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The top 10 H-1B visa users in the U.S.
Fast-growing IT offshore outsourcing firms are major users
By Patrick Thibodeau, and Sharon Machlis
January 27, 2012 05:53 AM ET
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Computerworld - Offshore outsourcing companies continued to make up the
majority of the top 10 H-1B visa users in 2011, according to new government
data. These offshore firms have been adding employees by the thousands as
their revenues increase.
Cognizant, a New Jersey-based IT services provider with major operations
overseas, led the list. The company had 4,222 initial or new visas approved
and 1,493 renewal petitions.
Google was last on the list, with 383 new H-1B visas and 232 renewals.
Offshoring is showing signs of being a major political issue this year, but
opinions remain divided.
Top H-1B visa approvals by company
Company Visa approvals
Cognizant 5715
Infosys 4042
Wipro 2817
Tata 1758
Larsen & Toubro 1608
Microsoft 1586
Accenture 1370
HCL America 1128
IBM 1063
Google 615
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. Computerworld combined
multiple versions of a company's name, such as Infosys Tech Ltd and Infosys
Technologies Limited, as well as some separate entities under the same
corporate umbrella, such as IBM Corp. and IBM India Private Ltd.
President Barack Obama highlighted it in his State of the Union address on
Tuesday. But he hasn't coupled offshore outsourcing with visa usage. One of
the leading Republican candidates, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, has
called for eliminating the H-1B cap and says the cap policy is wrong.
The data for this story comes from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Service. One list shows new applications for H-1B visas; the second list
shows the combined totals for new visas and renewals. A H-1B visa must be
renewed every three years.
The U.S. issues 85,000 H-1B visas annually. Of that number, 20,000 are
reserved for advanced degree graduates of U.S. universities.
In total, the new visa applications from the top 10 users account for 22% of
all the visas allowed by the U.S. each year. But offshore providers
probably have a much larger percentage of the visas issued under the 65,000
cap, which includes graduates for foreign universities. An exact breakdown
isn't available.
"Once again, the offshore outsourcing industry [is] the major [beneficiary]
of the H-1B program," said Ron Hira, a public policy professor at the
Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. "Eight of the top 10 H-1B
employers use offshoring business models and are clearly exploiting
loopholes in the H-1B program."
Approvals for new H-1B visas
Company Approvals
Cognizant 4222
Infosys 3962
Wipro 2736
Tata 1740
Accenture 1347
Larsen & Toubro 1204
HCL America 1033
Microsoft 947
IBM 853
Google 383
TOTAL 18427
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. Computerworld combined
multiple versions of a company's name, such as Infosys Tech Ltd and Infosys
Technologies Limited, as well as some separate entities under the same
corporate umbrella, such as IBM Corp. and IBM India Private Ltd.
Hira believes "politicians are subsidizing the offshoring of jobs by keeping
the H-1B loopholes in place, costing American workers hundreds of thousands
of jobs."
Obama's attack on outsourcing has mostly been focused on manufacturing,
though he has also been urging companies to in-source more work. A recent
White House policy forum looked at that specific issue and included IT.
Hira said that Obama should support some of the changes being sought U.S.
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). "Closing those
loopholes would create and retain hundreds of thousands of American jobs and
wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime," he said.
One restriction sought by Grassley and Durbin would prohibit any firm from
having more than 50% of their workforce using H-1B and L-1 visas, which are
used to transfer company personnel from an overseas office to the U.S. |
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