This Indian IT giant beats Microsoft, Meta and Google in 2025 H-1B visa race
According to Federal data, TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) is the second highest beneficiary with a visa of more than 5,000 H-1B in 2025 after Amazon. Other leading companies include Microsoft (5.189), Meta (5,123), Apple (4.202), Google (4.181), Deloitte (2,353), InfoS (2,004), Wipro (1.523) and Tech Mahindra American (951).
What is the last move of the Trump administration in H-1B visas?
US President Donald Trump with great pressure on immigration, $ 100,000 (extreme La88 Lakh) H-1B visa applicants’ fee. The movement aims to ensure that those entering the USA are “actually very talented ve and not to take jobs from American workers. “We need workers. We need great workers, and that’s almost all that will happen.” He said.
How many H-1B visa has already approved for FY 2026?
According to US citizenship and immigration services (USCIS), Amazon had 10,044 workers on the H-1B visa as of June 2025, while the TCS had a 5,505 approved visa. In July, USCIS said that it received sufficient petition to meet the regular limit of 65,000 H-1B visa for the 2026 financial year and the 20,000 H-1B visa to meet the US exemption.
Why is the H-1B program considered as ‘the most abuse visa’?
The White House Secretary Will Scharf described the H-1B non-immigrant visa program as one of the country’s “most abuse visa” systems within the country’s immigration. “This statement will increase the fee paid by companies to sponsorship for 100,000 dollars to H-1B applicants. This makes the people they bring to be very talented and that they cannot be changed by American workers,” he added.
How has the share of IT employees in H-1B visas changed?
The ratio of IT workers on H-1B visas increased from 32% to over 65% in the last five years in the 2003 fiscal year. Most of the best H-1B employers are now using Outsourcing from IT.
Using external resource companies based on H-1B allows employers to reduce costs. Studies save 36% in H-1B positions compared to full-time American workers. In order to benefit from these low labor costs, some companies have closed in -company IT sections, dismissed American employees, and provided jobs to cheaper foreign workers from outsourced resources.
