Weak economy, anti-immigrant sentiment hit H-1B visa program

摘要

The woeful employment picture in the United States is resulting in thousands of unfilled spots in the H-1B visa program for the first time since 2003, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal (Reference 1). Although employers in just one day snapped up all 65,000 available visas, would-be immigrants filed only 46,700 petitions for employment as of Sept 25-about six months after employers scooped up the visas.