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Trump’s H-1B visa crackdown upends Indian IT industry’s playbook

India’s $283 billion information technology sector will have to overhaul its decades-old strategy of rotating skilled talent into U.S. projects following U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to impose a $100,000 fee for new H-1B visas from Sunday, according to tech veterans, analysts, lawyers and economists.

The sector, which earns about 57% of its total revenue from the U.S. market, has long gained from U.S. work visa programs and the outsourcing of software and business services — a contentious issue for many Americans who have lost jobs to cheaper wo… [4122 chars]

Source: Reuters | Published: 2025-09-21T15:05:48Z

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