FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION DHHS
BETHESDA, MD
- 128 H-1B petitions approved, FY2011–FY2015
- Denial rate 1.5% across 130 decisions
- Initial petitions: 67 approved, 2 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.