The reporting in the news describing an increase in requests for evidence (RFE), which if you are being generous would seem to reflect scrutiny of each applicat

The reporting in the news describing an increase in requests for evidence (RFE), which if you are being generous would seem to reflect scrutiny of each application has increased. The same news articles and forum discussions unfortunately describe USCIS applying different interpretations and standards compared to previous administrations. The most bizarre situations I’ve read had h1b granted for only months with with an end date prior to when it was approval. The scrutiny that might be legitimate is confirming the amount of coursework that is applicable. Instead of staffing for the expedited processing, they have removed it for periods of time. By encumbering and slowing down the process the outcomes unfortunately do have some small success in achieving the administration’s stated goal of decreasing foreign workers.