Trump's H-1B visa crackdown upends Indian IT industry's playbook:
India's $283 billion information technology sector will have to overhaul its decades-old ...
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US Visa Fee Disrupts Indian IT Sector StrategiesIndia’s $283B IT sector faces major shifts as a $100K H-1B visa fee starts, impacting talent flow and offshore delivery by 2026.
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- The new $100,000 fee for fresh H-1B visas is seen as prohibitive by Indian IT companies and will limit onshore employee rotations.
- Firms are expected to reduce U.S. onsite staffing and increase offshore delivery from countries including India, Mexico, and the Philippines.
- H-1B sponsorship will become more selective, focusing only on essential roles and limiting access for many skilled workers.
- Growth of global capability centers in India and nearby regions will accelerate to adapt to the changing visa and labor landscape.
We are seeing a new world order on services economics.— Ray Wang, founder and chairman of Constellation Research, discussing the impact of Trump's measures on the IT industry.
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