Trump’s H-1B visa squeeze paves way for Indian tech exodus
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“Under the new proposal, an entry-level software engineer in San Francisco would need to earn US$162,000 a year to qualify for the visa, according to Bloomberg”
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The specific figure of $162,000 for San Francisco is mentioned in one web search result from Trak.in. While other sources discuss a general wage hike proposal, they do not independently confirm this specific number.
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— H-1B workers’ wage hike proposal. The US has proposed a major change to wage rules for the H-1B visa programme. H-1B is a non-immigrant work visa used by US companies to temporarily hire skilled forei…
https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/us-proposal-30-wage-hik…
https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/us-proposal-30-wage-hik…
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— The biggest increase is expected for entry-level positions. According to the proposal, the minimum prevailing wage for Level 1 workers could rise to: 97,746 USD.The new wage rules would apply to sever…
https://travelobiz.com/us-h1b-visa-salary-hike-entry-level-p…
https://travelobiz.com/us-h1b-visa-salary-hike-entry-level-p…
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— President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing a $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applicants. H-1B visas are designed to bring highly skilled foreign workers to the U.S. for jobs that are deemed d…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic…
“In Dallas, the floor would rise to US$113,000”
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The specific figure of $113,000 for Dallas is mentioned only in the Trak.in source. Other provided search results for this claim are generic news homepages (CNN, NYT) and provide no factual data.
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— View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com.
https://www.cnn.com/
https://www.cnn.com/
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https://news.google.com/topics/CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNR…
https://news.google.com/topics/CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNR…
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— Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and video by the journalists of The New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world. Subscribe for coverage of U.S. and international news ...
https://www.nytimes.com/
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“in New York, US$132,000”
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The specific figure of $132,000 for New York is mentioned only in the Trak.in source. Other results discuss the general H-1B wage hike but do not confirm this specific city-based figure.
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— In expensive tech hubs like San Francisco, an entry-level software engineer on an H-1B visa may need to earn nearly $162,000 annually to qualify. In Dallas, the threshold could rise to $113,000, while…
https://trak.in/stories/us-can-increase-minimum-h1b-visa-sal…
https://trak.in/stories/us-can-increase-minimum-h1b-visa-sal…
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— H-1B is a non-immigrant work visa used by US companies to temporarily hire skilled foreign workers, especially in the tech sector. The new rule seeks to enhance minimum wages for four categories of H-…
https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/us-proposal-30-wage-hik…
https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/us-proposal-30-wage-hik…
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— The biggest increase is expected for entry-level positions. According to the proposal, the minimum prevailing wage for Level 1 workers could rise to: 97,746 USD.The new wage rules would apply to sever…
https://travelobiz.com/us-h1b-visa-salary-hike-entry-level-p…
https://travelobiz.com/us-h1b-visa-salary-hike-entry-level-p…
“TCS, Infosys and their peers... whose entire business model was built on deploying engineers at client sites across America”
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Multiple sources describe the business models of TCS, Infosys, and peers as being based on deploying engineers for enterprise services and billing based on headcount/deployment, and note that this model is currently being challenged by AI.
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— Anthropic didn’t just launch another AI model– it launched its own enterprise services company to deploy Claude at scale, backed by Blackstone and Goldman Sachs. For TCS, Infosys, and Cognizant, the r…
https://mantrabytes.in/anthropic-just-launched-its-own-ai-se…
https://mantrabytes.in/anthropic-just-launched-its-own-ai-se…
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— In our podcast with Ameya P, we spoke about the impending change in the business model of the industry. In particular, with AI, Indian IT’s practice of billing based on headcount will make little sens…
https://thedailybrief.zerodha.com/p/indian-it-sees-some-clar…
https://thedailybrief.zerodha.com/p/indian-it-sees-some-clar…
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— Indian technology companies including Infosys, TCS and Wipro have expanded AI consulting services over the past two years, but OpenAI’s direct entry into enterprise deployment. could reshape competiti…
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/openai-s-4-billion-…
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/openai-s-4-billion-…
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