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Submitted by Never Mind!, Jan 4, 2008 10:24

H1-B petitions approved vs H1-B workers
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(1) From How many H-1B visa workers? Counts vary VALLEY EMPLOYERS AMONG TOP USERS By Chris O'Brien | Mercury News, 07/15/2007
http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_6380617

(a) Oracle was issued 1,022 H-1B visas in calendar year 2006, a figure that includes renewals of previously issued visas. But Robert Hoffman, an Oracle spokesman, said his company could only confirm that it made 170 new H-1B hires in the federal government's fiscal year 2007, which runs from October to September.

(b) But Shotwell, the tech-industry lobbyist, said such tallies are misleading because companies often file multiple applications for a single person or large blanket applications for a number of positions they might not ultimately need because they want as many as possible before the cap is reached.

(2) From page 5 of Characteristics of Specialty Occupation Workers (H-1B): Fiscal Year 2005 November 2006
http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/H1B_FY05_Characteristics.pdf

(a) The number of approved petitions exceeds the number of individual H-1B workers because more than one U.S. employer may file a petition on behalf of an individual H-1B worker.

(3) From page 31 of Driving jobs and Innovation Offshore, The impact of high-skill Immigration Restrictions on America, National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) Policy Brief, Dec 2007
http://www.nfap.com/pdf/071206study.pdf

(a) The number of approved petitions for new workers is not identical with the number of workers on the job because

(i) workers are occasionally sponsored by more than one employer,
(ii) the job offer may subsequently be withdrawn,
(iii) the job offer may be declined, or
(iv) the worker if residing outside the country, may be denied a visa.
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Voter wrote: "The current the visa cap is actually much more than 65,000, and only people who are doing a bit of propagandizing use this number only. I believe the full count according to US Citizensip & Immigration Service is:

1,400 nationals of Chile;
5,400 nationals of Singapore;
20,000 with master's and doctor's degrees from US colleges and universities;
58,200 with "bachelor's degrees or equivalent experience" from anywhere in the world;
unlimited visas for those employed by non-profit research outfits;
unlimited visas for those employed for local, state and federal research;
unlimited visas for those employed by US colleges & universities."

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(1) From Lou Dobbs Tonight, 03/28/2007
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0703/28/ldt.01.html

(a) It's pretty remarkable. Four hundred thousand H1 visas each year.

(2) From H-1B + L-1 = OFFSHORE By danarothrock | Daily Kos, Mar 28, 2007
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/3/28/82450/4208

Over 400,000 H-1B visas are now issued each year.

(3) From How many H-1B visa workers? Counts vary VALLEY EMPLOYERS AMONG TOP USERS By Chris O'Brien | Mercury News, 07/15/2007
http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_6380617

(a) The federal government awarded 124,096 H-1B visas in the fiscal year ending October 2005, the most recent annual totals available. That includes renewed visas, which don't count against the annual cap.

(4) Page 5 of Characteristics of Specialty Occupation Workers (H-1B): Fiscal Year 2005 November 2006
http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/H1B_FY05_Characteristics.pdf

(a) Number of H1B petitions approved for initial employment is 116,927.

(5) Page 31 of Driving jobs and Innovation Offshore, The impact of high-skill Immigration Restrictions on America, National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) Policy Brief, Dec 2007
http://www.nfap.com/pdf/071206study.pdf

(a) New H-1Bs Petitions Approved in FY 2006 is 109,614

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