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Tech giants Infosys, TCS among top 5 global H-1B visa beneficiaries

Account for over 41% of visas along with Cognizant, HCLTech

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In contrast, Wipro, TechM, L&T Technology Services, LTIMindtree, Mphasis, and Hexaware have collectively been issued only 6,606 H-1B visas, far fewer than the number granted to Infosys alone by the US government

Surajeet Das Gupta New Delhi

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The contentious debate in the US on stiffening H-1B visa rules, if implemented, will adversely impact US technology (tech) giants and India’s three leading information technology (IT) companies — Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and HCLTech — more than other home-grown tech players.
 
These companies, including Wipro, Tech Mahindra (TechM), L&T Technology Services, LTIMindtree, and Hexaware Technologies, have a much smaller share of the temporary visas granted by the US government.
 
Infosys, TCS, and HCLTech, together with Cognizant — founded in India but headquartered in the US — have collectively accounted for more than 41 per cent of the H-1B