NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH/DHHS

BETHESDA, MD

• 255 H-1B petitions approved, FY2016–FY2016
• Denial rate 2.3% across 261 decisions
• Initial petitions: 162 approved, 0 denied
• Matches the pattern of an employer exempt from the annual H-1B numerical limits

H-1B figures are from the USCIS Employer Data Hub; PERM figures from Department of Labor disclosure data. Both are counts of past adjudications, not predictions about any future petition. Employers are matched by name, so a single legal entity can appear more than once.

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Data updated October 2, 2026