States with Most and Least Foreign Employees: See Where MA Ranks
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Every year on April 1, businesses submit applications on behalf of their foreign workers for temporary employment visas. If the number of applications to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services exceeds the 85,000 quota within the first week, visas are granted through a lottery system. Last year, there were a total of 515,605 Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) submitted. Only if those are approved can a person be entered into the visa lottery.
SEE INTERACTIVE MAP BELOW: How does Massachusetts Rank in Demand for Foreign Employees
So where are the majority of these applications coming from? The data experts at FindTheData looked at the number of applications submitted in each state in 2014 to see how Massachusetts measures up against the rest of the country. Massachusetts ranks sixth out of the 50 states in number of foreign employees, with 19,795 LCAs submitted. California leads the nation with 97,667 applications, followed by Texas's 51,443. Montana came in last, with only 132 foreign employees requesting H-1B visas.
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