H-1B Visa denials at all-time high
Key take: The denial percentage for Infosys has gone up to a whopping 57% in the first quarter of FY19 from 2% in FY15. https://m.economictimes.com/nri/visa-and-immigration/h-1b-visa-denials-at-all-time-high/articleshow/70613732.cms The politics section is overdue for an immigration argument anyway.
They will just apply for more.
Good!
More H1bs for legit businesses then. Great.
How can a silicon valley worker like you say something like this?
@Sr.Con, you've never worked much with these contractors before have you?
The article does not say for all H-1B. It specifically calls out the consulting agencies. TCS, Wipro, Infosys and HCL Tech. The denials could be due to frequent Visa abuse and underpayment by these companies. https://www.epi.org/blog/new-data-infosys-tata-abuse-h-1b-program/
While we almost all agree this is good for fighting systematic abuse from those consulting companies, I am curious to see what will be the reaction of American companies. Will they outsource abroad or absorb the higher labor costs here?
Title is misleading. H-1B denials for Indian consultancies are at all time high.
And 57% is still very low. It should be 100% for consultancies.