Tag Archives: j-1

The Top 100 Companies That Sponsored US Visas

We mentioned in many posts how there is a list out there, sometimes difficult to find on the DOL (Department of Labor) site, but is freely available showing who are the companies that employed H-1B holders last year.

Of course this list is just as relevant to E-3 visa holders and even L-1 or J-1 Interns as they show the companies willing in large numbers to hire foreigners and more open to the sponsorship process.

There is do freely available list I am aware of for E-3 visas (they may for all I know lump into this list).

There is also no list for L-1 I am aware of and reportedly somewhere in the vicinity of 400,000 annually come on this visa in recent times. (there is no quota for L-1). However as this is an internal company transfer for multi-national companies that you have to be working at for at least 1 year, I am sure the companies you work for and apply to should be able to tell you more about transfer opportunities down the track to the US.

This list of course changes from year to year but the majority of companies you will see will consistently employ large numbers of foreigners and sponsor a lot of visas. Over the next few days we will reveal more of the list including tips for applying to the different types of companies on the list and the sectors they are in.

You will notice that this Top 100 is dominated, no unexpectedly, by companies in the IT sector. As that for many years has been where the shortage of US talent has been. Thus many people from India in the last decade especially have dominated the ranks of the H-1B visa approvals.

There are also a lot of academic institutions in this list as well which interesting because many of these organizations despite sponsoring a lot of visas will not have them counted in 65,000 quota!
This is of course great information for you when applying there as your chances improve greatly of securing your visa if offered a position so you are not competing against other applicants.

(to note many but not all non-profit, government and academic institutions do not have a quota binding them as the private instituitions do with 65,000 (+20,000 ADE) quota.

This is exactly what I was talking about when denouncing sites like H1Base as worthless and bordering on SCAM sites as they will send you this same list as part of their package as a major item. The only difference between them and me is they will charge you hundreds of dollars for it.

The full list actually contains close to 25,000 companies for last year so there are plenty of options just from the current batch of visa hiring pool from last year. However as mentioned in my recent guest author post about H-1 Visa Quota Predictions and the necessity to get your application in on April 1.

Ok without further delay here are the Top 100 US Visa Sponsoring Organizations from last year.

COMPANY No. of Visas
INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 4,559
WIPRO LIMITED 2,678
SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED 1,917
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 1,539
MICROSOFT CORP 1,037
ACCENTURE LLP 731
COGNIZANT TECH SOLUTIONS US CORP 467
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 422
LARSEN & TOUBRO INFOTECH LIMITED 403
IBM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED 381
INTEL CORP 351
ERNST & YOUNG LLP 321
PATNI AMERICAS INC 296
TERRA INFOTECH INC 281
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 255
MPHASIS CORPORATION 251
KPMG LLP 245
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHS 239
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCH SYSTEM 229
DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP 218
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO 211
EVEREST BUSINESS SOLUTIONS INC 208
VERINON TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD 208
GOOGLE INC 207
EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYS 205
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP 195
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 191
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 186
UNIV OF MICHIGAN 183
MARLABS INC 177
ORACLE USA INC 168
UNIV OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO 168
ALLIED SOLUTIONS GROUP INC 166
RITE AID CORPORATION 161
V-SOFT CONSULTING GROUP INC 161
CUMMINS INC 159
THE JOHNS HOPKINS MED INSTS OIS 157
VEDICSOFT SOLUTIONS INC 156
UNIV OF WISCONSIN MADISON 151
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 150
I-FLEX SOLUTIONS INC 148
CLERYSYS INC 147
YALE UNIVERSITY 145
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 143
STATE UNIV OF NY AT STONY BROOK 143
DIS NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 141
YAHOO INC 139
STANFORD UNIV 138
CDC GLOBAL SERVICES INC 135
GLOBAL CONSULTANTS INC 131
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC 130
THE OHIO STATE UNIV 128
UNIV OF MINNESOTA 128
MORGAN STANLEY & CO INC 125
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 123
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH 122
MCKINSEY & COMPANY INC US 121
MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC 121
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 121
MGL AMERICAS INC 120
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 120
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 119
LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INST 118
DIASPARK INC 117
INFOVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC 114
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 114
EVEREST CONSULTING GROUP INC 113
INDIANA UNIV PURDUE UNIV INDIANAPO 113
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY 113
ITECH US INC 112
MOTOROLA INC 112
XPEDITE TECHNOLOGIES INC 112
DIBON SOLUTIONS INC 111
ZYLOG SYSTEMS LTD DBA ZSL INC 111
NYC HHC HARLEM HOSPITAL CTR 110
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL 109
VISION SYSTEMS GROUP INC 107
DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 105
IBM CORPORATION 104
NORTHWESTERN UNIV 104
UNIV OF WASHINGTON 104
DUKE UNIV UNIV MED CTR & AFFIL INS 103
MULTIVISION INC 100
COSMOS FDN INC DBA HARMONY SCIENCE 99
WASHINGTON UNIV IN ST LOUIS 99
AMAZON GLOBAL RESOURCES INC 98
FLORIDA HOSPITAL 98
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP 98
UST GLOBAL INC 98
UT SOUTHWESTERN MED CTR AT DALLAS 97
NEW YORK CITY DEPT OF EDUCATION 96
UNIV OF CA SAN FRANCISCO 95
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO 95
UNIVERSITY OF NC AT CHAPEL HILL 95
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION 94
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC 93
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECH 93
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 93
UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER 93

I hope this initial list is of benefit to you all and look forward to more of this list in the days to come 🙂

CJ



H1B Visa Fraud – What Immigrants Should Look Out For

Because of the current economic situation, legal immigrants have now become the target for a lot of anger from politicians to the average citizen nad are being targeted in many ways.

The Seattle Times and many other news organization have being reporting on the H1B visa fraud that has been rife whereby companies mainly in the IT sector have been illegally employing immigrants under the terms of the H1B visa.

Without going into to many details, simply put, the rules of this visa state you must be;
– gainfully employed by your approved employer
– working only on approved job sites for extended periods
– paid the prevailing wage for your profession and location
– be a full employee and some sort of contractor or consultant paid for specific projects
– be treated as any other employee under all relevant labor laws

Essentially these firms that have been engaging in this visa fraud for years, have been violating many and sometimes all of the  above requirements.

One of the most common is “benching” employees and treating them as contractors and only paying them when they are on a specific project. Then often taking a portion of the salary as some sort of agency fee and threatening deportation and bad conditions to employees who dare to complain.

A trick they often engage in is to force employees to sign documents to say they have ill for long periods and unable to work to legally get around the fact they have to continue to pay them the salary stated in the initial visa petition.

Now in some cases also, applicants and immigrant employees have also being engaging in fraud by forging credentials, degrees, etc. but usually that is in full cooperation with a company who is well aware this is the case as ultimately a company should always know whom they are employing and what their background is.

Like with Ellis Island 100-150 years ago and following World War 1 and World War 2, waves of immigrants do want to begin a new life in the US and give the best to their families. However today it is much of corporate America that is screwing these International workers and at the same time their American counterparts by becoming involved in this conduct.

US workers are angry that they are losing jobs to immigrant workers and are angry that they are being laid off while immigrants are retaining their jobs. You can understand this type of anger and definitely sympathize with it.

However when elements of the media and especially members of all levels of government engage in spreading falsehoods and a “blame the immigrant” mentality to cover up their own crappy performance and policies, that is when you get mad!

This sort of public spin has of course gone on for hundreds of years towards the Irish, the Greeks and Italians, the Hispanics and now the educated Asians but in the end it is all these groups of people and numerous other groups that make the USA what it is.

A company like Google would not exist if it wasn’t for this same immigrant story and think how many Americans it employs all across the country let alone the immigrants which intern has create a whole industry which further employs people and so the cycle continues.

I came across a site called Immigrant Voice which is another site along with this one trying to help people on H-1B visas and all the others like E-3, L-1, F-1, J-1, etc. fight their battles in an already tough environment.

So please share you story here so we can all learn..

CJ