As some of you know, S386 Bill (Fairness for High Skilled workers) in the Senate is going through heated discussions on the senate floor. One of the controversial amendments is the H1B visa 50-50 rule, which tells that, if a company has 50 or more employees and they have 50% or more are temporary workers like ( H1B or L1), then they cannot hire anymore H1B Visa holders. You can check the S386 clip on Senate floor that talks about this.
H1B Dependent Employers
Based on the H1B LCA Data, we thought a report that could help understand the impact would be to pull out a list of such H1B employers. We have pulled out report on H1B Dependent Employers. The definition of a H1B Dependent employer from US Department of Labor is below
“An employer is considered H-1B-dependent if it has:
- 25 or fewer full-time equivalent employees and at least eight H-1B nonimmigrant workers; or
- 26 – 50 full-time equivalent employees and at least 13 H-1B nonimmigrant workers; or
- 51 or more full-time equivalent employees of whom15 percent or more are H-1B nonimmigrant workers”
This is the closest report that can help us filter our employers that can potentially fall under 50-50 H1B amendment in S386 Bill. Below are the top 20 employers from the last 10 years who have filed LCA and are considered H1B Dependent.
You can check the full report at H1B Dependent Employers – 2010 to 2020
| Rank | H1B Sponsor Name | Total H1B Filings |
| 1 | Infosys Limited | 192,518 |
| 2 | TataConsultancy Services Limited | 113,288 |
| 3 | Wipro Limited | 65,699 |
| 4 | CognizantTechnology Solutions US Corp | 59,707 |
| 5 | Capgemini AmericaINC | 46,889 |
| 6 | HCL America INC | 37,634 |
| 7 | Larsen& Toubro Infotech Limited | 28,031 |
| 8 | Tech MahindraAmericasinc | 27,032 |
| 9 | CognizantTechnology Solutions US Corporation | 22,045 |
| 10 | UST Global INC | 17,304 |
| 11 | Tech MahindraAmericas INC | 15,505 |
| 12 | Facebook INC | 14,680 |
| 13 | Igate TechnologiesINC | 12,543 |
| 14 | HexawareTechnologies INC | 10,267 |
| 15 | L&TTechnology Services Limited | 10,122 |
| 16 | CompunnelSoftware Group INC | 9,514 |
| 17 | MphasisCorporation | 9,343 |
| 18 | Syntel INC | 8,545 |
| 19 | Mindtree Limited | 8,115 |
| 20 | QualcommTechnologies INC | 8,052 |