More H-1B Fees Raise Tech Industry Uncertainty
The latest move by U.S. President Donald Trump to increase the H-1B visa fee to $100,000 has raised a brow among technology firms. This drastic hike imposes extra financial burdens on companies that use foreign skilled staff. While these events were unfolding, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) CEO K. Krithivasan shared major insights into the hiring plans for the company in the future.
TCS Suspends New H-1B Recruitment for 2025
Krithivasan said TCS would not be making any fresh recruitment under the H-1B visa programme this year. In a report with an English media channel, he said the company has already filled out the adequate number of H-1B employees it has in the United States.
He said, "TCS has approximately 32,000 to 33,000 people in the U.S., of whom approximately 11,000 have H-1B visas. We have already placed 500 Indian employees this year in the U.S. under this visa program. But there are no plans for more H-1B recruitment this year. We will be recruiting local Americans.
Krithivasan also said that TCS seeks to decrease its reliance on H-1B visa holders in the long term. The firm can utilize L-1 visas as a substitute for some of them, though he added that L-1 visas cannot substitute H-1B visas completely.
Workforce Adjustments and Future Investments
TCS has recently cut its staff by around 2 percent. The CEO said this was done owing to unavoidable business compulsions and in order to safeguard the company's long-term objectives. He further stated that all the impacted employees were given reasonable severance packages.
Krithivasan additionally disclosed that TCS is going to invest close to $7 billion in AI data centers for improving its technological abilities and future development.
TCS Among Leading H-1B Employers in the U.S.
TCS is still among the top H-1B employers in the United States. Since 2009, the company employed 98,259 employees under the program till 2025. TCS hired 5,505 workers under H-1B visas in the 2024–2025 financial year alone.
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