Rise in onshore hiring, Covid-19 may reduce visa demand in tier-I IT firms

Last year, Infosys revealed plans to hire 12,000 American workers over the next two years, bringing its hiring commitment in the US to 25,000 over five years

With localised hiring strategy gaining ground and the Covid-19 pandemic restricting travel, the overall dependence on visas among the top tier-1 IT services firm will come down further in the next two to three years, opine industry experts.

While US President Joe Biden has signed executive orders that will reform the overall immigration system and also rescinded several acts announced by President Trump that impacted the IT industry, it seems the industry has finally found a way to reduce dependency on visas such as H1-B and L1.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the largest IT services firm, has been working on hiring more