State Department denies substantial percentage of employer-sponsored immigrant visas

 

By: Leslie Dellon - www.immigrationimpact.com/

Surprising data recently revealed thatconsular officers denied applicants for employer-sponsored immigrant visas at afar higher rate than U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officersdenied green cards to employer-sponsored applicants.

Data analyzed by the Cato Instituteshows that since Fiscal Year 2008, USCIS denied about 8% of employer-sponsoredimmigrants while the average denial rate by consular officers was 63%. The CatoInstitute has identified a disturbing difference that disadvantagesemployer-sponsored immigrants that apply abroad—and which, to our knowledge,has not been raised before. Our analysis of the findings and conclusionsfollows.

By “employer-sponsored,” theCato Institute means the employment-based (EB) second preference category foradvanced degree professionals or persons of exceptional ability and the EBthird preference category for skilled workers, professionals, or “otherworkers.”...

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