We have just published all labor certifications filed by U.S. employers during fiscal year 2014 through our legacy database system. 

From October 2013 to September 2014, U.S. employers filed 519,504 labor condition applications for H-1B visa jobs, a 17% increase from 2013. During the same time, Department of Labor made decisions on 70,998 labor certifications for employment green card: a 61% increase from 2013. 

Please use following links to search potential job opportunities and pitch employers directly.

• New H1-B Visa database(updated daily, calendar year)
• New Green Card database(update daily, calendar year)
• Legacy H1-B Visa database(updated quarterly, fiscal year)
• Legacy Green Card database(Update quarterly, fiscal year)

Our new visa job database is now updated daily with full copies of original petitions. However, we still maintain the legacy system which is updated once every quarter with case summary only. Some cases might not appear on both systems due to various reasons. 

U.S. employers are always looking for skilled workers, even in holiday seasons. Please polish your resume and update your career profiles regularly. 

Why U.S. employers file over 300,000 Labor Condition Application(LCA) every year while only about 100,000 H1B visas are issued? What's the difference between LCA and H1B Visa?

Before U.S. employer can file H1B visa petition with USCIS, it must fill Labor Condition Application(LCA) with the Department of Labor(DOL) demonstrating that it is paying the required wage for this position in the geographic region where the job is located. 

When an employee renews or transfers his H1B visa or changes work location under some circumstances, he also needs to have a new LCA. DOL typically certifies more than 3 times the number of LCA than the number of H1B visas issued by USCIS. click here to know more about LCA and work visa? 

Our LCA database includes LCA submitted for not only new employment, but also continuation or change in previously approved employment, new concurrent employment, change in employer and amended petition. Usually, only new employment needs H1B Visa quota. 

Following work visa program requires Department of Labor to issue permanent or temporary labor certifications: click here to learn more

• H-1B Specialty (Professional) Workers
• H-1C Nurses in Disadvantaged Areas
• H-2A Temporary Labor Certification (Seasonal Agricultural)
• H-2B Temporary Labor Certification (Non-agricultural)
• D-1 Crewmembers Certification

The H-1B visa program limits the number of cap-subject petitions to 85,000 each fiscal year. However, why thousands of new LCA petitions for H-1B visa could still be filed after the cap was reached? Why over 300,000 LCA petitions were filed each fiscal year? 

Petitions for new H-1B employment are exempt from the annual cap if the beneficiaries will work at

• Institutions of higher education
• Non-profit entities related or affiliated to a higher education institution
• Non-profit research organizations or governmental research organizations

Petitions filed on behalf of current or former H-1B workers who have been counted previously against the cap also do not count toward the cap. Accordingly, USCIS will continue to process FY 2013 and FY 2014 petitions filed to:

• Extend the amount of time a current H-1B worker may remain in the United States.
• Change the terms of employment for current H-1B workers.
• Allow current H-1B workers to change employers.
• Allow current H-1B workers to work concurrently in a second H-1B position.
• Allow recapture of the time that H-1B workers spent outside the U.S.
• Change status back to H-1B from other status like H-4 or F-1.

Based on above cap exempt criteria, myvisajobs.com has improved its search function of H1B visa database. Please use following links to search cap exempt employers and H1B visa petitions.