Ur Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. | https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/organization/leadership/ur-m-jaddou-director-us-citizenship-and-immigration-services
Ur Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. | https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/organization/leadership/ur-m-jaddou-director-us-citizenship-and-immigration-services
This represents an approval rate of 97.2%, which is lower than the nationwide average.
That year, the average approval rate for H-1B petitions across the U.S. stood at 98%, slightly higher than the 97.3% recorded in 2023. Statewide, employers in Ohio across all industries submitted 6,622 petitions during the same period, with an approval rate of 98%.
The H-1B visa program allows U.S. employers to temporarily hire foreign workers in specialty occupations requiring specialized knowledge and at least a bachelor’s degree or equivalent. It is designed to address skill gaps in the U.S. workforce while ensuring wage standards to protect both U.S. and H-1B workers. Employers must certify that they will pay H-1B workers wages equal to or greater than those of similarly qualified U.S. employees or the prevailing local wage.
The Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services industry led H-1B petition approvals in the Delaware County Review publication area during 2024, filing a total of 1,063 petitions (76.7% of all submissions) and receiving 1,035 approvals, resulting in an approval rate of 97.4%. The Wholesale Trade industry followed, with 127 petitions (9.2% of all submissions) and an approval rate of 100%.
Employers are classified under industries based on their reported operations and may be involved in multiple industries.
The employers that filed the most petitions in the area during 2024 included ERP Analysts, Inc. with 182 petitions and 98.4% of them approved, Strategic Systems, Inc. with 135 petitions and 99.3% of them approved, and Cardinal Health, Inc. with 113 petitions filed and an approval rate of 100%.
Compared to 2023, Ohio saw a 2% decrease in the number of H-1B petitions during 2024.
The United States admits around 1 million legal immigrants annually, most of whom receive permanent residence (green cards) through family sponsorship or employment-based visas. In 2023, about 1.2 million immigrants were granted green cards, a return to pre-pandemic levels. Temporary visa programs, such as the H-1B for highly skilled workers and H-2A for seasonal agricultural workers, also play a critical role in filling workforce needs.
Public opinion on immigration varies, with 46% of Americans favoring maintaining current legal immigration levels, according to a 2024 Pew Research Center survey. Additionally, 42% believe that highly skilled workers, such as scientists, doctors, and programmers, should be prioritized for legal immigration, compared to 25% who prioritize workers filling labor shortages and 19% who emphasize family sponsorship. Despite this, family sponsorship remains the most common path to permanent residency, accounting for 63% of green cards issued in 2023.
The data in this article comes from the H-1B Employer Data Hub provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). While USCIS strives for accuracy, manual data entry and errors on paper forms submitted by applicants or petitioners may result in discrepancies in employer names, tax IDs, locations, or other details.
| Rank | Industry | Total Petitions | % of All Submissions | % Approved | % Denied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 1,063 | 76.7% | 97.4% | 2.6% |
| 2 | Wholesale Trade | 127 | 9.2% | 100% | 0% |
| 3 | Manufacturing | 76 | 5.5% | 94.7% | 5.3% |
| 4 | Information | 45 | 3.2% | 97.8% | 2.2% |
| 5 | Educational Services | 15 | 1.1% | 93.3% | 6.7% |
| 6 | Retail Trade | 14 | 1% | 92.9% | 7.1% |
| 7 | Transportation and Warehousing | 6 | 0.4% | 83.3% | 16.7% |
| 7 | Finance and Insurance | 6 | 0.4% | 100% | 0% |
| 7 | Health Care and Social Assistance | 6 | 0.4% | 100% | 0% |
| 10 | Other Services (except Public Administration) | 5 | 0.4% | 100% | 0% |
| 11 | Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 3 | 0.2% | 100% | 0% |
| 11 | Accommodation and Food Services | 3 | 0.2% | 100% | 0% |
| 13 | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 2 | 0.1% | 50% | 50% |
| 13 | Management of Companies and Enterprises | 2 | 0.1% | 100% | 0% |
| 15 | Construction | 1 | 0.1% | 100% | 0% |
| 15 | Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | 1 | 0.1% | 100% | 0% |
| 15 | Public Administration | 1 | 0.1% | 100% | 0% |
| Company Name | Industries | Total Petitions | % Approved | % Denied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERP Analysts, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 182 | 98.4% | 1.6% |
| Strategic Systems, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 135 | 99.3% | 0.7% |
| Cardinal Health, Inc. | Wholesale Trade | 113 | 100% | 0% |
| Honda Development and Manufacturing of America, LLC | Manufacturing | 48 | 100% | 0% |
| Goken America, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 42 | 95.2% | 4.8% |
| OCLC, Inc. | Information | 41 | 97.6% | 2.4% |
| USG, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 39 | 100% | 0% |
| Racedog, Ltd. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 32 | 96.9% | 3.1% |
| Toogann Technologies, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 31 | 100% | 0% |
| Neumeric Technologies Corporation | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 30 | 90% | 10% |
| Gathi Analytics, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, Information | 29 | 100% | 0% |
| Svats, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 28 | 89.3% | 10.7% |
| Columbus Technology Solutions, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 26 | 100% | 0% |
| Devcare Solutions Limited | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 25 | 100% | 0% |
| Exel, Inc. | Transportation and Warehousing, Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 23 | 100% | 0% |
| Dataeconomy, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 23 | 100% | 0% |
| G2O, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 22 | 95.5% | 4.5% |
| Divis Solutions, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 22 | 95.5% | 4.5% |
| American Honda Motor Company, Inc. | Manufacturing, Wholesale Trade | 17 | 100% | 0% |
| Meridiansoft, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 16 | 100% | 0% |
| Archents, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 15 | 100% | 0% |
| Big Lots Management, LLC | Retail Trade | 13 | 92.3% | 7.7% |
| Saas Global Solutions, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 12 | 100% | 0% |
| 3amigosit, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 12 | 91.7% | 8.3% |
| Smact Works, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 11 | 100% | 0% |
| Technosai Global Solutions, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 10 | 30% | 70% |
| Star Technology Solutions, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 10 | 100% | 0% |
| Mcgraw Hill, LLC | Educational Services | 10 | 90% | 10% |
| American Business Solutions, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 10 | 100% | 0% |
| Cem Technology, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 10 | 100% | 0% |
| Shark Analytics, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 9 | 100% | 0% |
| Nanda Technologies, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 9 | 100% | 0% |
| Data Systems Integration Group, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 9 | 100% | 0% |
| Platinotech Consulting, LLP | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 8 | 100% | 0% |
| Repave It, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 8 | 100% | 0% |
| Revel It, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 8 | 100% | 0% |
| Microman, Inc. | Wholesale Trade, Information, Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 8 | 100% | 0% |
| Sudhi Infomatics, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 7 | 85.7% | 14.3% |
| Dash Technologies, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 7 | 100% | 0% |
| Vizion Technologies, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 7 | 100% | 0% |
| Digitek Software, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 7 | 100% | 0% |
| Ocean Blue Solutions, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 7 | 100% | 0% |
| Greif Packaging, LLC | Manufacturing | 7 | 100% | 0% |
| Adroit Associates, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 6 | 100% | 0% |
| Banking Soft Solutions, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 6 | 100% | 0% |
| Rrva Solutions, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 6 | 100% | 0% |
| Trimah Technologies, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 6 | 100% | 0% |
| Columbus International Corporation | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 6 | 100% | 0% |
| A2rsystems, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 5 | 100% | 0% |
| Ccfi Companies, LLC | Finance and Insurance | 5 | 100% | 0% |
| Strongbasics, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 5 | 100% | 0% |
| Eve Energy North America, Corp. | Manufacturing | 5 | 0% | 100% |
| Mettler Toledo, LLC | Manufacturing | 5 | 100% | 0% |
| Safelite Group, Inc. | Other Services (except Public Administration) | 5 | 100% | 0% |
| Schrill Technologies, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 5 | 100% | 0% |
| Signature It World, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 5 | 100% | 0% |
| Scientific Forming Technologies Company | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 4 | 100% | 0% |
| Logic Soft, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 4 | 100% | 0% |
| Kasten, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 4 | 100% | 0% |
| Vertiv Group Corporation | Manufacturing | 4 | 100% | 0% |
| Tek Associates, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 4 | 100% | 0% |
| Covetrus, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 4 | 100% | 0% |
| Ebusiness Solutions, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 4 | 75% | 25% |
| Edi-Matrix, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 4 | 100% | 0% |
| Assurant Technology Group, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 4 | 100% | 0% |
| The Nuleap, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 3 | 100% | 0% |
| Otterbein University | Educational Services | 3 | 100% | 0% |
| STG Intermodal Services, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 3 | 100% | 0% |
| Datalysys, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 3 | 100% | 0% |
| Uniq It Solutions, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 3 | 100% | 0% |
| Msaii, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 3 | 100% | 0% |
| Steepgraph Corporation | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 3 | 100% | 0% |
| Cyberollie, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 3 | 100% | 0% |
| Innovative Software Services, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 3 | 100% | 0% |
| Cyber System Technologies, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 3 | 100% | 0% |
| Honeycomb Technologies, Ltd. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 3 | 100% | 0% |
| HK Infotech, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 3 | 100% | 0% |
| ASR Group Holdings, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 3 | 66.7% | 33.3% |
| Optimum Technology, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Orbit Systems, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 50% | 50% |
| Nexa Systems, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Echelle Resources, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Padel Development Company, LLC | Management of Companies and Enterprises | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Prometrics Legal Hub, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Digital Biz Technician, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Velosio, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Reytechnologies, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| United Software Group, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Clinical Lab Consulting, LLC | Health Care and Social Assistance | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Siptek Group, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Cluster Software, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| T Marzetti Company | Manufacturing | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Lambdanets Services, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 50% | 50% |
| Focussoft Technician, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Flairsoft, Ltd. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Metapoint International Logistics Company, LLC | Transportation and Warehousing | 2 | 0% | 100% |
| The Scotts Company, LLC | Manufacturing | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Elite It Group, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Moriroku Technology North America, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Gensys, Corp. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 2 | 100% | 0% |
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