#h1b

We've hired 500+ H1Bs in first 8 months of 2026. All while we laid off 1000s of Americans.

I've posted the source below, it's from dpt of labor, but H1BHQ.com lets you search it - will run analysis on the numbers and will reply to this post.

Source

https://h1bhq.com/search?employerSlug=CITIBANK-N-A&fiscalYear=2026&pageSize=25

I averaged salaries per job title - will run numbers on cities and dates:

Financial Solutions Senior Group Manager -- $250,000
Trader -- $225,000
Quantitative Analyst -- $225,000
Digital Software Engineer Senior Lead Analyst -- $220,000
Balance Sheet Management Senior Lead Analyst -- $198,255
Specialized Analytics Lead Analyst -- $197,150
Engineering Group Manager -- $188,014
Applications Development Technical Lead Analyst -- $176,562
Data Analytics Senior Manager -- $175,502
Applications Development Senior Manager -- $167,271
Digital Software Engineer Lead Analyst -- $165,591
IT Business Lead Analyst -- $165,490
Applications Development Tech Lead Analyst -- $160,873
Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst -- $160,081
Data Analytics Lead Analyst -- $159,804
Model/Analysis/Validation Officer -- $157,673
Applications Support Tech Lead Analyst -- $157,572
Engineering Lead Analyst -- $157,153
Applications Support Technical Lead Analyst -- $156,349
Information Security Technical Lead Analyst -- $156,162
Credit Portfolio Officer -- $155,325
Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst -- $151,039
Application Support Technical Lead Analyst -- $149,036
Digital Software Engineer Senior Analyst -- $146,400
Applications Development Manager -- $145,642
Digital Tech Program Lead Analyst -- $145,338
Modeling/Analysis/Validation Officer -- $145,000
Data Science Lead Analyst -- $142,378
Model/Analysis/Validation Senior Analyst -- $129,035
Digital Software Engineering Senior Analyst -- $129,000
Product Developer -- $124,200
Credit Portfolio Senior Analyst -- $124,050
Regulatory Risk Officer -- $68,316

Raw Data:

https://hastebin.com/share/oyezoleboc.swift

With this new H1B rule, IBM, with quarterly layoff, will no longer be able to onshore Indians to take US Citizen's job. This rule must extend to existing H1Bs already in USA to replace them with US Citizens who are likely better qualified.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/white-house-h-1b-order-puts-employer-layoffs-under-microscope

Government has clearly mandated with a rule that if they layoff an American protected worker (Citizen, Permanent Resident) and they keep on hiring and promoting H1Bs fines in millions are incoming. If actions are believed to deviate from the interests of the people of this country there is some one paying the penalty.

Are h1b employees required to work during garden leave? Management forcing me to work despite being on garden leave. Is it even legal? When I asked HR- they said oh it’s a grey area, but due to your status you must work. Is that a lie?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2026/09/21/trump-enacts-additional-immigration-policies-against-h-1b-visa-holders/

https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/h-1b-specialty-occupations

Add this to your ORG health

Why is it ok for Pepsi to shut down relo to find the best talent for roles, but approve around 300 H1B applications at an estimated $2 Million dollars in fees. Meanwhile colleges have told the youth to go to college and learn tech. This doesn’t look like nepotism at all

If your peer is SVP in H1b and managing resources/employees, you can report them for violating speciality operations

https://h1bhq.com/employer/u-s-bank-national-association

seems like they're starting to get targeted, anyone else see them at your locations??

@desitechsuppoat on X .com has been chasing down a LOT of H-1B work-visa fraud.

from his post on Sep 19, 2026:

open your mail
Write everything to ier @ usdoj dot gov

Then, Google search for "DOLOIG Hotline form" and proceed to file a complaint.

If you yourself were terminated in favor of a foreign hire, please file a charge to the EEOC.

Do all three agencies at once if you were personally affected by this. If you have any material from your employer, showcasing a preference for foreign hiring. Please capture it, screenshot it with your phone and submit it to the government. You need to be doing this TODAY.

Collect documentation tracing How after laying off US citizens, IDC employees were transferred to US on H1B systematically.

Found Linked post of an IDC team member now transferred to US bragging about it and helping with layoffs of US citizens.

I was looking through the official 2026 h1b / lca data published by the DOL (it's mandatory to disclose to them). the dol publishes these public disclosure files for h1b, h1b1 and E3 applications.

for jpmorgan chase, i used the 2026 employer data available through h1bhq:

https://h1bhq.com/search?employerSlug=JPMORGAN-CHASE-and-co-2&fiscalYear=2026

the figures below come from that dataset.

jpmorgan chase is cutting us jobs while filing for 1,843 h-1b positions...

this is the part i have trouble understanding.

jpmorgan chase has been cutting roles in the US. at the same time, the 2026 h-1b data shows 1,843 records for jpmorgan/chase.

the average listed wage is $162,992 (healthy)

this is not mostly a handful of unusual specialist positions. a large portion of the filings are for technology jobs.

some of the most common titles:

278 - vice president, lead software engineer
158 - associate, software engineer iii
102 - software engineer
102 - vice president, sr lead software engineer
60 - financial analyst
54 - vice president, sr manager of software engineering
40 - vice president, product manager
28 - business intelligence analyst
24 - vice president, manager of software engineering
23 - data scientist
22 - vice president, applied ai ml lead

the geographic concentration is also interesting.

400 - new york, ny
348 - jersey city, nj
304 - plano, tx
219 - wilmington, de
176 - columbus, oh
71 - tampa, fl
55 - palo alto, ca
51 - san francisco, ca
47 - chicago, il
42 - houston, tx

80% of the records are concentrated in just NY, jersey city, plano, wilmington and columbus.

i understand why the h-1b program exists...companies sometimes need skills they say they cannot readily find in the domestic labor market.

but that raises an obvious question when a company is also reducing its us workforce.

if the co has enough work to sponsor hundreds of software engineers, data specialists, product managers and other professionals, why are employees in the US being laid off or having their positions eliminated?

are these completely different skills and organizations?

are laidoff employees being considered for these openings?

are positions being eliminated in one part of the company while essentially similar positions are being filled through h-1b sponsorship elsewhere?

or is this simply part of a broader strategy to change where and how the company sources its workforce?

i am not saying every h1b filing represents a replacement for an american worker.

but... 1,843 records in one year (we have 3 mo to go), with an average listed wage of nearly $163K, is large enough that employees deserve to understand how this hiring fits with the layoffs... and job cuts they are seeing around them.

what are you seeing? are teams actually short of people? are laidoff positions being refilled?

are h1b workers joining areas that have recently had reductions?

specific teams, locations and job titles would be relevant.

Interesting stuff. I hope gunjan gets fired and deported after this.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/enhancing-program-integrity-and-integrity-and-interagency-coordination-in-the-administration-of-the-h-1b-nonimmigrant-visa-program/

I heard new cpo is planning a sizable layoff soon and his goal is to move engineering to India completely - - except hw. He was known to hire only h1bs at Cisco according to Reddit back in the day..

0?

Here is new proclamation
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/09/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-further-enhances-program-integrity-and-interagency-coordination-in-the-h-1b-visa-program/

Companies are pushing more offshoring using h-1b replacing American workers.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/enhancing-program-integrity-and-integrity-and-interagency-coordination-in-the-administration-of-the-h-1b-nonimmigrant-visa-program/

Are U.S. employees laid off and then replaced by H-1B or L-1B workers performing substantially the same work? Has that happened ever....

If your employer laid you off while hiring or transferring H-1B or L-1B workers, these are the main laws worth asking an attorney to investigate:

H-1B displacement law — INA §212(n), 8 U.S.C. §1182(n)
For covered employers, replacing a U.S. worker with an H-1B worker doing an essentially equivalent job can violate the law.

H-1B recruitment requirements — 20 CFR §§655.738–655.739
H-1B-employers must make good-faith efforts to recruit U.S. workers and offer positions to qualified U.S. applicants.

L-1B requirements — INA §101(a)(15)(L), 8 U.S.C. §1101(a)(15)(L)
L-1B status is for employees with specialized knowledge who are transferred from a qualifying foreign company to a related U.S. company.

L-1B fraud or misrepresentation — INA §212(a)(6)(C)
False statements or material misrepresentations in obtaining immigration benefits can create serious immigration consequences.

WARN Act — 29 U.S.C. §2101 et seq.
Large qualifying layoffs may require advance notice. This is separate from H-1B and L-1B rules.

H-1B whistleblower protection — INA §212(n)
You may be protected from being fired, threatened, demoted, or punished for reporting suspected H-1B violations.

Retaliation laws
An employer generally cannot punish you for making a legally protected complaint about unlawful employment practices.

Title VII — 42 U.S.C. §2000e-2
Discrimination based on national origin is prohibited.

INA §274B — 8 U.S.C. §1324b
Certain discrimination based on citizenship status or national origin is prohibited.

Some U.S. citizen employees reporting to IDC manager are required to work midnight/overnight hours while comparable employees reporting elsewhere are not, these are the potential violations to investigate:

National-origin discrimination — Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2
If the different scheduling is because of national origin.

Adverse working conditions for U.S. workers — INA § 212(n), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(n)
Particularly relevant if other employees doing comparable work receive better hours or working conditions.

Overtime violations — FLSA, 29 U.S.C. § 207
If the overnight schedule results in more than 40 hours per week without required overtime pay.

So I found out from a peer that H1B employees get automatic raises because they have to be at a certain salary. No one needs to ask or approve, they just get it whereas we wait and wait forever to get any raise. How is this fair?

This is for folks who lost their jobs to a cheaper, younger drone in Frisco with an H1-B visa.

President Trump just signed a new executive order today regarding the timing of layoffs and H-1B visa hiring. Federal agencies are now directed to consider whether an H-1B sponsoring employer laid off similarly situated American workers during the previous year or plans to lay them off in the future.

Also...

The Labor Department has 30 DAYS to begin reviewing previously submitted H-1B Labor Condition Applications to determine whether action against sponsoring employers is warranted.

Think about the implications.

A company lays off thousands of American workers. Then turns around and says it needs H-1B workers. The government is now explicitly being told LOOK AT THE companies layoff patterns. This is exactly the question companies should have been forced to answer all along. I hate to say it, but this is a good and welcome decision from the President. I hope it doesn't get ki-led by injunctions from judges. (Who will NEVER lose their job to cheap foreign labor willing to relocate from some 3rd world shirthole to Frisco, Texas because it's a step up.

Should Oracle be barred from H-1B hiring for two years after these massive layoffs?

I have bad news for you. Hundreds of job postings we have are typically either intended to transition a contractor/H1B to an FTE role... Also they use them to pick someone who has already been selected. So, in most cases (not all cases), the posting are just a formality. I know you know this, it's here for newbies.

I logically guesstimate that at least 30% of Humana’s profit margin today relies on cheaper non-citizen labor (e.g., H-1B Visas, Vendor Contracts that use H-1B Visas, Offshoring) and the hype to investors as to what AI (artificial intelligence) will bring about in the near future.

All it would take is for just two things to occur, perhaps coupled with one or two other coinciding events, to seriously ruin this corporation.

1) If H-1B Visas were to be sent packing and Vendors (heavily employed H-1B Visas) that Humana contracts with were to be highly scrutinized by federal government and brought to a halt.
2) AI (artificial intelligence) to be heavily regulated by the government and brought to a snail’s pace.

Executive leadership most likely will not admit it to you nor will SVPs, VPs, Directors, and Associate Directors as they have to “toe the line” and keep up the facade that “we are some big super power that nothing can stand in our way!” Pride goes before the Fall! Just a matter of time.

OK, here is the skinny from h1bhq.com -

465 LCA filings, 455 w/CERTIFIED status (done deal), 40% classified specifically as "Software Developer", 60% with "Developer" or "Software Development" in the title, median reported salary range around $142K to $184K.... 20% of certified records in 5 areas that show in Oracle's 2026 WARN layoff records (reported to the state).

I'll post source details in a reply to this post...

All data is open source and it's coming from:
https://h1bhq.com/search?employerSlug=ORACLE-america-inc&fiscalYear=2026

Any H-1b's ? There are some openings in Nashville inside Oracle. Check If your manager can help you to re-hire . Remember your manager has to sign-off and send an exception email.

The EEOC has actively started cracking down on companies for using staffing agencies like Cognizant to replace American workers with low cost foreign visa workers. CNC announced a billion dollar deal with Cognizant a little over a month before the massive layoffs (and Cognizant is already under investigation by dept of labor for H1b and PERM fraud).

It might be a good time to send in EEOC complaints if you lost your position right after the Cognizant contract announcement (which was in the news in July). In the past EEOC has not done much but they're pushing hard for reports/tips right now AND there's a few lawyers in their comments section trying to dig into fortune 500 company violations

https://x.com/USEEOC/status/2099494113666027777

Is there a chance of me being impacted by any layoffs? I’ve been on the team a little over two months and it took me forever to get in. I do feel that there is a lot of redundancy within my team and more folks from vendors being brought in on H1B, and already having a team in India.

I’m assuming I’d be sc--wed on any severance?

It's sad how companies don't want to see why all the easy roles like testing etc. are going to H1b or H4 EADs... but then calling people useless, taking away our fair chances to give them to friends and relatives, and then blaming us is not right.

Bloomberg Law is reporting that DHS is proposing a new $103,265 fee for cap-subject H-1B petitions, including petitions involving workers who are already in the United States.

This is separate from the earlier $100,000 H-1B entry fee that applied primarily to workers being brought into the country. That fee was struck down by a federal judge and is currently being appealed.

A few key points:

• The proposed fee would apply to H-1B petitions subject to the annual cap.
• That includes the regular 65,000 H-1B slots and the additional 20,000 advanced-degree slots.
• Universities, hospitals and certain research institutions would be exempt under the new proposal.
• The $103,265 would be in addition to other H-1B filing costs.
• DHS estimates the fee could generate approximately $8.8 billion per year.
• The US Chamber of Commerce says the fee could make H-1B hiring cost-prohibitive for many startups and small and midsize employers.

For employers that hire significant numbers of H-1B workers, this could materially change the economics of hiring. A company hiring 10 cap-subject H-1B employees could potentially face more than $1 million in these fees alone.

This is currently a proposed rule, not a fee that has already taken effect. The Bloomberg Law report is dated August 24, 2026.

Something to watch, especially at companies that rely heavily on H-1B hiring.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/new-100-000-h-1b-fee-planned-for-foreign-workers-already-in-us

Backend mainframe area. the area that ED was holding off for years. Few H1Bs under him. Says yes to all and work like they are still in British india. Hides all the truth and makes him happy. Comes out of the call the dash out to offshore and their directs. All this because they are visa slaves.

Now the new guy came in and its shaking the whole caucus. ED is loosing the grip . JO and his nepotism hires are not safe. PMO group stacked with all high grades and does barely minimum. Oh the guy became VP in no time just because of nepotism and can barely understand what he speaks out.

“
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are preparing to propose a rule that would eliminate an existing grace period for visa holders who can't find a job, according to an unpublished document posted to the Federal Register.

Under current immigration laws, holders of certain visas, particularly H-1B visas, which are non-immigration visas that allow employers to sponsor skilled workers with Bachelor's degrees or higher, get a 60-day grace period to find a new job if they lose the employment tied to their visa.
The new rule proposal would eliminate that grace period, according to the document.

"This proposal restores a direct relationship between an alien’s nonimmigrant status and the specific employment or activity that formed the basis of his or her admission or grant of status in the United States and reduces administrative burden," the document reads.

A noncitizen would have to immediately leave the U.S. if no longer working for an employer linked to a visa status if the rule were to be implemented.
“

Source for the above:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-proposes-ending-60-day-grace-period-job-loss-h-1b-visa-holders

Hope atleast they would balance the layoffs between H1Bs and Citizens proportionately..

Link for full data set is below. I am listing 2026 only, there is more data here, you can filter on year, I think there is 800 visas issued.

# Fiserv Solutions, LLC — FY2026 H1B/LCA Salary Summary

• 146 total LCA (H1B) records, all reporting annual wages.
• Salary range: $80,496 to $600,000.
• Average starting/base wage: approximately $137,297.
• The average is calculated using the lower end of the offered salary range, not the midpoint or total compensation.
• Positions include software engineering, data analytics, QA, product management, and engineering management.
• Major locations include Berkeley Heights, NJ; Sunnyvale, CA; Alpharetta, GA; Longmont, CO; Redmond, WA; Hagerstown, MD; and Fishers, IN.

## Example Salary Ranges

• Data Analyst: $128K–$166K
• Senior Software Engineer: $173K–$210K
• Staff Engineer: $190K–$216K
• Sr. Manager Engineering: $226K–$244K

Fiserv's FY2026 LCA data shows many experienced technology positions in roughly the $130K–$210K range, with higher-level engineering and management positions exceeding $200K. The overall average lower-bound salary is about $137K.

https://h1bhq.com/search?employerSlug=FISERV-solutions-llc

I think it’s time we tell the truth.

When I joined the workforce in 2002, many of my engineering leads and managers were working from the US, while I was working from Bangalore.

One thing I noticed very early was the difference in work culture.

Indians are, by nature, extremely work-oriented. We don’t like leaving things unfinished. I remember hearing complaints from Indian colleagues about our US counterparts: “These people are privileged. They shut their computers at exactly 4:30 PM.”

Even during a major P1 production issue, you could sometimes see the US team log off when their working hours were over. Meanwhile, the people still in the office were predominantly Indians—working until 10 or 11 PM, handing things over to the offshore team, and then finally going home to their families.

It was a complaint. But, in a strange way, it was also an appreciation of our own work ethic.

Yes, many people in the US have historically enjoyed a level of work-life balance that many Indians did not. They could shut their laptops at 4:30 PM and walk away. We often felt that we couldn't.

But our mentality was different:

“We are getting paid. We have a responsibility. We need to solve the problem. We don't want the company to get a bad name.”

And then we went home.

Our families mattered enormously to us. But we also believed that our ability to provide for our families came from having a job in the first place. We were grateful for that opportunity, and we took that responsibility seriously.

That mentality helped many of us build careers across companies and industries.

We weren't slaves to anyone. We were people who understood the value of an opportunity—and were willing to work extraordinarily hard to make the most of it.

And here is where I think the H-1B debate gets uncomfortable.

For years, everyone benefited from this system.

You valued your freedom.
You valued your work-life balance.
You valued your paycheck.
And we valued our families too.

But for many of us, loving our families meant something different.

We were willing to live thousands of miles away from them, work long hours, sacrifice weekends, and endure years of uncertainty because the ultimate goal was simple:

Make sure our families are taken care of.

That's the difference.

So before blaming Indians or H-1B workers for being willing to work hard, perhaps we should acknowledge the other side of the story.

People didn't come here because they wanted to take something away from someone else.

Many came because they were willing to make sacrifices that others simply weren't willing to make.

And that work ethic didn't suddenly become a problem when the people doing it happened to be Indian.

Fiserv preaches that they want collaborative work environments and people working together efficiently. That will never be the case when you have H1B visa holders that don't want to train anyone, don't want to knowledge share and hoard work so they can scream how busy they are but won't let any one help them. Leadership should be terminated for allowing this. I know personally directors that know they don't do a check to see if a US citizen can do the job before a visa holder. I think anyone reading this we should all go and report this to the government. This is why this company will fail. It won't stop here, what Fiserv will find themselves with is cr-ppy software and only visa holders there to fix it and they still won't make profit. It's what they deserve. And for you H1B visa holders that do work this way and I know a lot of them, I hope the layoff reaches you so you can go back where you come from and practice your non collaboration in your own country and see how far you get. Allowing these H1B visa holders to speak their language on premise should not be allowed. We live in America why do they get to communicate with each other in their language because they don't want Americans to hear what they have to say especially if it's about knowledge share which they only do with one another. In todays layoffs I would have expected a lot of non citizens to get laid off but nah majority Americans - this company will fail. A lot of Americans had been there for 15 + years, but that doesn't matter to Fiserv. Very Un-American!

The fraudsters must go first.. instead they are being protected.. very sad

This is not the Bank of America. This should be renamed as the Bank of India. Oops, the name is already taken.
H1B fraud, H4 EAD hiring, OPT, EAD, Greencard friends and family, BUT NO Americans.
Every manager and HR should be investigated. They take kickbacks in different forms.
The offices in Texas, New York are filled with a bunch of fraudsters, TCS and Wipro employees.
This is not acceptable.
Report to the government. Stop the fraudsters.

Report all H1B, H4 EAD, GC fraud to the department of immigration.
This is getting out of control. They are even bringing caste system into the teams.

Almost all job postings are for internal H1B or H4 transfers. #Fu-k this immigration scam. we are tired.