Data signal · Work visas
How often H-1B petitions were approved in the latest USCIS export
ReportedFY2023
96.5%
of adjudicated H-1B petitions were approved in FY2023
What the data shows
- Across the whole USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub export for fiscal year 2023, USCIS recorded 176,949 approvals and 6,350 denials.
- That is an approval rate of 96.5% of the petitions the export records as adjudicated.
- Approval rates differ by employer: ImmigrationClock's directory shows each listed sponsor's own approvals, denials and rate.
Caveats
- The export covers petitions USCIS adjudicated in the fiscal year; it does not include registrations that were never selected in the cap lottery.
- Approvals and denials count petitions, initial and continuing, not people.
Source and method
Reported: the underlying figures were published by the agency named above. ImmigrationClock computed the figure from that publication and typed nothing in. Period: FY2023. Computed on Sep 15, 2026.
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Methodology & sources
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