In 2020, with the ban still effectively in place, only 25,491 Filipinos with immigrant visas were admitted into the US. When the immigrant visa backlog was first reported in April 2021, the number of documentarily qualified (DQ) immigrant visa applicants at the National Visa Center (NVC) was 475,310. Temporary work visasThe H-1B temporary work visa allocates 65,000 places for qualified applicants, registered by qualified US employers. Thus, Filipino H-1B applicants are competing for the remaining 58,200. The H-2B temporary working visa, on the other hand, is capped at 66,000 per fiscal year.

Source: Manila Times April 10, 2022 16:47 UTC