Al Jazeera
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H-1B fee hike: Who’s gaining from these visas – Indian IT or US firms? | Business and Economy News | Al Jazeera
September 22, 2025 - Indian companies were the biggest beneficiaries for years. But that’s changed; US firms now dominate visa recipients.
Forbes
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Top U.S. Technology Companies Dominate H-1B Visa List In 2025
November 17, 2025 - Only three Indian companies were among the top 25 employers of new H-1B visa holders in FY 2025.
CMV: Even if not by explicit design, the H-1B system functions as if it were created for Indian IT labor and that outcome is too extreme to be explained by “just market forces.”
India graduates ten times more engineers than the us, and they speak English, and will work for low wages. That's really it. More on reddit.com
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November 23, 2025H-1B visas mainly go to Indian outsourcing firms
Most PhDs, specially in STEM, math, stats, econ, etc. are not American. And almost all of them end up with a H1B visa at some point if they remain in the US · It might be lottery based if you go to work at any firm, or quota-free if it is in academia/nonprofits/govt, but it's still through H1B More on news.ycombinator.com
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April 24, 2017Noob here - Can someone explain the whole H1B issue & why alot of Indians are opposing Trump's decision?
H1B visas back in the day was to outsource highly qualified individuals aka individuals with a professional degree. Which was not a thing in America as most of the locals would only upgrade their skills and work multiple jobs with multiple streams of revenue. H1B ensured they hired qualified professionals in the healthcare, IT and other areas most of which was seeing a boom after 1990-2000’s. However that became a way for India and other Asian countries to apply because the education industry in these countries don’t allow you to be multiple degree holders you qualify for 1 profession and you stick to that your entire life. Loophole: H1B was for the best of the best. They needed the best workers and talented professionals in their industry. India in general did not get the concept and thought H1B is just a visa to get into the US. Millions apply every year cause it costed just ~10lakhs to renew once you were in. Also Indian students in America automatically applied for H1B citing their qualifications from prestigious universities. Keep in mind these are not the best of the best. These are not the best doctors or engineers, just some corrupt politicians kids or a spoiled brat who got their way into the US. 2) H1B visas allowed for the hiring of these individuals in high paying jobs in the company and that numbers steadily started to increase. These high paying jobs were never almost given to Americans citing they were not qualified or didn’t have the expertise. But now over the years they are qualified and have the expertise but NO JOBS. That is the problem trump is tackling, why are high paying jobs being taken over only by immigrants and not the local diaspora. This whole fiasco will greatly impact Indians who solely relied on H1B as their ticket to America. Which is not going to be same from here on More on reddit.com
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September 20, 2025Currently, over 70% of H1B visa recipients are from India. However, if another Asian country similarly dominated H1B visas, how different might American political and social discourse about them be?
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April 27, 2026Usavisalaw
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Is H1B Visa Only For Indians? | American Visa Law Group | American Visa Law Group
January 20, 2026 - Indian nationals dominate the H1B ... the massive size of India’s STEM talent pool, and high sponsorship volume from both U.S. tech companies and Indian IT consulting firms....
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CMV: Even if not by explicit design, the H-1B system functions as if it were created for Indian IT labor and that outcome is too extreme to be explained by “just market forces.” : r/changemyview
November 23, 2025 - H-1B is the biggest scam, created as a result of American Corporate CEOs greed and fueled by Indians to the next level. Now it is purely abused by Indian companies (TCS, Wipro, Tech M, InfoSys) to take American jobs in low paying Indian jobs, bring 1000s of Indians as cheap labour and flood ...
The Indian Express
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H-1B visas explained: As US marks 250 years, why Indians dominate America’s tech workforce
June 27, 2026 - According to the US Department of State and USCIS, applicants from India in some employment-based categories face waiting periods stretching several years and, in certain cases, decades because of the backlog. The H-1B programme has remained politically contentious for years. Supporters argue it helps American companies recruit specialised talent that is unavailable domestically.
The American Bazaar
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Amazon, Meta lead H-1B visa petitions; Indian companies drop sharply in FY 2025
November 19, 2025 - Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Google dominate FY 2025 H-1B approvals as Indian IT firms sharply scale back new visa filings.
The Hindu
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Indian-origin tech firms corner 1/5th of H1B visas issued by U.S. - The Hindu
January 5, 2025 - The H1B visa programme allows U.S. companies to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. | Photo Credit: AP · Indian-origin tech companies cornered a fifth of all H1B visas issued by the U.S.
Bloomberg
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Insiders Tell How IT Giant Favored Indian H-1B Workers Over US Employees
December 9, 2024 - Indian workers dominated professional IT roles while American hires tended to fill lower-paid jobs such as content moderation.
Quora
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Why do Indians get most of the H1B visa quota? - Quora
Answer: Since there isn’t country cap on H-1B visa allocation, that’s why. If out of 260,000 H-1B applications filed every year, 70% are filed by Indian companies, then you are rest assured that most of the H-1B’s will go to Indian workers. Even when the approval comes through a lottery ...
Foster Global
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Workers in India chasing American dream vie for visa - Foster Global
May 2, 2026 - While many Silicon Valley companies ... pay six-figure salaries, the bulk of H-1B jobs go to lower-level IT workers who are often paid close to the minimum allowed by the visa program, about $60,000, says Ronil Hira, a Howard ...
Hyderabad Mail
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H-1B Visa Trends 2025: Why US Firms Still Depend on Indian Talent – Hyderabad Mail
May 10, 2026 - The H-1B visa programme allows American companies to hire foreign professionals in specialised sectors such as information technology, engineering, healthcare and finance. Indian professionals continued to dominate the programme.
Bloomberg
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How Thousands of Companies Are Gaming the H-1B Visa Lottery
July 31, 2024 - Among them are outsourcing companies that have hundreds of thousands of IT workers in India, helping US corporations save money on back-office computer tasks. The outsourcers need some employees to embed at client locations in the US.
The Economic Times
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A 90s obsession among India's middle class fuelled America's tech boom via the H-1B visa - The Economic Times
July 6, 2026 - For decades, Indian engineers have dominated the US H-1B visa program, filling critical tech roles due to a combination of India's focus on engineering education and the US's growing demand for skilled workers.
The Hindu
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Over 78% of top paid H1B applicants were from India
December 19, 2024 - In other words, bigger companies — both U.S.-based and India-based — did not sponsor many high-paid H1B applicants.
BBC
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H-1B: What Trump’s $100,000 visa means for India and US industries
Indians dominate the H-1B programme, making up more than 70% of the recipients in recent years. (China was the second-largest source, making up about 12% of beneficiaries.) In tech, their presence is even starker: a Freedom of Information Act ...
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Rest of World
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How H-1B visa changes are fueling tech hiring in India - Rest of World
February 10, 2026 - GlobalLaborSilicon Valley can’t import talent like before. So it’s exporting jobs
Center for Immigration Studies
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The H-1B Tsunami: Why the U.S. Must Act to Protect American Jobs, Security, and Prosperity | @CIS_org
December 15, 2025 - Similarly, F-1 visas allow ... universities. Many F-1 students later leverage Optional Practical Training (OPT) and H-1B visas to remain in the U.S., often being guided into IT companies via Indian networks....
Hacker News
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H-1B visas mainly go to Indian outsourcing firms | Hacker News
April 24, 2017 - Most PhDs, specially in STEM, math, stats, econ, etc. are not American. And almost all of them end up with a H1B visa at some point if they remain in the US · It might be lottery based if you go to work at any firm, or quota-free if it is in academia/nonprofits/govt, but it's still through H1B
Al Jazeera
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‘Cruel joke’: How Indian H-1B dreams are crash-landing after Trump fee hike | Business and Economy | Al Jazeera
September 29, 2025 - Ajay Srivastava, a former Indian ... ones that Indian professionals dominate: mid-level IT services jobs, software developers, project managers, and back-end support in finance and healthcare”....
Business Standard
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How Indian grads with US degrees get easier H-1B entry, but face lower pay | Personal Finance - Business Standard
October 21, 2024 - Chen added that most users search for roles in the technology sector, with popular job titles like software engineer and data analyst. Among job search platforms, LinkedIn remains the preferred choice, with 68% of all searches conducted there. ... The report notes that technology companies dominate the list of PERM sponsors, with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft leading the way.