Staffing companies are under attack from the USCIS. H-1B denial rates at service and staffing companies greatly exceed H-1B denial rates at non-staffing companies. For instance, a recent Forbes article points out that,
“In FY 2018, USCIS denied 80% of the H-1B petitions for new (initial) employment for Capgemini, a French multinational, 61% for U.S. company Cognizant, and between 34% and 54% for IT services companies Syntel, Infosys, Mindtree and HCL America. To put these figures in perspective, major U.S. tech companies, including Amazon, Facebook and Apple, had 1% or 2% of their new H-1B petitions denied in FY 2018.”
The problem was once limited to IT staffing companies, but MU is aware of many healthcare staffing companies who are also seeing unprecedented RFEs. A recent change to the LCA form now requires all H-1B employers to reveal client names and worksites.
Adding to the concern is the long-rumored H-1B regulatory change that will cement current H-1B policies against third-party placement of H-1B workers, make a stricter definition of specialty occupation, and raise prevailing wages. If past changes are any guide, these regulatory changes will probably have little basis in Congressional statute.
“In FY 2018, USCIS denied 80% of the H-1B petitions for new (initial) employment for Capgemini, a French multinational, 61% for U.S. company Cognizant, and between 34% and 54% for IT services companies Syntel, Infosys, Mindtree and HCL America. To put these figures in perspective, major U.S. tech companies, including Amazon, Facebook and Apple, had 1% or 2% of their new H-1B petitions denied in FY 2018.”
The problem was once limited to IT staffing companies, but MU is aware of many healthcare staffing companies who are also seeing unprecedented RFEs. A recent change to the LCA form now requires all H-1B employers to reveal client names and worksites.
Adding to the concern is the long-rumored H-1B regulatory change that will cement current H-1B policies against third-party placement of H-1B workers, make a stricter definition of specialty occupation, and raise prevailing wages. If past changes are any guide, these regulatory changes will probably have little basis in Congressional statute.