"I think large companies will be a little more sensitive about using H-1B employees politically. Singapore has not approved any visa applications from engineers in the past year. Experts are of the view that more immigration restrictions are on the way. To combat this, Indian outsourcing companies must "recruit directly from US universities,” said Vikram Shroff, header, HR law, Nishith Desai Associates.In fiscal 2017, TCS operated under a self-imposed visa constraint and applied for just 15% of the visas for which it normally applies. Indian companies could also look to revise their billing rates with the clients next year, to factor in visa restrictions, according to Alka Dhingra, assistant general manager at IT recruiting firm TeamLease.

Source: Economic Times April 05, 2017 03:14 UTC