These companies are the biggest winners in US H-1B visa drawsA new analysis by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), based on data from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, found that Amazo...
Expanding work eligibility for all H-1B spouses could reap significant benefits for the US, NFAP study saysA recent study by National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) showed that expanding work eligibility criteria for the spouses of H-1B vi...
Indians are driving the US startup story: NFAP study
India leading country of origin for immigrant-founded US unicorns: NFAP studyThe study - Immigrant Entrepreneurs and US Billion-Dollar Companies - found that 66 companies with a valuation of over $1 billion were foun...
Has the 'Canadian dream' overtaken the American Dream?A recent study by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) found that the number of Indians who became permanent residents in Can...
Drop in H-1B visas doesn't result in more jobs for US workers: StudyThe decline in the availability of temporary high skilled workers did not translate into an increase in demand for American workers with si...
H-1B denial rates for new application drops to 4% in fiscal 2021“The 4 per cent denial rate in fiscal 2021 for new H-1B petitions was similar to the rate before Donald Trump took office, meaning the Trum...
H-1B denial rates decline: USCIS dataLegal challenges forced US lawmakers to reverse restrictive immigration policies leading to a sharp decline in visa denial rates for initia...
International students a key source of talent in America: NFAP ResearchThe number of American students pursuing graduate degrees (masters and PhDs) in fields like computer and information sciences and electrica...
International student enrolment in US universities could fall to post WW II levels: NFAP"The enrollment of foreign students at US universities in the Fall 2020-21 academic year is projected to decline 63% to 98% from the 2018-1...
H-1Bs lead to faster earnings growth for US workers: NFAPThe first study, based on visa data from 2005 to 2018, found that an increase in the share of workers with an H-1B visa within an occupatio...
Over a third of Indian IT H-1B visa requests nixed in 2019The H-1B applications of large US technology firms with a significant presence in India were, however, rejected in the low single digits, t...
Number of Indians shifting to Canada has doubledThe shift is due to increased restrictions on immigration by the United States government, the National Foundation for American Policy (NFA...
Number of Indian students joining US engineering colleges dipsIndian graduate students completing degrees in science and engineering at US universities are a major source of talent for US firms.
US decision to delay ‘startup’ visas to impact Indian entrepreneursImmigrants have started more than half of US startups valued at $1 billion dollars or more, and are key members of more than 70% of these c...
US think-tank believes Donald Trump's H-1B visa diktat was based on wrong dataNFAP claims there are too few low-paid H-1B workers in the first place by disputing the US government data that most are paid less than med...
National Foundation for American Policy moots entry of more H1B professionalsUS policy body is advocating entry of more H1B visa professionals in US, based on performance of H1B visa professionals' children.