Is it difficult to apply for h 1b?

In 2020, the visa for h 1b in the United States will be more difficult to pass.

This year, the lottery order of H 1B was revised: first, all applicants (bachelor degree or above) were included in 65,000 regular lottery places, and then 20,000 places were drawn from those applicants with master degree or above who were not admitted. According to the Immigration Bureau, the new lottery order will increase the winning rate of applicants with high academic qualifications in the United States by 65,438+06%.

This year, about 206,5438+0,000 employers applied for 85,000 new H- 1B visas for FY20. The Immigration Bureau also said that preliminary data showed that 63% of the 65,000 visa lottery applicants obtained advanced degrees this year, up from 56% last year.

Although applicants with high academic qualifications have a better chance of winning, the increasingly strict examination system cannot guarantee that they will eventually get a visa. For example, degrees in electronic engineering, mathematics and physics used to be considered suitable for software engineering, but now the situation is different.

According to the National Policy Foundation (NFAP) data survey, the rejection rate of H 1B applications soared to 32% in fiscal year 20 19, and it will not be better this year.