The rejection rate for the US H-1 B visa has decreased significantly after the restrictions by Donald Trump’s administration have been lifted.
Biden administration continued lifting restrictions and the court order, and since then, the rates have been decreasing.
H-1B visa denials are likely to continue decreasing
The denial rate was 24% in 2018, 21% in 2019, and it reduced to 13% in 2020, according to the report by NFAP. The rate was 4% in 2021.
The restriction policies by the Trump administration imposed high costs on employers, the US economy, and visa holders. It led to skilled workers and talents moving to other countries.
H-1 B visa is the only way for the international students studying in the US and high-skilled foreign workers to work in the country for the long term.
The point is that the famous start-ups and even the companies that made the COVID-19 vaccines have used the H-1 B visa to employ foreign workers, according to Forbes.
For instance, Google employed 1,453, and Apple hired 1,071 employees through the H-1 B visa in 2021.
Restrictive policies and preventing highly skilled workers from working in the US have created labor supply problems in the US. Also, the US universities have suffered a major loss in recent years as the international students have become unwilling to study in the US when they know the fact that they gave to return to their home country.
Who prefers working in Google, Amazon, IBM, or other famous US companies and returning to the developing countries. The students prefer a destination so they can get a job offer and stay in the country they have studied.
So the competitive countries such as Canada, the UK, and European countries seized the opportunity and attracted as many international students as they could.
With the new Biden administration, you can expect that the denial rate can drop further, and H-1B visa applicants have a higher chance to receive the visa.
The USCIS has restored the 2004 deference policy, which requires giving deference to prior approvals.
