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Number of H-1B visas issued for Indian citizens, 1997-2015: https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/1bc51064 https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/1bc51064 Top H-1B coun

Number of H-1B visas issued for Indian citizens, 1997-2015: https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/1bc51064 https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/1bc51064 Top H-1B countries: https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/04040e14 https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/04040e14

guitarbill 10y ago
That's really useful data. As always with statistics, I've thought about what factors could influence the data. One is population, so the obvious thing would be to weight the number of visas issued (which should be proportional to the number of visas applied for if it's a lottery) with the population of that country, specifically the number of people with bachelor degrees or higher. But even with weights controlling for educated population, from rough calculations I've done, H1-B visas seem to be issued disproportionally often to Indian nationals. If it were somehow possible to see the average H1-B wage per nationality, that would also be very interesting. But neither would answer why that's the case, a simple (and probably wrong explanation) could be that Europeans are simply less likely to wait for H1-B visas given the benefits inherently provided in those countries. (Edit: What I mean is you still can't tell if this disproportionality is a good or bad thing, only that there is such a disproportionality.)
- rodionos 10y ago
  That's a good point, obviously India and China have vastly larger populations and hence produce more STEM graduates than the other countries. If population and the number of graduates were the key factor, we would observe a similar trend across other visa types, in particular academic visas. This is not the case, it seems: https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/6042ea50/2/ https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/6042ea50/2/ - J-1 https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/6042ea50/3/ https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/6042ea50/3/ - F-1 J-1 is particularly interesting, where India is growing but lagging behind other countries.
raverbashing 10y ago
Can't Mexicans get a TN visa?
- rodionos 10y ago
  12K+ TN visas issued to Mexican applicants in CY 2015.
vbierschwale 10y ago
http://keepamericaatwork.com/h-1b-nonimmigrant-guest-worker-visas-issued-by-year-from-beginning-of-h-1b-scam-to-displace-americans/ http://keepamericaatwork.com/h-1b-nonimmigrant-guest-worker-...

guitarbill 10y ago

That's really useful data. As always with statistics, I've thought about what factors could influence the data. One is population, so the obvious thing would be to weight the number of visas issued (which should be proportional to the number of visas applied for if it's a lottery) with the population of that country, specifically the number of people with bachelor degrees or higher. But even with weights controlling for educated population, from rough calculations I've done, H1-B visas seem to be issued disproportionally often to Indian nationals. If it were somehow possible to see the average H1-B wage per nationality, that would also be very interesting. But neither would answer why that's the case, a simple (and probably wrong explanation) could be that Europeans are simply less likely to wait for H1-B visas given the benefits inherently provided in those countries. (Edit: What I mean is you still can't tell if this disproportionality is a good or bad thing, only that there is such a disproportionality.)

rodionos 10y ago
That's a good point, obviously India and China have vastly larger populations and hence produce more STEM graduates than the other countries. If population and the number of graduates were the key factor, we would observe a similar trend across other visa types, in particular academic visas. This is not the case, it seems: https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/6042ea50/2/ https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/6042ea50/2/ - J-1 https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/6042ea50/3/ https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/6042ea50/3/ - F-1 J-1 is particularly interesting, where India is growing but lagging behind other countries.

raverbashing 10y ago

Can't Mexicans get a TN visa?

rodionos 10y ago
12K+ TN visas issued to Mexican applicants in CY 2015.

vbierschwale 10y ago

http://keepamericaatwork.com/h-1b-nonimmigrant-guest-worker-visas-issued-by-year-from-beginning-of-h-1b-scam-to-displace-americans/ http://keepamericaatwork.com/h-1b-nonimmigrant-guest-worker-...