In this video, we have some bad news for H1B visa holders, some very, very alarming statistics.
If you want to know where they are, watch this video, and I'll see you on the other
side. So, in this video, we have some alarming statistics about H1B visas. As you know, the
H1B season is coming up. So, I'm going to share with you some statistics and a few tips.
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I want to talk about H1B visas and the rate of denials. So based on the recent statistics
that we were able to get ahold of, between 2015 and 2019, the last season, there's been
an increase, and H1B visas have quadrupled in denial rates. So, if you look at denial
rates 2015, 2016, 2017, ’18, and the last year, it's literally quadrupled in denial
rates. So, that's like, number one, where actually people get denied. Number two, the
RFEs, Request For Evidence has also increased by 60%. And the reason I'm recording this
video right now is because we know we do a lot of H1Bs, we work with employees, we work
with a lot of companies, we help a lot of employers get ready every year for the H1B
season. This year is going to be a whole different kind of process. There'll be an online registration.
As you know, there's a lottery. H1B visas, you can only apply once a year, on April 1st,
and every year when employers are filing, they are subject to a lottery just because
there's so many people that apply for those visas, they have to do a computer-generated
lottery. This coming H1B season, they're going to be using an electronic registration system
where employers are going to be registering before they're even selected to apply for
the… before they even allowed to apply for the H1B visa. And so, it's going to be a whole
interesting way of filing for H1B visas. And again, we will record a separate video just
on the new system. But what I wanted to do in this video is just talk about the recent
statistics and what to expect next. So, when we see a quadrupling amount of denials, where
we have so many actual denials of visas, for good cases, for engineers, for physicians,
for business people. The idea is that what is the message that the government is saying,
they're sending to us. They’re sending to us that they want to limit the amount of people
that can actually file for H1B visas because when I'm looking at their request for evidence
that we're working on right now, for extensions or for transfers, or some of the nails we've
seen that came to us from the previous season, from the season filing, we see there's a big
trend of being very narrow with what they’re asking. For example, how they look at what
a specialty occupation is, that's really the main requirement for the H1B visa. It has
to be a specialty occupation. When they're looking at which positions qualify, which
positions do not qualify for H1B visas. And again, we have a lot of these marketing business
positions that are literally being slashed and literally they’re… I’ll continue
from here. I’m going to start from there.
Where we have this H1B business and marketing positions that are literally being almost
classified as non-H1B qualified. And we see a lot of denials in those areas. But those
denials are so narrow, where they're focusing on… they refuse to accept the fact of how
complex the job is, they refuse to accept arguments and expert opinions that it's a
specialty occupation. Whatever we used to do, and used to work… when I say “we”
I’m talking about our law firm, but also other attorneys that we’re talking to that
have the same kind of experience. It's getting really, really difficult to get H1B visas
approved for positions and occupations that were so easy before. So, the fact that it's
quadrupled in denial, the fact that we have an increase in RFEs, it is a fact. It is a
fact that is not going to change. This coming season, we're going to see more of that and
we are getting ready for, maybe change the way we do it and maybe be more selective with
the kind of cases we take, maybe reverse engineering RFEs. Right now, what we do is, we reverse
engineer RFEs. We look at what the issue is and see how we can tackle each point. So when
we file those cases, we're going to literally avoid those RFEs because we reverse engineers
so many RFEs, it's almost become a system. So we're going to try it again this year,
and use that new system we developed, to reverse engineer RFEs and use that in our new filings.
But the purpose of this video is really to say that the increase in denials, the increase
in our fees, is sending a message to employers not to hire H1Bs. But what are they going
to do? They're going to take those jobs and send them overseas. We have clients that are
so frustrated with H1B, employees not being able to get visas, that they are working with
offshore operations instead of getting jobs in the country, they're sending them out of
the country because of that. The administration is saying, “Well, these visas are taking
jobs from US citizens and limiting the employment opportunities. No, they're not. The more we
have H2B workers, the more opportunities are being created, the more US citizens can be
hired to support them and work with them. By doing this, by sending the message that
they don't want more H1B employees hereby issuing more denials, employers are actually
going to be selling jobs out of the country. They're going to be sending innovation outside
of the US. So, that's something to think about. And again, the purpose of this video, unlike
most of our videos, is really not to educate you about any particular process or H1B or
an RFE, it's really about to voice frustrations that maybe somebody will see this video and
say, “You know what, maybe we shouldn't be as strict with those H1Bs, maybe we should
let them in, remove the cap, and actually allow people to work here that are contributing
to our economy, and helping companies excel at what they do. And by doing that, will create
more jobs for US citizens. So again, I want to let you know that any of you that are in
H1B status or hiring H1B workers, you should know that it's going to get tougher but there
are attorneys out there, like our firm and many other firms, who know the H1B inside
out, and we are getting ready for those RFEs, and we are getting ready for those denials.
But we're not going to be stopped, we're not going to be deterred by that. We’ll improve
operations. We’ll make our efficiency 10 times better, and we'll win every single case
that we can. So, that's just our message to the government, and to you, guys, not to be
scared. It's the situation, it's good to be aware of it but it's also good to be informed
and know what to do to be able to get your case approved and get you that job in the
US. So once again, let me know what you think of this video. Put the comments below. Share
this with a friend, with an employer, with anybody who may be affected by this and we'll
see you on our next video.