Y-Axis Immigration Services

Sign up for free

expert consultation

Down Arrow

I accept the Terms & Conditions

Icon
Don' know what to do?

Get Free Counseling

Posted on October 20 2018

Exclusive H-1B Visa News: 75% of the Visa holders are Indians!

profile-image
By  Editor
Updated May 10 2023
USA

The latest H-1B Visa news as revealed by the official report in the US has revealed that almost 75% or 3 out of 4 H-1B Visa holders are from India. This is as per the USCIS - US Citizenship and Immigration Services. The statistics are as of 5 October 2018, said the USCIS.

Around 419, 637 overseas nationals are working in the US through the H-1B Visas as of 5 October. Out of these, 309, 986 are from India, reveals the USCIS report, as quoted by the Economic Times. The report has been titled “Fiscal Year 2018: H-1B Petitions by Nation of Birth and Gender”.

The H-1B Visa news as per USCIS report further elaborates that the gender disparity is huge when it comes to these visas. The numbers of female H-1B Visa holders is 106, 096 or 25% out of the total 419, 637. Meanwhile, 311, 997 or 74.3 % males are H-1B Visa holders. This disparity is even wider among the India visa holders.

There are 63, 220 or 20% female H-1B Visa holders among the total Indian 309, 986 Indian Visa holders. On the other hand, there are 245, 517 or 80% male Indian H-1B Visa holders.

Chinese are a distant second when it comes to H-1B Visa holders with 47, 172. They account for 11% of the total overseas nationals employed on these visas. Indians who top the list are way ahead with 74%.

India and China are followed by South Korea and Canada in the list. These are the only 2 nations apart from the top 2 nations with little more than 1% H-1B Visa holders ( 1.1% precisely).

Y-Axis offers a wide range of Visa and Immigration products as well as services for aspiring overseas immigrants including Work Visa for USAStudy Visa for USA, and Business Visa for USA.

If you are looking to Study, Work, Visit, Invest or Migrate to the US, talk to Y-Axis, the World’s No.1 Immigration & Visa Company.

If you found this blog engaging, you may also like…

What are the criminal and tax issues associated with the US EB-5 Visa?

Tags:

Share

Options for you by Y-Axis

phone 1

Get it on your Mobile

mail

Get News Alerts

contact 1

Contact Y-Axis

Latest Article

Related Post

Trending Article

Belgium Citizenship

Posted On December 14 2024

Belgium Approves 45,500+ Citizenship Applications in 2024. Apply now!