LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

NEW YORK, NY

• 157 H-1B petitions approved, FY2009–FY2019
• Denial rate 3.1% across 162 decisions
• Initial petitions: 94 approved, 3 denied
• 40 certified PERM labor certifications
• Median PERM wage $310,000
• Roles sponsored: Attorney, Corporate, Attorney, Securities, Attorney, Capital Markets, Attorney, Tax, Attorney, White Collar Investigations

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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