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CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: Gulen schools and their booming H1B visa applications

CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: Gulen schools and their booming H1B visa applications

Gulen schools and their booming H1B visa applications

Consider the following:
  • The Gulen schools and their related organizations account for 31.5% of all H1B visa applications requested by the top 100 secondary school education H1B visa sponsors (since 2008). (Table 1)
  • Of the top 100 secondary school education H1B visa sponsors, 34 of the 100 sponsors were Gulen schools or their related organizations (since 2008).
  • A total of 4277 visas were requested by the top 100 sponsors.
  • 1349 of the 4277 applications were submitted by Gulen schools or their related organizations.