NEW DELHI: American tech firms are increasingly sponsoring green cards, or permanent US residency, for their employees from India and elsewhere in a bid to hold on to their skilled talent pool at a time when work visa extensions have become unpredictable. 新德里:越来越多的美国科技公司赞助的绿卡,或美国永久居留权,为他们的员工来自印度和其他地方,以保住自己的熟练人才工作签证的时候扩展变得不可预测。
Eight out of the top 10 companies that applied for green cards for their employees in fiscal 2019 were US firms, show data released by the US labour department.
Amazon, which also received the second highest number of H-1B work visas in FY19, filed 3,247 permanent residency applications followed by Cognizant<\/a> and Google<\/a> with 2,927 and 2,425 applications, respectively.
Others in the top 10 list included Intel<\/a>, Facebook, Microsoft<\/a>, Cisco and Deloitte - besides Indian firms Tata Consultancy Services<\/a> and Infosys<\/a> at number five and seven, respectively - all with more than 1,000 applications each.
\"Cognizant has consistently been an industry leader in sponsoring many of our employees in securing legal permanent residence in the US because they are highly-skilled, highly-educated knowledge professionals who are valuable assets to our company and clients,\" a company spokesperson said.
Other US companies in the list did not respond to email queries from ET as of press time Tuesday.
According to labour department data, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which processes these applications, received 113,014 applications for permanent labour certification programme during 2018-19 (October-September), 8.3% more than in FY18. Of the total, 53.2% were for Indian citizens, followed by Chinese residents at 11.2%. Majority of the applicants were H-1B and L1 work visa holders - 68.2% and 7.2%, respectively.
The development indicates that companies are willing to go the extra mile to hold on to skilled talent by sponsoring their residency applications - something that is normally done by the individual, unlike the H-1B visa<\/a> that is sponsored by the employer, experts said.
That is because the US authorities have been increasingly denying applications for work visa extensions on various grounds.
\"Given the strong representation of foreign-born students in top engineering and business schools across the United States, leading technology companies increasingly rely on these types of students to fill their new hiring pipelines,\" said Rogelio Caceres, cofounder of global investment firm LCR Capital Partners. \"Unfortunately, given tech companies' significant talent needs, the H-1B employer-sponsored visa programme is no longer viewed as a reliable source, given how unpredictable and uncertain the approval process has become.\"
Hence, sponsoring an employee's residency applications is seen as a more reliable way to ensure the person can stay on in the US such that the business doesn't get impacted.
In recent years, American tech companies have been garnering the largest share of H-1B visas issued, with Amazon, Google and Facebook among the top 10 recipients in FY19.
Most expat employees in the US first enter the workplace on an H-1B visa, which is for an initial period of three years, and can be extended by another three. While most apply for permanent resident status within this period, it can take up to a decade or even longer for this to come through, especially for Indians.
According to official data, 58.2% of green card applicants worked in computer or math-related jobs, with 24.3% of the work sites being in California, where most of the top tech companies are based.
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排名前十的公司为他们的员工申请绿卡在2019财年美国公司,由美国劳工部公布的数据。
亚马逊,也收到了第二个最高FY19的h - 1 b工作签证,申请3247永久居留权申请紧随其后认识到和谷歌分别与2927年和2425年的应用程序。
“认识到一直是一个行业领导者赞助我们的许多员工在获得合法永久居住在美国,因为他们是高技能、受过高等教育的知识的专业人士到我们公司和客户是有价值的资产,”一位公司发言人说。
其它美国公司没有回应电子邮件列表中查询从周二的新闻时间等。
劳工部数据显示,美国公民与移民服务(USCIS),这些应用程序流程,收到了113014份申请永久劳工认证计划2018 - 19 (October-September) FY18超过8.3%。总数的,53.2%是印度公民,紧随其后的是中国居民为11.2%。大多数申请人是h - 1 b和L1工作签证持有者- 68.2%和7.2%,分别。
发展表明,公司愿意额外英里去留住技术人才通过赞助他们的居留申请——这通常是由个人完成,不像h - 1 b签证由雇主赞助的,专家说。
这是因为美国政府越来越以各种理由拒绝申请工作签证的扩展。
“鉴于外籍学生的强烈表示顶级工程和商学院在美国,领先的科技公司越来越依赖这些类型的学生来填补他们的新招聘管道、“Rogelio卡塞雷斯说道,全球投资公司LCR Capital Partners的联合创始人。“不幸的是,鉴于科技公司的重大的人才需求,h - 1 b签证赞助计划不再被视为一个可靠的来源,考虑到审批过程变得不可预测的和不确定的。”
因此,支持员工的居留申请被视为一个更可靠的方法,以确保美国人可以呆在这样的业务不会受到影响。
近年来,美国科技公司已经获得了最大的份额h - 1 b签证,与亚马逊、谷歌和Facebook FY19前十名的接受者。
大多数外籍员工在美国第一次进入职场的h - 1 b签证,这是一个初始段三年,另外三个可以扩展。虽然大多数申请永久居民身份在这一时期,它需要十年甚至更长的时间经历,尤其是对印第安人。
官方数据显示,有58.2%的绿卡申请人在计算机或数学相关的工作,24.3%的工作地点是在加利福尼亚,那里最顶尖的科技公司。
NEW DELHI: American tech firms are increasingly sponsoring green cards, or permanent US residency, for their employees from India and elsewhere in a bid to hold on to their skilled talent pool at a time when work visa extensions have become unpredictable.
Eight out of the top 10 companies that applied for green cards for their employees in fiscal 2019 were US firms, show data released by the US labour department.
Amazon, which also received the second highest number of H-1B work visas in FY19, filed 3,247 permanent residency applications followed by Cognizant<\/a> and Google<\/a> with 2,927 and 2,425 applications, respectively.
Others in the top 10 list included Intel<\/a>, Facebook, Microsoft<\/a>, Cisco and Deloitte - besides Indian firms Tata Consultancy Services<\/a> and Infosys<\/a> at number five and seven, respectively - all with more than 1,000 applications each.
\"Cognizant has consistently been an industry leader in sponsoring many of our employees in securing legal permanent residence in the US because they are highly-skilled, highly-educated knowledge professionals who are valuable assets to our company and clients,\" a company spokesperson said.
Other US companies in the list did not respond to email queries from ET as of press time Tuesday.
According to labour department data, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which processes these applications, received 113,014 applications for permanent labour certification programme during 2018-19 (October-September), 8.3% more than in FY18. Of the total, 53.2% were for Indian citizens, followed by Chinese residents at 11.2%. Majority of the applicants were H-1B and L1 work visa holders - 68.2% and 7.2%, respectively.
The development indicates that companies are willing to go the extra mile to hold on to skilled talent by sponsoring their residency applications - something that is normally done by the individual, unlike the H-1B visa<\/a> that is sponsored by the employer, experts said.
That is because the US authorities have been increasingly denying applications for work visa extensions on various grounds.
\"Given the strong representation of foreign-born students in top engineering and business schools across the United States, leading technology companies increasingly rely on these types of students to fill their new hiring pipelines,\" said Rogelio Caceres, cofounder of global investment firm LCR Capital Partners. \"Unfortunately, given tech companies' significant talent needs, the H-1B employer-sponsored visa programme is no longer viewed as a reliable source, given how unpredictable and uncertain the approval process has become.\"
Hence, sponsoring an employee's residency applications is seen as a more reliable way to ensure the person can stay on in the US such that the business doesn't get impacted.
In recent years, American tech companies have been garnering the largest share of H-1B visas issued, with Amazon, Google and Facebook among the top 10 recipients in FY19.
Most expat employees in the US first enter the workplace on an H-1B visa, which is for an initial period of three years, and can be extended by another three. While most apply for permanent resident status within this period, it can take up to a decade or even longer for this to come through, especially for Indians.
According to official data, 58.2% of green card applicants worked in computer or math-related jobs, with 24.3% of the work sites being in California, where most of the top tech companies are based.
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