Local hiring to rise? Indian IT cos may cut H1B visa applications next year

This, despite clients investing on digital and cloud services that require people onsite

Indian IT services firms may apply for lesser number of H1B visas than in the past when the United States begins applications from high technology workers for short term work visas from April 3.

While these firms are witnessing a business shift - clients investing on digital and cloud services that require people onsite as against traditional IT services that can be delivered offshore, anti-immigration policies of the US government is deterring them to look at sending engineers on work to the US.

US President Donald Trump came to power over rhetoric of strict immigration laws and protection of local jobs. In