By Jocelyn Fernandes
Publication Date: 2025-12-01 05:29:00
Big technology companies in the United States, including Amazon, Google, Meta Platforms and Microsoft, had the most approved H-1B visa petitions for initial employment in FY25, according to an analysis of US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) data by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP).
NFAP, a non-partisan public policy research organisation based in Arlington, Virginia, analysed data from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub.
How many H-1B approvals did big tech companies have in FY25?
- The NFAP report showed that among the big four, Amazon had 4,644 approved H-1B petitions for initial employment in FY25 — the highest for any company.
- It was followed by Mark Zuckerberg‘s Meta Platforms with 1,555 approvals.
- Microsoft had 1,394 approved H-1 B visa petitions.
- Google had 1,050 approved H-1 B visa applicants.
The report added that the bulk of the hiring by these four tech companies was linked to their $380 billion spend on artificial intelligence (AI) and related…