H-1B visa filings at major tech companies fell sharply late last year, according to federal data, as layoffs mount and new visa restrictions take hold.
The decline comes as alters to the work visa program since September have created the process costlier and placed applicants under tighter scrutiny, and as tech goliaths like Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft have undergone successive rounds of job cuts.
Department of Labor data reveals that some employers filed markedly fewer H-1B visa applications in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 than they did a year earlier. On the federal calfinishar, Q1 runs from October through December.
Read more about the decline on Business Insider: https://lnkd.in/erVZMums
(Credit: Getty Images)
#h1bvisas #larobtainech #visas
Leave a Reply