H-1B visa approvals touch highest in June quarter since Donald Trump became President

PUNE: The United States has approved 95.5% of the total H-1B visa applications filed in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year, the highest ever since President Donald Trump took power.
The data is for the quarter ended June 30, days after Trump suspended new non-immigrant visas, including the H-1B and L-1, through a Presidential Proclamation citing threats to American jobs.
The US immigration agency follows an October to September financial year.
Visa approval rates in the first two quarters were at 83.4% and 87.1%, respectively.
The approvals include applications filed in previous quarters as well as extension of H-1B visas for a second three-year term.