United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-09-10 monographic deposited born digital 52 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-883 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-883 P0b002ee180381f57 f:d03883 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-883 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-883 GAO-03-883 Alien labor Data collection Employment Immigrants Immigration or emigration Information technology Internal controls Labor force Labor supply H-1B Visa Program INS Computer Linked Application Information Management System 3.0 Other Written Product A08327 The continuing use of H-1B visas, which allow employers to fill specialty occupations with highly skilled foreign workers, has been a contentious issue between U.S. workers and employers during the recent economic downturn. The H- 1B program is of particular concern to these groups because employment has substantially decreased within information technology occupations, for which employers often requested H-1B workers. In light of these concerns, GAO sought to determine (1) what major occupational categories H- 1B beneficiaries were approved to fill and what is known about H-1B petition approvals and U.S. citizen employment from 2000-2002; (2) what factors affect employers' decisions about the employment of H-1B workers and U.S. workers; and (3) what is known about H-1B workers' entries, departures, and changes in visa status. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-883/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-883.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-883/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-883.pdf GAO-03-883 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-883 Other Written Product GAO-03-883; H-1B Foreign Workers: Better Tracking Needed to Help Determine H-1B Program's Effects on U.S. Workforce; Alien labor Data collection Employment Immigrants Immigration or emigration Information technology Internal controls Labor force Labor supply H-1B Visa Program INS Computer Linked Application Information Management System 3.0 Volume 115 Page 272 115 Stat. 272 Public Law 107-56