U.S. employers should not have to fret every year that the cap will be reached. Congress should provide a sufficient number of visas to meet our legitimate needs for the next several years. Individuals who have a petition filed between 90 days before and 180 days after receiving a master s degree or higher from a U.S. institution of higher education. In many science and math graduate programs, more than half of the students are foreign nationals. U.S. universities are on a different hiring cycle than most companies.
American universities are the best in the world.
To maintain our preeminence, we need to continue to attract the most capable minds and talents into teaching. These exemptions are similar to those in the T visa bills. Higher education associations estimate that their current demand for H-1B visas is about 10,000 per year. Department of Education data shows that approximately 46,000 foreign nationals were enrolled in all master s programs in 1995 and an additional 11,000 were enrolled in Ph.D. programs. Of this group, historically more than half have returned to work in their home countries and would not apply for H-1B status.