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one percent (1.1 percent to be
exact) each on H-1B visas.
After that, all other countries
constitute less than one
percent of the H1B visas as of
October 5.
3,250 professionals from the
Philippines were on H-1B
visas.
The Philippines is the sole
country in top 10 H-1B visa
holders in which there are
more females (1712 or 52.7
percent) on H-1B visas than
males (1519 or 46.7 percent)
on H-1B visas. The H-1B gender report was
revealed days after the Trump
administration came out with
its incorporated fall agenda,
in which it said that it plans to
make changes in the definition
of specialty occupation for the
definition of H-1B visas and
re-redefining the relationship
between employees and
employers.
As of October 5, as many as The proposed regulations, it
said, is aimed at attracting the
best and the brightest from
across the world, prevent the
abuse of H-1B visas which
is consentient with the hire
American agenda of the Trump
administration.
The USCIS is also proposing
to introduce a pre-registration
system for foreign students in
the U.S.
Technically it is possible
that if 85,000 such students
succeed in getting H-1B visas,
no overseas applicants could
apply.
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