As expected: Trump’s 100K H1B showing bad effects?

The President of United States, Donald Trump has started to impose untoward restrictions on immigration of skilled workers and students alike. It has reached a point of no reconciliation now as the repercussions are severe.

A proposed policy linked to US President Donald Trump has sparked serious concern among Indian IT companies, especially giants like TCS and Infosys. The plan suggests imposing a massive 100000 dollar fee on companies filing new H1B visa applications for foreign workers coming from outside the United States.

This fee would be over and above the existing visa and legal costs, making overseas hiring extremely expensive. Indian IT firms depend heavily on the H1B visa program to send skilled engineers to client locations in the US.

Their business model is built on providing cost effective technology services by deploying trained Indian professionals on site. If the 100000 dollar fee is implemented, the cost advantage that these companies enjoy would reduce sharply.

For firms like Infosys and TCS, which file thousands of H1B applications every year, the financial impact could run into hundreds of millions of dollars. Such a burden may force companies to slow down US hiring, increase project costs for American clients, or shift more work outside the US. In the long term, it could also affect revenues and profit margins.

The move is aimed at discouraging the use of foreign labor and pushing companies to hire locally. However, critics argue that it may hurt both Indian IT firms and US businesses that depend on skilled global talent to remain competitive.