U.S. District Court Strikes Down Final Trump-era H-1B Wage Rule Nick Kolakowski, September 21, 2021 3 min read One of the last Trump-era attempts to adjust the H-1B visa is officially dead on a technicality. U.S....
Denial Rate for H-1B Visas for Continuing Employment Also Going Down Nick Kolakowski, September 13, 2021 1 min read The denial rate for H-1B petitions for continuing employment has dipped in fiscal year 2021 (so far), suggesting that...
H-1B Denial Rates Lower at Big Tech, Consulting, Outsourcing Firms Nick Kolakowski, September 1, 2021 1 min read At some of the nation’s biggest tech companies and consulting firms, the denial rate for initial H-1B applications...
H-1B Visa Denial Rate Dipping Back to Pre-Trump Levels Nick Kolakowski, August 31, 2021 3 min read The denial rate for H-1B visas dipped throughout the first two quarters of fiscal year 2021, raising the question of...
Netflix, Roku, Reddit Offer H-1B Technologists the Highest Salaries Nick Kolakowski, August 17, 2021 1 min read Which technology companies pay the average highest salaries to H-1B workers? Given the chatter around longtime tech...
Biden Regulatory Agenda Hints at Big H-1B Changes on the Way Nick Kolakowski, August 10, 2021 5 min read How will the Biden administration adjust the H-1B? In the eight months since Biden’s inauguration, critics and...
Biden’s Justice Department Argues to Keep H-1B Higher Wage Rule Nick Kolakowski, July 28, 2021 4 min read Presidents have a way of rolling back as many of their predecessors’ actions as possible. However, the Biden...
How Do H-1B Salaries Compare to ‘Average’ Technology Salaries? Nick Kolakowski, July 27, 2021 1 min read At the core of the debate over the H-1B is one question: Are companies really using the visa to pay for highly...
H-1B Debate in 2021: Is the Visa Necessary, or a Tech Job Killer? Nick Kolakowski, July 20, 2021 6 min read Are American immigration policies hopelessly outdated and doomed to put the country at a disadvantage when it comes to...
The Highest-Paid H-1B Workers at Tech’s Biggest Companies Nick Kolakowski, July 13, 2021 1 min read U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received more than 300,000 H-1B registrations for fiscal...
