Rejections for standard work-visas have shot up under the Trump administration, but some companies have avoided the trend

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• The Trump administration has ramped up scrutiny of the H-1B visa program.
• US Citizenship and Immigration Services data released Friday show the agency is rejecting more H-1B applications.
• Over the last two years, the agency has more than doubled the instances in which it asks for additional supporting information.
• Some companies are seeing a substantial portion of their applicants rejected, while tech giants like Facebook and Apple have a near-perfect approval rate. 

President Donald Trump's administration has ramped up scrutiny of visas for foreign skilled workers, rejecting more H-1B requests and requiring extra evidence to process thousands of applications, according to government data released Friday.

In the fourth-quarter of 2018, US Citizenship and Immigration Services issued requests for evidence in 60% of H-1B applications submitted by companies on behalf of their employees, up from 46% in 2017 and 28% in 2016, according to a report from the agency.  

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