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Saturday, 18 February 2012
Denial of H1B visas may hurt American business interests: US lawmakers
WASHINGTON: Voicing
concern over increasing
rates of denial of H-1B
and L1 work visas, that are
popular among Indian professionals,
top US lawmakers
and corporate bigwigs
have questioned the Obama
administration over the issue,
warning this would
hurt American business interests.
Offi cials at a Congressional
hearing cited last year’s
fi gure of 26 per cent denial
to H1B visa applicants that
was the highest in recent
years, and also pointed out
instances where the visas
were denied for fl imsy reasons.
Elton Gallegly, chair
of the Immigration Policy
and Enforcement Subcommittee
of the House Judiciary
Committee, said fi gures
obtained from US Citizenship
and Immigration Services
show a rise in denial in
certain categories of visas
between the years of 2008
and 2010. Gallegly said
many in the business community
are concerned that
their petitions for foreign
workers are being denied
and they are being required
to answer excessive requests
for additional evidence,
known as RFEs. “But why
did denial and free rates go
up? And it very well could
be because of the statutory
changes that were implemented
and major decisions
that were issued,” he said.
Ranking member, Zoe Lofgren
said latest fi gures show
there has been a sizable increase
in denial rates for key
businesses visas and in some
categories, the denial on
RFE rates has increased by
300 to 500 per cent during
the Obama administration.
The Congresswomen said
that in many cases the denial
was not justifi ed.
“I had a recent case in
which the USCIS denied an
employment-based petition
because the adjudicator determined
that the company
only had USD 15,000 in
annual revenues and, therefore,
couldn’t possibly pay
the worker. “It turned out,
however, that the adjudicator
had failed to note that the
fi gures were listed in thousands.
It was actually USD
15 million in revenue,” she
said. Lofgren also cited instances
when an applicant
was denied visa due to a bureaucratic
mistake.
“If you take a look at the
H-1B denial rates... in the
year 2004, the denial rate
was 11 per cent on H-1Bs.
In the year 2011 it’s 17.
When you take a look at the
request for evidence rates,
in 2004 it was 4 per cent. In
2011, it was 26 per cent. I
mean, that’s a big jump,” she
said. “In the L-1B request
for evidence rates it was two
per cent in 2004; 63 per cent
in 2011. So you’re really
ramping up the evidentiary
standards in the inquiry. Certainly
we don’t want fraud,
but there is a price to pay as
well if it’s a legitimate effort
and it’s delayed unduly,” the
Congresswoman said.
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