New York Has The Highest H1b Visas Demand

Online, August 18, 2012 (Newswire.com) - According to a new report by Brookings Institute on geographical distribution of H-1B visas, the New York metropolitan area has the highest demand of H-1B visas, recording almost 53,000 on average over the 2010-2011 periods and which accounts for more than 16 per cent of national demand. This is followed by Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and Washington which made up the remaining top five metro areas, with each having between 14,000 and 18,000 requests.

The report also revealed that though all of the top nine metro areas had accounted for half of all requests nationwide, the demand for H-1B United States visa workers, however, is not limited to large metropolitan areas.
Durham in North Carolina had ranked 20th for total H-1B requests while Trenton in New Jersey ranked 29th for H-1B visa for the USA demand.

Overall, there are 22 metropolitan areas that though not ranking among the 100 largest in the US, had ranked among the top 106 for H-1B demand.

Meanwhile, out of these and other metropolitan areas, H-1B demand intensity, which is calculated as the ratio of H-1Bs requested to the total number of jobs in the metro area, was revealed to be high.

With 10 requests per 1,000 workers compared to 2.40 for the nation, the San Jose metro area, home of Silicon Valley, had ranked highest in H-1B demand intensity at 17.

The next three highest intensity metro areas are Columbus, Indian, Durham, North Carolina, and Trenton, New Jersey.

In Brookings' report, it revealed that the 100 highest requesting employers in 2010-2011 account for 20 percent of national demand.

It was also revealed that two-thirds of these employers are headquartered in the United States, and their LCAs account for 60 per cent of requests from these 100 employers.

Twenty-seven of these employers were also reported to be classified as Fortune 500 in 2011, and those requests make up one-third of this group.

It was also revealed that large private companies specializing in information technology, consulting, and electronics manufacturing are the employers requesting the most H-1B visa to the United States.

Accounting for 12 percent of all applications, the top 25 employers requesting H-1B workers are said to be composed of an even mix of American and non-American companies.

The US companies are said to range from technology firms such as Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, and Google, to financial services companies such as JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, to consulting firms such as Cognizant.
It was also found that Deloitte and IBM are heavily involved in providing IT professional services and CVS, one of America's largest retail pharmacies, is also among the top 25 H-1B requesters.

The H-1B visa for the US is a type of US nonimmigrant visa that allows US employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations, which require theoretical or technical expertise in specialized fields such as in architecture, engineering, mathematics, physical and social sciences, biotechnology, medicine and health, education, law, accounting, business specialties, theology, and the arts. This visa category also includes fashion models and Government-to-Government research and development, or co-production projects administered by the Department of Defense.

Likewise, the foreign worker are also required to possess at least a bachelor's degree or its equivalent as a minimum and state licensure, if required to practice in that field.

Under this visa, H-1B work-authorization is strictly limited to employment by the sponsoring US employer which can employ a foreign worker for up to six years.

As applying for a nonimmigrant visa is generally quicker than applying for an US Green Card that's why the H-1B USA visa application is popular for companies wishing to bring in staff for long-term assignment in the US.