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H-1B Program Data

A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is used by employers as supporting evidence for the petition for an H-1B visa. Only first issuance H-1B visas are subject to the legislated numeric limitation. DOL disclosure data does not indicate the employer's intended use for the LCA.

Since January of 2002 employers have had the option to file H-1B applications via the LCA E-File online system or via the automated fax system. H-1B data is available for both systems as separate files. Over 90 percent of H-1B applications were e-filed in FY 2004.

Download H-1B Disclosure Data

The data are available for download by fiscal year (October to September) in Microsoft Access or comma delimited text format. To speed up the download process the data are in ZIP files, however the files are still very large, and can take 2 hours or more to download using a dial-up connection. A ZIP file utility is necessary to extract the files. How to view Zip files.

The file structure is available here.

H-1B Efile Data		H-1B Fax Data
2007 mdb txt		Fax Data Not Available for 2007
2006 mdb txt		2006 mdb txt
2005 mdb txt		2005 mdb txt
2004 mdb txt		2004 mdb txt
2003 mdb txt		2003 mdb txt
2002 mdb txt		2002 mdb txt
		2001 mdb txt

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H-1B e-File Data File Structure

Field Name	Description
Submitted_Date	Date and time the application was submitted
Case_No	Case number
EIN	Employer ID Number
Program (2007 Only)	Indicates the type of temporary application submitted for processing. R = H-1B; A = E-3 Australian; C = H-1B1 Chile; S = H-1B1 Singapore
Name	Employer's name
Address	Employer's address
Address2	Employer's address2
City	Employer's city
State	Employer's state
Postal_Code	Employer's postal code
Nbr_Immigrants	Number of job openings
Begin_Date	Proposed begin date
End_Date	Proposed end date
Job_Title	Job title
Dol_Decision_Date	Date certified or denied
Certified_Begin_Date	Certification start date
Certified_End_Date	Certification end date
Job_Code	Three digit occupational group-see appendix 1 of ETA Form 9035 for the complete list
Approval_Status	Approval status - certified or denied
Wage_Rate_1	Employer's proposed wage rate
Rate_Per_1	Unit of pay for proposed wage rate
Max_Rate_1	Maximum proposed wage rate
Part_Time_1	Y = Part time; N = Full time position
City_1	Work city (location of the job opening)
State_1	Work state (location of the job opening)
Prevailing_Wage_1	Prevailing wage rate
Wage_Source_1	Collective bargining; SESA; Other
Yr_Source_Pub_1	Year that the prevailing wage data was published
Other_Wage_Source_1	Description of the Other wage source (online wage library, OES, employer provided survey, etc.)
Wage_Rate_2	Employer's proposed wage rate - second location
Rate_Per_2	Unit of pay for proposed wage - second location
Max_Rate_2	Maximum proposed wage rate - second location
Part_Time_2	Y = Part time; N = Full time position
City_2	Work city - second location
State_2	Work state - second location
Prevailing_Wage_2	Prevailing wage rate - second location
Wage_Source_2	Collective bargining; SESA; Other
Yr_Source_Pub_2	Year that the prevailing wage data was published
Other_Wage_Source_2	Description of the Other wage source (online wage library, OES, employer provided survey, etc.)
Withdrawn	Withdrawl Indicator (2007 Only)

H-1B Fax Data File Structure

Field Name	Description
C_num	Case number
CertCode	Final case status; certified or denied
ReturnFax	Return fax number
EmpName	Employer's name
EmpCity	Employer's city
EmpAddy1	Employer's address
EmpAddy2	Employer's address 2
EmpState	Employer's state
EmpZip	Employer's postal code
WageRateFrom	Minimum proposed wage rate
WageRateTo	Maximum proposed wage rate
RatePer	Unit of pay for proposed salary Y=annual; M=Monthly; B=bi-weekly; W=weekly; H=hourly
PartTime	Y=Part time position; N=Full time position
BeginDate	Proposed begin date
EndDate	Proposed end date
JobCode	Three digit occupational group-see appendix 1 of ETA Form 9035 for the complete list
NumImmigrants	Number of job openings
JobTitle	Job title
WorkCity_1	Work city (location of the job opening)
WorkState_1	Work state (location of the job opening)
PrevWage_1	Prevailing wage rate
PrevWagePer_1	Unit of pay for proposed salary Y=annual; M=Monthly; B=bi-weekly; W=weekly; H=hourly
WageSource_1	Collective bargaining; SESA; Other
WorkYear1	Year wages published
OtherWageSource1	Description of the other wage source (online wage library, employer provided survey, etc)
WorkCity2	Work city (second location)
WorkState2	Work state (second location)
PrevWage2	Prevailing wage rate (second location)
PrevWagePer_2	Unit of pay for proposed salary Y=annual; M=Monthly; B=bi-weekly; W=weekly; H=hourly
WageSource_2	Collective bargaining; SESA; Other
WorkYear_2	Year wages published
OtherWageSource2	Description of the other wage source (online wage library, employer provided survey, etc)
CertStart	Certification start date
CertEnd	Certification end date
Det_Date	Date certified or denied
ProcessDate	Same as determination date (Det_date)