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India’s software services companies are increasingly cutting their reliance on H-1B work visas for hiring talent in the US, as immigration mandates become more complex and expensive.
Over the past five years, the top six IT employers – Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, HCL Technologies, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, and LTIMindtree have reduced H-1B issuances by an average of 46%, according to official data from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
In fiscal year 2025, TCS was an outlier because to its large size of 600,000 global…
