Table 1
Nearly half of new H-1B visa petitions were approved by USCIS for just 30 companies, and half were outsourcers that received 25% of all new visas: Top 30 H-1B employers by number of approved petitions for initial employment, fiscal year 2021
| Rank | Employer name | H-1B petition approvals for initial employment, FY 2021 | Outsourcing/offshoring business model? | H-1B approvals for outsourcing/offshoring firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon | 6,182 | – | |
| 2 | Infosys | 5,318 | Yes | 5,318 |
| 3 | Tata Consultancy Services | 3,262 | Yes | 3,262 |
| 4 | Wipro | 2,121 | Yes | 2,121 |
| 5 | Cognizant | 1,481 | Yes | 1,481 |
| 6 | 1,453 | – | ||
| 7 | IBM | 1,399 | Yes | 1,399 |
| 8 | HCL | 1,299 | Yes | 1,299 |
| 9 | Microsoft | 1,240 | – | |
| 10 | Deloitte and Touche | 1,235 | Yes | 1,235 |
| 11 | 1,196 | – | ||
| 12 | Tech Mahindra | 1,104 | Yes | 1,104 |
| 13 | Accenture | 1,076 | Yes | 1,076 |
| 14 | Apple | 1,071 | – | |
| 15 | Capgemini | 889 | Yes | 889 |
| 16 | Goldman Sachs | 612 | – | |
| 17 | Oracle | 592 | – | |
| 18 | Larsen & Toubro | 566 | Yes | 566 |
| 19 | Intel | 522 | – | |
| 20 | Ernst & Young | 489 | Yes | 489 |
| 21 | Qualcomm | 485 | – | |
| 22 | Mindtree | 480 | Yes | 480 |
| 23 | Hexaware Technologies | 423 | Yes | 423 |
| 24 | Cisco | 417 | – | |
| 25 | Virtusa | 408 | Yes | 408 |
| 26 | Walmart | 380 | – | |
| 27 | McKinsey | 365 | – | |
| 28 | Salesforce | 326 | – | |
| 29 | Citibank | 325 | – | |
| 30 | JP Morgan Chase | 325 | – | |
| Totals | 37,041 | 15 outsourcers | 21,550 | |
| Top 30 share of total H-1B annual numerical limit of 85,000 | 44% | 25% | ||
Notes: H-1B petition approvals include approved petitions for initial employment (i.e. for new employment, not visa extensions). Petitions are approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a subagency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Source: Authors’ analysis of USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, fiscal year 2021 data.
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