Unofficial PERM Certifications As At End Of Q3 FY2018

Country -------- Q1 ------- Q2 ------ Q3 ----- Total ----- %
CHINA -------- 1,698 ---- 2,395 --- 4,167 ---- 8,260 --- 11.37%
INDIA -------- 7,593 --- 10,107 -- 19,684 --- 37,384 --- 51.44%
MEXICO --------- 408 ------ 645 --- 1,254 ---- 2,307 ---- 3.17%
PHILIPPINES ---- 237 ------ 252 ----- 477 ------ 966 ---- 1.33%
ROW ---------- 5,192 ---- 7,321 -- 11,243 --- 23,756 --- 32.69%

Grand Total - 15,128 --- 20,720 -- 36,825 --- 72,673 -- 100.00%


As at End Of Q3
Country/Group - FY2018 ---- FY2017 ---- FY2016 ---- FY2015 ---- FY2014
CHINA ---------- 8,260 ----- 6,547 ----- 7,937 ----- 4,575 ----- 3,355
INDIA --------- 37,384 ---- 38,784 ---- 49,058 ---- 32,249 ---- 26,325
MEXICO --------- 2,307 ----- 1,600 ----- 1,685 ----- 1,038 ----- 1,036
PHILIPPINES ------ 966 ----- 1,039 ----- 1,499 ------- 919 ----- 1,187
ROW ----------- 23,756 ---- 22,434 ---- 27,529 ---- 15,304 ---- 15,329

Grand Total --- 72,673 ---- 70,404 ---- 87,708 ---- 54,085 ---- 47,232

Thanks Spec.
I wonder if the spike in the 3rd quarter of PERM has little (not everything) to do with WITCH filing under EB2 (and may be EB3). It appears that since August 2017, they have almost stopped going after EB1C (if there are, they are very few in compare to 2012-17).
So beginning of Q1 they started applying for Eb2 and now we are seeing those applications being processed during Q3. (considering 2-3 quarters processing time).
So once they Eb1 (Specially C) May 2017 (pre interview announcement) and before cases are processed, there is a possibility Eb1 will be current and there is a chance of spillover from EB1 to EB2 by the end of 2019. It all depends on how many EB1 cases are left upto May 2017. (Probably a lot).
Another interesting fact is that even though WITCH has started going after Eb2; for last 3 quarters, MAGIF (Micro., Amaz., Goog., Intel, FB) are the top 5 in getting PERM certifications (after a long time).

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Originally Posted by jackbrown_890

Thanks Spec.
I wonder if the spike in the 3rd quarter of PERM has little (not everything) to do with WITCH filing under EB2 (and may be EB3).

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Actually, there's been remarkably few WITCH PERM approvals so far in FY2018.

Wipro - 0 total
Infosys - 490 total (482 in Q3)
TCS - 223 total (39 in Q3)
Cognizant - 7 total (0 in Q3)
HCL - 513 total (305 in Q3)

Cognizant is the really low number comparatively.

That compares to around 6k for WITCH for all of FY2017.

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Originally Posted by Spectator

Actually, there's been remarkably few WITCH PERM approvals so far in FY2018.

Wipro - 0 total
Infosys - 490 total (482 in Q3)
TCS - 223 total (39 in Q3)
Cognizant - 7 total (0 in Q3)
HCL - 513 total (305 in Q3)

Cognizant is the really low number comparatively.

That compares to around 6k for WITCH for all of FY2017.

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Wow, that is a low number. Not even 1000 in Q3 by all 5 of them.
who do these 18,000+ (Q3) Indians got certified work for?
The overall number for certification has been big for Q3 in compare to other two quarters. But number for Indians have seen bigger jump for some reason (as per EB-I to Row comparison - (Q 1- 7.1k to 5.1, Q2 - 10.1k to 7.3k, Q3 - 19.6k to 11.2k)

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Originally Posted by jackbrown_890

wow, that is a low number. Not even 1000 in q3 by all 5 of them.
Who do these 18,000+ (q3) indians got certified work for?
The overall number for certification has been big for q3 in compare to other two quarters. But number for indians have seen bigger jump for some reason (as per eb-i to row comparison - (q 1- 7.1k to 5.1, q2 - 10.1k to 7.3k, q3 - 19.6k to 11.2k)

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Top 10 Indian YTD FY2018

Amazon Corporate LLC ------------- 1,043
Intel Corporation ------------------ 874
HCL America Inc. ------------------- 511
Microsoft Corporation -------------- 505
Infosys Ltd. ----------------------- 487
Apple Inc. ------------------------- 400
Deloitte Consulting LLP ------------ 313
Oracle America, Inc. --------------- 301
Facebook, Inc. --------------------- 253
Tata Consultancy Services Limited -- 223


Top 10 Indian Q3 FY2018

Infosys Ltd. ----------------------- 479
Amazon Corporate LLC --------------- 438
Intel Corporation ------------------ 406
HCL America Inc. ------------------- 304
Microsoft Corporation -------------- 291
Apple Inc. ------------------------- 246
Amazon Fulfillment Services, Inc. -- 221
Deloitte Consulting LLP ------------ 203
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. --------- 169
Facebook, Inc. --------------------- 169


Top 10 Indian FY2017

Cognizant Technology Solutions --- 4,175
Intel Corporation ---------------- 1,078
Microsoft Corporation -------------- 904
Amazon Corporate LLC --------------- 873
Infosys Ltd. ----------------------- 861
HCL America Inc. ------------------- 810
Apple Inc. ------------------------- 493
Deloitte Consulting LLP ------------ 464
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. --------- 389
Google Inc. ------------------------ 375

Does anyone have the numbers for Q1 and Q2 2019?
How did Cognizant fare?
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Alexandra from software outsourcing