ( immigrationgirl ) that they have received about 40 email receipts of Premium Processing. What it means is that USCIS has already conducted lottery. We will keep you posted with updates. If I am not wrong, they are just drafting the press release now.
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When is the next H1B Season ?
The next H1B season starts on April 1st, 2017. Wondering about your next chance for H1B and various details about the next H1B season, check out H1B Visa 2018 FAQs
Sample H1B Reject Notices for FY 2017 ?
USCIS has started to mail out the reject notices for FY 2017 petitions that were not picked in lottery. It says that the start date for next year H1B season is April 1, 2017. You can check out the Sample Reject Notice for FY 2017, Details
We have many more FAQs around H1B Visa 2017. We will continue to keep updating the page with latest news and updates regarding FY 2017. Bookmark this page and keep checking for updates.
Is there anyone here for medical technologist position/MLS? I have completed all the documents required by my employer/agent and we are regularly communicating until this last week of March, but I just want to make sure if the file was submmitted. I can’t directly ask them about it because it might give them a bad impression for not trusting them. Are there some ways to find out if the employer filed for you? Thankyou.
No you can’t track it by yourself. You need the tracking number from the courier and check if it was delivered to the USCIS, so you have to ask your employer about it. BTW I’m just like you a MLS.
Best of Luck
Good Luck to all of US 🙂
All the best to all, Today Filing starts.
I believe India will get victory
Maybe in a parallel universe where NZ and India have final. It’s possible. Relativity at its best.
In my opinion, the total number of applicants is 300k.
I completely agree with you. Because when i see the total no of LCAs filed with start date between July 1st and sept 30th 2016, it comes to 214K and considering each LCA can have multiple H1Bs , give or take 300K is my guess too…
In 2015 number of LCAs between 2015 July to September were: 307,106
With your logic 2015 should have got appx 400k applications.
It is going to be between 160k-190k this year.
@DataAnalysis – I hope you are not missing the fact that 2015 includes location change, employer change and project changes cases as well for which employers will file LCA. But for the number 214K that we are seeing between July 1 and Sept 30 2016, it does not include any location change, employer change and project changes cases as employers dont file LCAs for these cases 3-4 months in advance as they never have visibility. So everything that you see for July 1 and Sept 30 2016 are purely for new H1B. Hope you get my point
@h1Baspirant
You have a valid point.
Although I do not completely agree with your assumption let us dig deeper into your data.
2015:
Total applicants 233k
July – September: 307k
With your logic in 2015 – 74k were transfer etc cases(307k-233k)
Let us add the same number for 2016
214k + 74k = 288k
This number less by about 30k as compared to last year. So it still cannot go 300k.
@DataAnalysis – 214K LCA does not necessarily means 214K H1B, it means atleast 214K H1B. Each LCA can translate into multiple H1B filing. So give or take, my assumptions is 230-250K H1B filing. I sincerely hope my math is wrong and total numbers are less and that increases our possibility to crak the lottery.
@h1Baspirant
Same logic of multiple h1b on single LCA applies to 2015 numbers too.
So that is already factored in within the numbers.
@Data Analysis – yes, you are right. But 214K is bare minimum. Plus whatever extra for LCAs with multiple H1B filing.
@h1Baspirant
“bare minimum” -> That is why I added 74k from previous year data.
LCAs with multiple H1B – > True for 2015 too. So already factored in.
You are right, but don’t give up. good luck on this way.
Hi All,
Just one day to go…. Hope all our petitions should reach USCIS by tom .
All the best and good luck guys 🙂
It’s so scary. I am currently a student graduating around July. I am not eligible for OPT because of the extra time i spent on CPT. Since I don’t have degree yet, I am not eligible for Advancr degree quota.
However i have 3 petitions for H1b. Let’s hope it this works. Qualcomm, Intel and Bloomberg are my petitioners
Yeah ! Only Luck matters i also applied from multiple places last year. And this is my 3rd time 🙁
I think I can get selected
Boxing day has arrived. Cheers !!!
Anyone here who is an advanced degree applicant? Is there any trend you see at your organization – more or less hiring this year for H1B?
My company said they file many more applications this year. My company is a big US firm.
Hmm.. that’s interesting. So there should be around 50k applicants for advanced degree alone
Good Luck to All of Us 🙂
Really need it this time……5th year on L1B was unlucky in last 3 lottery.
I have to get it this time.
PS:
For people who understand hindi 🙂
हमें तो नो बॉल ने लूटा,
उनमें कहा दम था,
पैर भी पड़ा वहाँ ,
जहाँ चूना कम था।।
I didn’t analyze the LCA data but i see a lot of spike in H1b filing in March .. And probably more number of graduating students.. Though i was optimistic that count will be less as i heard less number of petitions being filed in Indian MNCs.. But since we have presidential elections in Nov, ppl are putting more effort in terms of multiple filing and cosultancy filings… So my guess is, its gonna be rough this year too…..1:3.7 for non AD ppl… I have started working on alt. options too… Have little faith now….
GOOD LUCK
It seems we analyzed the LCA data too soon. The rate at which it is increasing daily, we are headed towards 200k.
Tension of lottery and above all we lost the World Cup 🙁
when lottery will happen and when the petition gets filed?
Really need it this time……5th year on L1B was unlucky in last 3 lottery.
I have to get it this time.
PS:
For people who understand hindi 🙂
हमें तो नो बॉल ने लूटा,
उनमें कहा दम था,
पैर भी पड़ा वहाँ ,
जहाँ चूना कम था।।
Just one more day to go… All the best guys…
Some one please share the dates. I mean.
1. When the petition gets filed?
2. when the lottery will happen?
3. By when the lottery result will get published
Jhony,
All these are answered in H1B 2017 Lottery Predictions
Hi Saurabh/Kumar,
Thanks for write in.
I did , but I can only see certified LCA . If in case any LCA that denied or rejected can’t check ?
Hi guys,
Seeing lot of good analysis. But I came to know that this year 150k students became graduates and applying for H1B (not sure about the count). In that case, we can expect the same count as in 2015 right.
No, there were about 34k on OPT extension this year + regular OPT ~ 20k + new grads for H1B ~ 10k, so in all around 50-60k would be advanced degree applications.
@Data Analysis , do u still stand by 180k ?? Is it really gonna be 1:2 ratio ?? Coz i doubt
Yes it will be 1:2 or at max 1:2.5
180k is what I am sticking to. There is always a chance of +- 10k.
I see lot of people doing lot of analysis here. But my theory is simple – any LCA with a start date of July 1 2016 upto Sep 30 2016 has to be for new H1 filing and if this theory is correct then the number stands at 214 K. Because I dont see a reason for any employer to file LCAs with 3-4 months down the line start date for any reason other than for new H1B. And many of these LCAs will be for multiple H1Bs. So my prediction is it will be atleast same or more tha last yr. Pls correct me if I’m missing a point here
@h1bAspirant
Every H1B needs a separate LCA. But every H1B petition can have multiple LCAs filed for them.
@Scabby,
Not correct, Single LCA can be filed for multiple positions
@Not Correct
Obviously you don’t know how this works. Every petition needs to be sent out with a certified LCA. LCA states that there is a job position with a specific salary available in a particular location in the firm. If there is a single LCA filed for two H1 petitions, that means both are fighting for the same job position. If your employer is telling you he has filed your H1, and you are finding that the total LCA count to the total H1 count is less, then understand that you are tricked. Your employer didn’t file your H1 this year.
@scabby
Have you never seen a certified LCA?
It has a field called no. of job positions and not necessarily it always =1
A company can file single LCA for multiple positions if the designation, job duties and salaries of all of them are same.
Guys just chillax. If its your turn this time, doesn’t matter its 100k, 200k or 1000k.
So, sit back and relax. Wait for the results.
section B 7 of LCA
@again wrong
You are right. I just checked my LCA and found that field.
Yes you are correct in analyzing this, if there are 214k applications, majority of them will be new H1B applications that are not cap exempt. So this would mean at least 250k applications this year.
@Data Analysis
I saw LCA website the Numbers are getting increased 8k perday looking at the rate I feel it will come around to similar numbers last year..Correct me if I am wrong
Hi All,
As per my analysis, this time it would be like 2013.
100k to 120 K
As per my analysis it will be 60k-70k
@My_Analysis
Which means no lottery ?
Yes. Yippie. All are in.
Guys, pls dont post ur guesses unless u hav a theory to prove it….pls do post ur proofs as well…as there may be many still analyzing jus like me …thanks
Is it too late to file for LCA now? If my company files for LCA today will i be able to apply in time before the applications are closed. Which also brings me to the question….when
does USCIS stop taking applications? The data provided above was too complicated for me to understand.
Check with ur employer……they know it better.
The employer wants me to file on his behalf. He wouldn’t do any work and told me to file the paperwork. =/ And i have ZERO clue of what to do. Here i am blessed with someone who wants to sponsor me but i dunno how to proceed.
What kind of employer asks an employee to file on its own.
You need an attorney to do the paperwork.
I think it is too late for you this year.
@Data Analysis
I don’t think you need a lawyer to file this paperwork for you, you can do it yourself they just recommend to hire an attorney to do the job for more accuracy I guess, because the paperwork has a part where the attorney can fill in if he/she is filling for you and there’s a part where you can put the name of owner of company or person designated and authorized to do the paperwork. But at least if @Shah had started the paperwork this Monday would have definitely had a chance to apply this year
My LCA took less than a week, they said that it takes up to 7 days to get it back, if you file today and while you wait fill up the application you might be able to get it in, for what I’ve been reading it says that last year they accepted applications until April 7th. But when I went to talk to a lawyer about the H1B visa he told me that it was only 5 days. so until April 7th.
M1st time,
They accept for 1st 5 business days. As there was a weekend in b/w (both last year and this year), they are accepting petitions till 7th (which is still 5 working days).
Shah,
It is too late to file LCA now. It takes a week or so to certify and then employer has to post on internal notice boards. LCAs are filed w/ DOL and not USCIS. They would continue to accept it even after cap has been reached.
USCIS will continue to accept applications but they will be rejected after the cap has been reached. As lottery is expected to be reached, USCIS will start rejecting any application received after April 7.
Thank you very much @ Saurabh and @Data Analysis.
Will Denied Petitions add up to the next year Quota?
For Example : If in H1B FY 2016, out of 85000 petitions, 1000 are rejected/denied,
will that 1000 add up to FY2017 quota?
Will FY2017 become 85000+1000 from previous year denial?
No, its only 85,000 per year
ADoubt,
They usually select few extra petitions to make-up for the ones that are denied after initial processing. The numbers are not published and they take-in extra petitions based on historical data. Also, remember 6500 are kept aside for Singapore and Chile residents and not available to others.
Hi Sourab,
Is there any way to check online the total no.of LCA’s filled including certified or denied by a company?
Heena,
You can go to https://icert.doleta.gov/index.cfm?event=ehLCJRExternal.dspAdvCertSearch and search for your company.
Heena,
You can use our H1B Visa Sponors Database, it has all the latest data loaded and you can see these metrics.
Here is my thought:
The date range in the LCA should be 6 months before you start.
Example: Sept 15th 2016
I filtered the number of LCA between April 1st and Sept 30th for the last 5 years and this is what I got:
2016-237549
2015-394601
2014-301427
2013-247992
2012-209525
After going through all the data analysis reports posted here, I’ll assume that numbers are going to be pretty similar to last year as job market in US pretty strong, and it directly increases applications. There might be some decrease wrt TCS etc, but then there are whole bunch of MNC’s, desi consultants who take advantage of job market. No major change has been introduced in the policy, and increase in fee impacts only a select few. So around 200k would be a good estimate.
Updating my forecast to 130k-140k on the basis of much larger data analysis.
Are you sure of these numbers? Can you explain your analysis?
I have to update it to 160k – 180k. Based on alternate ways of analysis.
@DataAnalaysis
You are right about the part that most LCAs for this year’s lottery will be filed between August and September.
But, I personally know that Delloite and some similar companies starts filing LCAs for H1 lottery aspirants from January.
So, if that is the case, then LCAs filed from Jan will have start date from 180 days from that time, I am keeping the start date as July.
Also note the sudden hike in application count when you consider May, June and July. May and June have about 10,000 filed. July has 25,000.
2016 -> July1 – Sept30 – 208,000
2015 (including transfers) -> July1 – Sept30 – 307,000 [Actual H1B lottery count – 235,000]
2014 (including transfers) -> May1 – Sept30 – 235,000 [Actual H1B lottery count – 185,000]
2013 (including transfers) -> May1 – Sept30 – 190,000 [Actual H1B lottery count – 125,000]
You are keeping the LCAs for transfers at a very less number. It is about 25,000 a month according to me. And, I feel that’s about right. Everytime a contractor moves to a different location, the consultancy files an LCA.
LCAs filed between Jan 2016 – Mar 2016 => approx 80,000.
Now, for 2016 if transfers amount to about 25,000 LCAs a month, then total LCA count for those months would equal about 280,000.
The best part here is that, it is still less than 2015 figures, but definitely more than 2014 figures.
So, after some changes I am extremely confident my numbers are right and the total H1 lottery count will definitely be less than last year’s count.
Cool. Now we are converging.
Even I think it is less than 2015 and similar or slightly more than 2014.
In 2014 number of applications were 172k.
That is why my guess is around 160k-180k.
180k looks more realistic. I am happy with these numbers. People were projecting 300k etc. It would have been a disaster.
180k -20k(advanced degree) = 160k
65k/160k appx 0.4 => Appx 1 out of 2 application will get picked.
Are you considering the fact that a single LCA can file for multiple H1B filing? For example I have seen quite a few LCA’s for 25 new filings.
Looking at all the intense analysis by all the folks, my H1B 2017 Predictions seem totally off 🙂 I hope my predictions are wrong and you guys are right !
Hahahaha Kumar some of us can become your expert analyst 🙂
All our analysis is few hour job. Yours look more detailed and research oriented.
I too hope your analysis is wrong this time 🙂
🙂
Data Analysis,
You are doing a wonderful job, a couple of points from my side because I am not sure you have considered these
1. DOL website take normally a week time to publish LCAs the data available so far is LCA published till 20th March, there are a few more to come, LCA rates at. the end of March ~2000 – 2500 per day. I know this because last year my LCA was dated 25th March and it appeared in website in first week of April only.
So expect ~20000 more LCAs from today to 31st March
2. A single LCA’s can be posted for multiple job positions, Last year my LCA contained 10 positions though fresh H1 was applied for only 4 with same LCA
I have seen LCAs with 5,10, 100 even 200 positions so its difficult to predict how many H1Bs are going to apply with those LCA
Hope this help to correct again your predictions
I hope your predictions are correct, Trying luck again this year.
My prediction is close to 200K.
Keep on updating till it reaches 250k finally
Hahahaha…..Looks like I am panicking now…….All my analysis is going haywire……..
@DataAnalysis
You are doing good work. But, I can give you a better estimate.
Consider your stats:
2016 – Total LCA Till Date: 379,466 Infosys: 19,375 TCS: 5,276 Wipro: 6,783
2015 – Total LCA Till Date: 540,098 Infosys: 36,029 TCS: 17,822 Wipro: 10,580
Your 2016 stats doesn’t include 6 months of LCAs. These are LCAs that are usually transfers or cap exempt.
Now, you are betting on the estimate of LCAs that will be filed in those 6 months will be less than 100,000.
But, my stats show that about 160,000 more LCAs will be filed in the next 6 months.
How did I get that number?
Well, Oct 2015-Dec2015 about 80,000 LCAs were filed. All these LCAs are cap-exempt or transfers.
So, approximately 160,000 LCAs will be filed in 6 months. That takes the total LCA count for 2016 FY to 549,000.
The total petitions count will be approximately same. Don’t raise your hopes DataAnalysis. I am in the same boat, but I am being more realistic with numbers.
My bad. The total LCA count will be 539,000, which is very very close to the previous year figures.
@Scabby
Let me analyze your number little bit more
Your theory is base don 3 months data which comes to 80000 and then you assume each month it will be same.
80000/3 = 26666
You came up with 160000 y doing 6 * 26666 = 159996(apx 160000)
By this logic total transfer case in the year 2015 would have been 320000.
Now total LCA in 2015 – transfer case = fresh petitions in 2015
540,098 – 320000 = 220098 (very close to 233k)
So I guess you too have a valid point.
But here is where I differ from your analysis.
Most of the fresh h1b will have start date between 08/01 – 09/30, let us capture this data for each year. There could be some transfer cases during this 4-6 weeks but I do not think it is going to be huge.
2015: 08/03 – 09/30 = 237,365
2014: 08/11 – 09/30 = 176,854
2013: 08/26 – 09/30 = 125,877
2016: 08/15 – 09/30 = 158,738
Again pointing to 160k – 180k.
Hi
My company has applied H1b but I may travel to Dubai for 6 months. What will happen if im selected in Lottery and by which month i should return to India.
Will my application get rejected if i dont be back on time
@Data analysis how did you come up with this number. I am guessing around 230K as per LCA filings from Feb 2016-tilldate
Feb – March 31st will not count, It starts from the new financial quarter. The LCA start date should be within 6 months before the start of employment (10/01/2016).
TCS guys,
No one initiated H1-B from our project.
Still possibility is there to initiate H1-B VISA?
Or this year H1-B is over?
TCS,
Filing LCA is a pre-req for H-1B petition which takes 1-2 weeks to certify. If the employer has not even started that process, then its not possible for this season anymore.
TCS is Not filling yet.
I heard few other projects in TCS have started the process. Also do put in mind the things are moving very confidentially, even your close friend wont tell you abt his VISA being processed, beware…..
LCA’s Filled this year below 72000 .So, i hope no lottery in this year.(https://icert.doleta.gov/index.cfm?event=ehLCJRExternal.dspAdvCertSearch.
I used case type as H1b and date as 1/10/2015 to 1/09/2016. It shows 3lakh cases. Can you please tell the parameters and your calculations on how did you get 72000. Thanks
Dude, let make it clear for once and all, there are around 40,000 advanced degree applicants alone this year (US masters), may be even more. Even if there are 80-90,000 other applicants, the number reaches to around 140k, so lottery is imminent. Will there be 200k or 150k is up for debate, but your data is way off and unsupported.
Right. It may be somewhere between 150k-180k.
Im almost guessing that the applications would go below 125000.
Looking at the LCA data it is comparable to 2013 numbers, maybe slightly less than that. Have done lot of analysis on the data comparing individual company filing as well as yearly data since 2012.
Guys my prediction is this time it is going to be < 130k application. In fact I see it somewhere between 100k and 120K.
Cheers.
Each of the last 3 years had predictions like these which tried to bring down the numbers citing different reasons and every single time they were wrong. However most of the IT companies(including mine) are doubling/tripling the H1B applications every year and this year is no different. At the end of the day Im almost guessing that the applications would go 250000+.
I dont think there is any effect on IT companies due to the hike in application fee for H1B. Ultimately they are gonna get back the money for those which did not get picked up.
I do not know how the visa fee hike factor is going to impact but here is the data for you.
I am talking purely on the basis of facts. Also last year no body was saying there will be less petition. In fact people started online petition with the white house to stop multiple filing. Just wait for 10 days you will come to know. Even I was thinking 250k application but now I am convinced it is going to be 100k-120k or maybe even lesser.
I have not cooked up these numbers, these are from DOL website.
https://icert.doleta.gov/index.cfm?event=ehLCJRExternal.dspAdvCertSearch
2016 – Total LCA Till Date: 379,466 Infosys: 19,375 TCS: 5,276 Wipro: 6,783
2015 – Total LCA Till Date: 540,098 Infosys: 36,029 TCS: 17,822 Wipro: 10,580
2014 – Total LCA Till Date: 430,665 Infosys: 23,423 TCS: 14,079 Wipro: 6,783
2013 – Total LCA Till Date: 414,331 Infosys: 34,628 TCS: 11,417 Wipro: 9,285
2012 – Total LCA Till Date: 369,550 Infosys: 16,681 TCS: 9,731 Wipro: 7,061
Even with errors mathematically 2016 is going to fall between what we had in the year 2012 and 2013. Now go and do your math.
Even if goes near 2014 data it will still be around 120k. I have pasted the data from 3 companies but my analysis is based on top 20 companies filing h1b in big numbers.
The trend is same everywhere.
Cheers
🙂
Labor Certification Registry H-1B Fiscal Year FY 2016: 388,216 Cases Found
Labor Certification Registry H-1B Fiscal Year FY 2015: 539,990 Cases Found
From: https://icert.doleta.gov/index.cfm?event=ehLCJRExternal.dspAdvCertSearch
Thanks Kumar for confirming the numbers. I updated my prediction to 130k-140k today based on the increase in LCA from yesterday to today.
Another way of looking at it is
388,216 / 539,990 * 100 = 71.89%
.7189 * 233000(last year applications) = 167503.7 => This is error prone.
Also fresh H1B filed now will mostly have job start date between Aug 2016 and Sep 2016.
That too gives around 170 -180k applications.
This looks more close to 2014(Aug – Sep) when we had 172k applications.
I do not know how the visa fee hike factor is going to impact but here is the data for you.
I am talking purely on the basis of facts. Also last year no body was saying there will be less petition. In fact people started online petition with the white house to stop multiple filing. Just wait for 10 days you will come to know. Even I was thinking 250k application but now I am convinced it is going to be 100k-120k or maybe even lesser.
I have not cooked up these numbers, these are from DOL website.
2016 – Total LCA Till Date: 379,466 Infosys: 19,375 TCS: 5,276 Wipro: 6,783
2015 – Total LCA Till Date: 540,098 Infosys: 36,029 TCS: 17,822 Wipro: 10,580
2014 – Total LCA Till Date: 430,665 Infosys: 23,423 TCS: 14,079 Wipro: 6,783
2013 – Total LCA Till Date: 414,331 Infosys: 34,628 TCS: 11,417 Wipro: 9,285
2012 – Total LCA Till Date: 369,550 Infosys: 16,681 TCS: 9,731 Wipro: 7,061
Even with errors mathematically 2016 is going to fall between what we had in the year 2012 and 2013. Now go and do your math.
Even if goes near 2014 data it will still be around 120k. I have pasted the data from 3 companies but my analysis is based on top 20 companies filing h1b in big numbers.
The trend is same everywhere.
Cheers
🙂
Good Analysis. But, keep in mind that your numbers for FY2017 does not include future LCA’s that will be filed from today to September 30, 2016.
Right. I expect this to be the busiest season. From now to September(5 months) it will be at lesser rate, except few transfer cases maybe.
So I think it may go close to 2013 numbers(slightly less). So we are looking at 2013 number or slightly lesser.
< 120k
One can select data for future start date as well i.e. between now and Sep 30. The LCA are already filed for these cases which will go in lottery. I do not know if the analysis was done with this data included.
@Manny
Yes this included LCA filed up to last week of September 2015. Mine is last week of september and it is present in their.
Still giving benefit of doubt I say it may still increase slightly but can’t go beyond 2013 numbers for sure.
Sorry I mean 2016(not 2015) in above reply to Manny
I meant Sep 2016 in reply to Manny.
Yes it includes 2016 data up to September.
Posting in different name(original Data Analysis) since it won’t allow me to post with that id.
@ Data Analysis
Yes, that’s correct, my LCA is also shown in the data, so this data includes for majority of people who will are already working on OPT and filling their H1B. The decrease in numbers would either mean less people on H1B jobs – highly unlikely or less applications filled by desi consultants and likes of Infosys – more probable this year.
So are you guys saying that there would be no lottery to be conducted since we’d be close to 2013 data?
There was lottery in 2013(124k applications, if I remember correctly). So lottery may still be there but chances of picking in the lottery is much higher.
I was seeing these kind of analysis for the last 3 years and everytime they were horribly wrong. Tag this post and we will meet on April 8th and check on the numbers(although I hope Im wrong which to me is very unlikely – im having a reality check). I work for an IT company and I can personally see the stupendous increase in the number of petitions they are filing this year and also please keep in mind they can cover multiple positions using the same LCA. Im not here for an argument, just wanted let u know that I have seen these kind of “factual” analysis and every single time they were wrong.
You seem to be assuming very less number of LCAs that can be filed in 5 months.
If you look at LCAs filed from Oct 2015-Dec2015, the count is 81000. I believe all LCAs filed during those 3 months are either transfers or other cap exempts. So, at this rate another 135,000 LCAs can be filed in this fiscal year. (Considering another 5 months)
That will bring the count to 515,000.
(380,000+135,000)
That is still less than the count for last fiscal year. So, taking in your analysis in consideration and adding in my analysis, I am considering the count to be closer to last fiscal year. So, around 210,000-250,000.
Am I missing something here, if LCA are filed after September 2016, wouldn’t they be most likely for H1B 2018 and not 2017. Are we assuming start date as being after September, but in that case as well, the LCA will have to be filed by now, so must be included in the data we analyzed
I gone through the link you mentioned.
I searched the data between 1st October 2015 to 30th Sep 2016 and there are 388,216 cases found in this period.
Can we know somehow how many cases for fresh h1-b and how many for transfers.
Thanks,
Raj
Vish, I hope you are wrong. Do not want to loose yet again in lottery.
I am not here to prove any point.
Cheer up man and take things positively. It is simple maths and I believe in numbers.
If nothing else it will keep many happy for few days. Eventual result is in nobody’s control so relax and hope for the best.
Numbers can never go wrong 🙂
you are right! Star can’t shine without darkness.
Hope for the best! 🙂
Can anybody start a petition with the white house, same as previous 2 years.
I do not see any initiative this year 🙂
Hi,
My employer initiated H1B for me. Now I want to know when will I came to know whether I selected for H1B lottery or not? any month or timeframe
My employer told me MID-May I’ll know whether I was picked in lottery, that’s if your were filled as premium processing.
What is the timeframe to know if petition was selected or not in lottery without premium processing?
Austin cool,
Most of the selected non-PP cases would know by June-July about their selection. Non-selected cases will start getting rejection notices after that month.
After doing an hour long analysis on US website http://icert.doleta.gov, I came to a conclusion that this year, the number of applications would range between 165000-185000 which is better compared to last year.
Note: Data analysis done considering LCA’s filed by large Indian IT MNCs and few small companies from US.
Hi Gangu,
Great work .. Did u consider Lca’s for job transfer , amendments etc ..?? If not counted the numbers will be lesser again 🙂
Hi.. Please help me out..
I have a question. Im really new to all this H1B. Back in india i worked for 3 years withTCS, came here in March 2015 on H4, and this year i have applied H1B through 2 companies, both are different sponsorers with different positions.
1. Can i travel back to india now from april to Oct? im on H4 now.
2. Can i apply through 2 sponsorers? both are different positions.
3. My spouse’s H1b is still processing, so my I94 has expired on march 24, 2016, will that cause any problem to my lottery?
Sneha Priya,
1. Your H-1 will continue to be processed but COS from H-4 to H-1 will be abandoned. You can return on H-4 but need to enter on stamped H-1 visa or file separate COS from H-4 to H-1 in order to work on H-1
2. Legally, it is allowed to file through 2 unrelated employers
3. It will not impact lottery but it will impact the eventual outcome of your COS. They wouldn’t approve COS unless your H-4 extension has been approved. I assume your H-4 extension was also applied w/ spouse’s H-1 extension.
The LCA data is available (https://icert.doleta.gov/index.cfm?event=ehLCJRExternal.dspAdvCertSearch) for applications filled between October last year till date(start of new cycle), for example LCA’s filled in my organization are around 8, all of them being shown in this data, which will include three new petitions for H1B this year. The total count is around 68,000. I do not if this more or less as compared to previous years, someone else can give better insight by comparing the two.
Your search only covers FY2016 LCAs. FY2017 LCAs haven’t been unlisted yet.
No, the data includes LCA for which H1B will be filled for FY 2017, my personal LCA is shown as well, so anyone who is filling for H1B this year would have corresponding LCA data in this time period only. (LCA are filled before H1B petition, and data is already updated)
M,
Almost all the H-1 petitions will have LCAs covered in FY-16 data. This is b/c the start date of LCAs would be prior to Oct 1 and hence part of this group.
Hi Guys,
I’m working in Infosys and I can see Infy filing a lot more visas than last year. Last year, around 4 petitions were filed from my project, this year the number has increased to 11. The case is similar for other projects as well. my petition didn’t get through lottery last year, hoping to get through this year…my prediction is total count will be >250K
Same is the case with me bro. Hope that this time I get through the lottery.
However, in my team and other teams in my unit, the number of visas initiated has dropped down from the last year.
I think due to the visa fee hike , this time there will be a 25% drop in application.
Even those big IT companies don’t generate 10K new jobs every year. The H1B positions are not all newjobs. Many of the petitions are for replace H1Bs that finish the 6 year period. So it works like a wave of 6 hear period (or 6+1 years). Of course there is a contribution of new jobs. Buy the replacements also contribute a lot.
2007, 2008 and 2009 had a huge number of applications. That explain the huge number of applications of 2014, 2015 and 2016.
2010 reached tbe cap months after it was a cruises year in US no much H1Bs to replace for 2017.
April is coming and you will see what I am taking about.
I understand your point but many would have gotten there green card or application approved, so they won’t have to file H1B. Majority of the applications would be for new hires, which has skyrocketed due to good job market.
Hi,
I am planning to file 2 H1B applications from different sponsors. If any one is selected, then fine. I would like to know the consequences if both applications are selected.
Could you please provide your inputs on my query.
It is illegal to file more than one application for the same individual. I advise you not to do that.
Same employer can’t file multiple petitions. In RV’s case it is different sponsors.
SO RV, if both of your petitions are selected, you can join any one of the sponsoring companies.
If both the applications are selected you can join any one of the sponsoring companies.
Its not straight forward yes or no
There is lot of consequences in doing this, please be aware and take an informed decision.
Thank you. I did not get in lottery for last two years, so one from current employer and another outside company. do you have any idea, what are those consequences?
Hi RV,
If both got selected, you have to convince the second employer somehow to withdraw the petition.
Thanks Kingston
RFE may be issued to both companies to prove they aren’t related to each other
Thank you
What is the process of submitting documents to FDFU in tcs. My VTS is approved and the status is showing doc verification pending… what is the process after this? Will I get any email from FDFU?
Check with your manager. he will provide you the email ID to forward docs.
email id of FDFU?
any update?
Need Clarification on 2 points
1) Is there any cost associated with procuring LCA?
2) Assume, If a company has got LCA with a specific salary for an employee, is there any mandate that the LCA should be submitted for the same employee when the application is submitted with USCIS.
Sandy,
1. No
2. AFAIK LCA doesn’t have an employee name. It just states that a foreign worker will be hired for a specific role/salary etc. So it can be used for any employee’s I-129 application.
Same is my case. it will be my 3rd year the company is going to try. I am a civil engineer not IT person.
Dont we have any chance?
this H1-B program has been hijacked by IT industry at the expense of other engineering streams. Things like vendor, client, consultant, multiple layers of vendor client… simply do not exist for jobs in other engineering fields… these are IT specific and the multiple consulting companies like XYZ-Tech file H1 nilly willy.
What to do… can you forget civil enigneering for a while and give some money to one of XYZ -Tech, get a crash course in some current IT stuff and then file for your H1 with fake resume? File through multiple consultants. When any one clicks, go back to your civil engineering job with that H1.
Hi ,
What is the validity once got selected in lottery but didn’t of for stamping?
Please let me know.
Thanks
Jay
Jay,
You can go for stamping anytime during the validity period of the approved petition. Petition is usually approved for a period of 1-3 years.
My company hired FRAGOMEN law company to file my H-1B this year. Two quick questions:
1. Does anyone has any experience with them?
2. How will I know that Fragomen really sent by docs? Is there any receipt or confirmation I can get from them?
You should contact the firm directly, they should reply.
Confeti,
From what I read from others’ experiences is that they are a leading immigration firm. So they won’t be doing shortcuts or abusing the law.
You can use FedEx/UPS/USPS number to be sure that the package was received by USCIS. However, what’s in the package is anyone’s guess.
Thanks a lot. I guess your first answer gives a good feedback on the second one, if you heard they are a leading firm then I dont think they will send fake docs in the FedE envelop.
Guys do not fool yourselves. I checked with my friends in TCS, Infosys, Wipro & CTS they all are filing in huge numbers even more than last year from the fear of future h1b uncertainties.
Some of my friends are going with desi consultancies and they are not hesitant to spend extra money. There is a huge demand in job market.
Out of 200k who were not selected last year, my guess is, at least, 150-170k will file this year too.
Adding fresh graduate this year from US universities and fresh h1b petitions it will surely go above 300k this time.
With this logic around 235k won’t be selected this year.
Do not spread the rumors. Reliable sources in these companies say otherwise.
It is going to be < 175k.
Hi All,
I got below updates from my friend
A. He s got confirmation email for the h1b applied at TCS . I mean he s got all set for the H1B and his application will be submitted on Apr 1st.
B. Only few have got all levels of approvals. it’s been secretly maintained like who has been identified for H1b.
C. Total count of applicant in his project are very few.
My predictions are
Above said points would have been followed across other companies. Because all those companies waited for sometime to accept documents from the applicants, which gives clue for decision making to restrict no of applicant.
It will be tough for folks who were not selected last year to apply this year as visa fees have been doubled ofcourse fees are to be paid after lottery.
Due to the new rule for which visa fees have been doubled, regular sponsoring companies will not apply in massive count as last year. But other exempted companies may apply a lot.
So my calculations gives totally count will be in between 120 k to 150k.
Thanks
Vj
My search on total LCAs
between Jan 2016 to Mar till date is 68774.
Below is the link
https://icert.doleta.gov/index.cfm?event=ehLCJRExternal.dspAdvCertSearch
Isn’t this data for previous year and not for FY 2017.
No need to speculate so much, lets wait and see, everything is unpredictable at this time.
Nothing wrong is discussing it.
Hi Saurabh / all others in the group,
I am in need of an urgent clarification,
My employer has initiated h1b 2017, LCA certified. Now, there is an urgent need for me to travel to china on a work permit for 6 months,
1. Will there be any obstacles to my H1b processing and stamping – incase I get thru the lottery (as I will be in china in that period) ?
2. Can I come back from china and attend the stamping after I finish my 6 months tenure in china (if selected in lottery) ?
Please advise asap…..Really need to decide…..
1) No obstacles – As it is no way related to US
2) Yes, you can come back and go for stamping – 6 Months is the normal time taken for a Regular processing file
the answer really depeds on whether your H1-B visa will be filed as consular processing or as a change of status (if you are currently in US). If it ill be filed as a change of status, then you can not go anywhere, if it was filed as consular processing, you can go anywhere you want, but traveling to USA can on any other visa can jeopardize your H1-B petition if selected in lottery.
jongadu,
One correction to your post – “then you can not go anywhere”. Even w/ COS, you can still travel outside of the US. It’s just that COS would be considered abandoned, and the petition will be treated as consular processing.
H1b applied from India …….not from US…..In this case ,
My employer has initiated h1b 2017, LCA certified. Now, there is an urgent need for me to travel to china on a work permit for 6 months,
1. Will there be any obstacles to my H1b processing and stamping – incase I get thru the lottery (as I will be in china in that period) ?
2. Can I come back from china and attend the stamping after I finish my 6 months tenure in china (if selected in lottery) ?
Please advise asap
Urgent clarification – Sri,
User “H1B Prediction” comment still applies to you even if applied when you are outside US.
Hi Saurabh / all others in the group,
I am in need of an urgent clarification,
My employer has initiated h1b 2017, LCA certified. Now, there is an urgent need for me to travel to china on a work permit for 6 months,
1. Will there be any obstacles to my H1b processing and stamping – incase I get thru the lottery (as I will be in china in that period) ?
2. Can I come back from china and attend the stamping after I finish my 6 months tenure in china (if selected in lottery) ?
Please advise asap…..Really need to decide…..
No issues at all. Go ahead
I did some research on LCA data, compared to previous years a huge dip. 1 00K less LCA’s filed so far this year compared to last year. My prediction is <200K applications this year
Can you share the sources?
DOL website were LCA data is published
Can you please post the link
https://icert.doleta.gov/index.cfm?event=ehLCJRExternal.dspLCRLanding
Here is the website. You can download the relevant excel sheets, sort by name of the company and see the number of LCA filed.
https://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/performancedata.cfm
Download files for 2016 and 2015.
Now for a particular company do the following exercise:
For the year 2015, see the number of LCAs filed from January till mid March, let us call this ‘X’
For the year 2015 , see the number of LCAs filed from Mid March till end of year, let us call this ‘Y’
For the year 2016, see the number of LCAs filed from January till date. let us call this ‘Z’.
You will notice that X >> (Y + Z)
You should understand that not all LCAs are for capsubject petitions. But majority of them are.
Oneore thing is single LCA can be filed for multiple positions. I have seen LCAs with 10,20,100 even 150 positions. So 1 LCA may =X applications.
You have made a mistake. The 2016 data you are looking at is for FY 2016, which ends in April 2016. These are likely H-1b transfers, cap exempt petitions which are not subject to the new cap. ALl the petitions for the 2016 lottery will be classified as FY 2017 petitions. The DOL will not make FY 2017 data publicly available until the next quarter, ie around June 2016.
Hi SK,
I opened one of the LCA and in that Period of Intended Employment start date is Sep 2016. Also job posting date is March 2016 so it cannot be previous year’s document. However my search parameters are FY 2016 and H1B as case type.
I’m I still pulling wrong data ?
Hi VJRJ,
For FY17 LCAs, the date of job cannot be before October 1, 2016. The USCIS follows a financial year system, which means that financial year 2016 starts from October 1, 2015 and ends on October 1, 2016. The LCA you looked at is probably an H1b extension, which can be applied at any time during the year (not subject to lottery) and takes around 6 months to get verified.
VJRJ,
LCA can have a start date prior to Oct 1. Actually most of the H-1B petitions will have LCA start date prior to Oct 1. This is b/c LCA can be filed 6 months in advance. Typical example:
– Employer files LCA on Mar 15 for start date of Sep 15, 2016 and end date Sep 14, 2019. LCA is filed 6 months in advance
– Employer files I-129 on April 1 for start date of Oct 1, 2016 and end date Sep 14, 2019. I-129 is filed 6 months in advance and included within LCA period
Such a petition would be returned by above query and would be a valid sample.
Infosys Limited for example have filled around 33K LCAs for 2015 H1B. For 2016 it filled only 3K.
Make sense when you calculate the costs. 30K H1B applications with a $4,000 fee gives aroumd $120 million.
Charles,
The cost is applicable only for the selected petitions, not for all of the 30k petitions. Except little legal cost, there is not much difference.
Though the cost is only applicable for the selected petitions, a company needs to issue certified checks to USCIS for the each petition. Once the checks are issued, those cash balance will be frozen by the bank. If an Indian company has 30K petitions, that means additional 30K*4000=120M cash will be frozen temperately, which seriously affects the cash-flow of a company because as you may know, usually a company does not maintain a large amount of cash on hand.
How do bank know they have issued a cheque?
Concern,
That’s a very valid point..Cash flow is the key for a company operation. I am not sure, if the bank balance will be frozen for the check issued, as the bank is not aware of where the checks are issued…it is just the check issuer’s responsibility to have enough cash so that the check does not bounce…
Hi Charles,
I gone through the VisaDoor.com and seeing the companies like Infosys and TCS has very less number of LCA in 2016.
What is significanse of this.
I cant believe this, there should be more that 250K application will be this year.
Hi,
Can anyone pls let me know , I completed 3 yrs Bsc IT and pursuing final sem of MCA through distance education and having 2 yrs and 9 months exp as BA .
Would I be eligible for filing H1B ?
Hi,
I checked in visadoor.com H1B Realtime LCA decision, i couldn’t find my employer filed any LCA in the year 2016 until march 15th . What could be the reason ?
Any inputs r welcome.
Thanks
employer name?
Visadoor is not up to date.
Please go to dol website and check. There was a link below in one of the comment
Hi .. Thanks for the reply . Can you not please give the direct link here. I tried searching but no luck
Tony,
There are many other places where you have LCA informaiton. You can check our H1B visa Sponsors database as well. If nothing exists in any place, maybe they have never done it…
My old EAD card is expired on Feb 15 2016. I already apply for the opt extension and I still not receive the new EAD card. My company is sponsoring me H1B, they need the copy of my new EAD card. My question is what if I don’t get the new EAD card before April 1st, is it gonna affect my application of H1B?
Thanks
Yuxio Huo,
It should not…You can send the application receipt copy that you submitted for new EAD card. Worst case, you may get RFE and it can be solved easily with your EAD card…
if got chosen in the lottery with premium processing , what’s the earliest time to have a US embassy console interview for visa stamping?
10 Days before October 1st
flint,
Read When to go for H1B Stamping after Approval
Any idea if there will be increase in advanced degree quota this year? Looks like companies are hiring less candidates requiring sponsorship, although from the job data it looks like there will an increase
No decrease in hiring numbers buddy, all the friends got placed already
Hi!
Can you tell me the companies?
Manny,
The quota is not changing, it is final as per USCIS press release. Read Summary of USCIS Press Release H1B April 1st
I meant number of applicants, not quota, sorry for miscommunication
Anybody can tell me a trustable, law-follower staffing company?
As I seen on lot of forums everybody has the same experience: fraud companies want our money!
I’m a .NET C# ASP.net developer with 7+ years experience in banking and telecommunication industry in Central Europe.
If you don’t have a sponsor now, I think there might be not enough time for the whole new application to get ready by Apr 6th.
You’d better hurry.
When did you start the search of sponsors?
And where did you find them? 🙂
Hi
I have the same question like CEUROPE…
I started my interviews on the first week of January from France…
What do you think, why CEUROPE asked about law-follower companies? I have the same experience…
I had full interview process with 3 companies and part-process with another 2. I got answer from the first 3 and 2 of them want to charge me with lot of money, 3rd one with smaller amount in advance!
So please step back a little bit and answer to his/her simple question.
Of course I can share my process-steps, and their offers, with company and personal names, with bank account numbers in US and in India!!
Can you tell me a black-list site?
US has lot of fraud companies owned by fraud Indians!
Dude,
What if all three companies processed your H1 without charging you a single penny and then you back out for reasons better known to you???
There are tons of candidate in their list who cracked their interviews waiting ahead of you.
Why should they bear the cost of the attorney, LCA, H1B filling when there is very high chance of you not getting picked in lottery or you back out after your application getting picked in lottery(In case you choose another employer who sponsored too)???
(Since they are aware of candidates filing via more than 1 company is common now a days and then candidate chooses the company)
Again, not all employers are genuine, where in you need to do a bit of background check on them too to go ahead with them.
If you still wanna get through without supporting the employer for the bit they wanna support you, then demand your current employer to sponsor. You will realize how much of trust they have grown on you 🙂
Valid argument but not legal
Hi!
Thanks your reply.
So you mentioned, that but it’s not legal, this is the way how can I find an employer in US with H1B?
I should take part in the costs, and believe in the companies. On that way where they want my money to private bank accounts???
Is this the best method?
Best method is to join a company who in course of time starts trusting the skill and talent in you and want you to manage their work in onshore and process H1 for you……rest of all the methods are unfair.
But life is meant to be unfair.
Choose who you be…
Dear H1B Seekers,
Fruad VISA sponsors “Renowed Corp”, Do not pay money for any H1B Visa Sponsor.
LoL…as if you curse yourself when you don’t abide by law, Starting with bribing to get DL to showing fake expenses to saw tax.
Not just you, US invasion of Iraq, Afghanistan and moon was all illegal and unfair too 🙂
GO ahead but don’t cry after getting caught , crime is okay till you don’t get okay …..if you get caught, you know better.
Any updates on VISA initiation in chennai TCS?
Any updates on H1B visa initiation in Chennai TCS
Hi, I’ve 8 yrs of experience in Molecular biology. I’m planning to apply for h1b. I’m trying to apply h1 from last 3yrs. how can I find the sponsors. please let me know
Hi Bhagat, for specialization in Molecular Biology, this may not be the right forum for you. This is the forum full of folks with IT skills. In your case you may need to find a pharmaceutical company/ try research position at a university or the worst option would be to take a crash course in some IT field or fake resume to show IT experience. But it will be such a disgrace to have en education like you and still not get a H1B sponsor. This whole H1-B thing has been hijacked by IT folks, leaving very little space for other genuine engineering / science streams.