Qualcomm, Infosys and Cognizant submitted the highest number of visa applications during the first three quarters of fiscal 2020 as per data released by the US Office of Foreign Labor Certification.
As per the filing, a total of 185,298 visa applications were received by the department during the third quarter (April-June).
“This data includes all applications, whether for amendment of an H-1B where the company moves the employee from one location to another for a project, a change in employer, as well as new H-1B filings,” said Rajiv S Khanna, managing partner at immigration.com. Some portions of these include new H-1B visas for the next fiscal, but the agency doesn’t provide that break up.
TCS and Zensar were the other Indian companies in the top 10. Software developers and computer systems architects accounted for 40% of the positions certified.
The US immigration agency also certified over 35,000 applications under the permanent employment program, or employer sponsored green card. Half the applications processed were for Indian nationals.
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