Meta Among Top US H-1B Sponsors for New Hires in FY2025
Meta logged about 5,123 total H-1B approvals in FY2025 and roughly 1,555 new initial-employment petitions -- second only to Amazon for new H-1B hires -- as U.S. tech firms became the top four recipients for the first time.
Why Does This Company Sponsor Visas?
Aggressive hiring for AI research and infrastructure
Competition with OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic for elite researchers
New-hire petitions concentrated in high-wage engineering roles
Fee-exempt categories (extensions, change-of-status) soften the $100K impact
Impact Analysis
Meta's ranking reflects a structural shift: U.S. tech giants -- not Indian IT outsourcers -- now lead new H-1B sponsorship, even as Meta also executed large 2026 layoffs, underscoring a talent reshuffle rather than a pullback.
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