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This is a link-enhanced version of an article that first appeared in The Hindu
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This article highlights on how the H-1B visa fee hike could trigger significant shifts in global talent management.
Our Partner, Atul Gupta, Labour & Employment Law Practice, Trilegal shared his perspective. Here’s what he had to say:
“Given India’s significant stake in global mobility of skilled talent, this move has far-reaching legal, economic, and human implications.
The steep increase in the fee will have a material impact on Indian technology and services companies and professionals. Indian service providers and their U.S clients will need to think hard about which roles and positions warrant such a steep investment. Mr. Gupta further said adding, it was quite likely that many positions (jobs) would shift to neighbouring countries in the same or similar timezone (like Canada or Mexico) or come back to India.”
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