More Than 21 Lakh Indians Applied For H-1B Visa in 11 years: USCIS Report

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More than 21 lakh Indian technology professionals have applied for H-1B work visas in the last 11 years, an official report has said. The report of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has also refuted the impression that those who applied for the visa were not highly qualified.

 On an average, their salary over the last 11 years has been $92,317 and an overwhelming majority of them are masters or bachelor's degree holders. 

 According to the report, since 2007 till June this year, the USCIS received 3.4 million (34 lakh) H-1B visas applications, of which people from India accounted for 21 lakh.

 The report said the majority (23 lakh) of the beneficiaries of H-1B visas were in the age group of 25-34, and 20 lakh came from the computer related occupation category. 

Computer was followed by architecture, engineering, and surveying (318,670), education (244,000), administrative specialisations (245,000), and medicine and health (185,000). 

 Sometimes people post their retirement age have been given H-1B visas. In all these 11 years, more than 2,000 foreign nationals of more than 65 years of age received H-1B visas. This year alone so far 122 H-1B visas have been allocated to those above 65 years. 

 The USCIS's report was first reported by Breitbart news. "The USCIS date shows that between 2007 and 2017, the H-1B visa, which imports foreign workers to take American jobs, the programme has grown exponentially. 

The vast majority of visa-holders are from India," Breitbart said, adding that roughly 70 to 80 per cent of the foreign workers imported every year are from India. The Trump administration is currently reviewing the H-1B visa policy.

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