From 398,296 in FY21 to 474,301 in FY22, the total number of H-1B Visa petitions filed increased by 19.1 percent. From these, 442,043 petitions were approved in FY22, an increase of 8.6% from 407,071 in FY 2021.
72.6% of H-1B applications were accepted by the United States In FY22, it received from India. A report stated the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
An overview of the 2022 applicants is shown below
First timers vs continuing employees
There were more petitions filed in FY 2022 for initial employment and reemployment than in any of the previous four years combined.
USCIS Accepted 442,043 H-1B Visa petitions in FY 2022, more than in every one of the earlier four years. 132,429 initial employment petitions were approved out of those. which, with the exception of 2019, was more than in any of the previous four years.
In FY 2022, the USCIS approved 309,614 petitions for continued employment. Which was greater than any of the previous four fiscal years combined.
New employment (30%) and new concurrent employment (1%) are among the approved petitions for initial employment.
Petitions for proceeding with business incorporate solicitations for extensions (20.4%), corrections (21.6%), and consecutive work (i.e., change of business, 28%).
Men vs women
78% percent of all approved H-1B Visa petitions were submitted by men. while 29% went to women.
Women were recipients of a bigger offer (35.6%) of initial employment petitions that were granted in comparison to their percentage of continuing employment (26.2%).
Despite the fact that men have more education than women do, Women have a higher percentage of master’s degrees. a professional or doctoral degree in comparison to their male counterparts.
In the case of India, 24% of recipients were female and 76% were male.
Age factor
The average age of those granted H-1B visas beneficiaries were 33 years old in FY 2022.
Among beneficiaries whose initial employment has been approved, 65 percent of respondents were between the ages of 25 and 34.
The beneficiaries whose requests for continued employment were granted were slightly older, with 62.8 percent of them being between the ages of 30 and 39.
Level of education
On the qualification front, 31.7% of beneficiaries whose H-1B petitions were approved in FY 2022 had a bachelor’s degree.
Furthermore, 31.1% of workers had a master’s degree, 7.6% a doctorate, and 3.1% a professional degree.
It is notable that a significant proportion of beneficiaries approved for initial employment earned a doctorate (12.5%) or professional degree (4.3%), as compared to those employed in continuing employment (5.5% and 2.6%, respectively.)
Occupation
The industry that employs H-1B workers the most frequently in FY 2022. Was the industry that provided professional, scientific, and technical services. which is responsible for half of all H-1B worker petitions that are granted, or 46.2%.
In terms of major occupational categories, computer-related occupations accounted for 66% of all beneficiaries.
The largest detailed occupational group is systems analysis and programming, representative of 54.7% of beneficiaries, and belongs to the major occupational category of computer-related occupations.
With 9.8% of the total, architecture, engineering, and surveying was the second largest major occupational group.