[acolytic]

Just to add some context to this since I was a bit confused. The H-1B goes through the lottery to see which applications get seen by immigration. This seems to be the approval rates of the H-1B after the lottery which makes sense. The FAANG applications are probably mostly legit. 90% acceptance rate for an H-1B before lottery though seemed a little high :)

[geodel]

Haven't checked the data. But lottery is for first 3 years. After that company can keep applying for extensions. For FAANG companies extension approval rate can be higher as you have already noticed.

[cm2187]

I am even more confused. Can we infer from any of these numbers what is the ratio for a company between original applicants, and post review, post lottery H1B approval?

[acolytic]

Don't believe so, no. The lottery is supposed to be blind though, so no company has any edge for any given applicant. That said, one strategy some companies take is to pack in as many applications as possible to get as many people through.