-H 1B Petitions by Gender and
Country of Birth Fiscal Year
2019
Source: USCIS CLAIMS3. All counts are as of January 21, 2020, when this report was generated. All data are based on H-1B petitions received during fiscal year 2019 for
both initial employment and continuing employment. Percent may not sum due to rounding. More information on USCIS data reports can be found on "Understanding
Our Data" page (https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-studies/understanding-our-data)
CHINA, MAINLAND 22,760 45.6% 27,083 54.3% 74 0.1% 49,917 11.8%
CANADA 1,469 36.7% 2,534 63.3% 3 0.1% 4,006 1.0%
KOREA, SOUTH 1,684 42.9% 2,232 56.8% 12 0.3% 3,928 0.9%
PHILIPPINES 1,473 53.8% 1,259 46.0% 4 0.1% 2,736 0.6%
TAIWAN 1,188 44.4% 1,484 55.5% 4 0.1% 2,676 0.6%
MEXICO 641 26.2% 1,801 73.7% 2 0.1% 2,444 0.6%
UNITED KINGDOM 585 30.8% 1,312 69.0% 5 0.3% 1,902 0.5%
BRAZIL 612 32.3% 1,275 67.4% 6 0.3% 1,893 0.4%
PAKISTAN 360 19.5% 1,487 80.4% 3 0.2% 1,850 0.4%
FRANCE 548 33.7% 1,078 66.3% 1 0.1% 1,627 0.4%
NEPAL 357 23.3% 1,165 76.2% 7 0.5% 1,529 0.4%
IRAN 512 35.8% 919 64.2% - 0.0% 1,431 0.3%
GERMANY 398 32.0% 841 67.7% 4 0.3% 1,243 0.3%
TURKEY 441 35.5% 802 64.5% - 0.0% 1,243 0.3%
ITALY 399 37.2% 673 62.7% 2 0.2% 1,074 0.3%
JAPAN 424 39.6% 642 60.0% 4 0.4% 1,070 0.3%
COLOMBIA 450 43.6% 582 56.3% 1 0.1% 1,033 0.2%
SPAIN 430 42.1% 590 57.7% 2 0.2% 1,022 0.2%
RUSSIA 317 31.9% 675 68.0% 1 0.1% 993 0.2%
VENEZUELA 416 42.5% 563 57.5% - 0.0% 979 0.2%
VIETNAM 349 37.3% 587 62.7% - 0.0% 936 0.2%
NIGERIA 371 40.2% 553 59.8% - 0.0% 924 0.2%
BANGLADESH 174 18.9% 746 80.8% 3 0.3% 923 0.2%
SAUDI ARABIA 172 30.4% 391 69.2% 2 0.4% 565 0.1%
MALAYSIA 248 44.0% 316 56.0% - 0.0% 564 0.1%
EGYPT 92 16.3% 470 83.5% 1 0.2% 563 0.1%
UKRAINE 116 21.2% 431 78.6% 1 0.2% 548 0.1%