India, March 23 -- Under the Donald Trump administration, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is introducing several changes to the H-1B visa program, which permits American employers to hire foreign workers for positions requiring specialized skills.

Indians are among the largest beneficiaries of the H-1B program. In 2024, according to USCIS data, Indian-origin tech companies secured a fifth of all H-1B visas issued by the US. The agency further added that 24,766 of the 130,000 H-1B visas were granted to Indian-origin companies between April and September 2024.

According to the data, Infosys received 8,140 visas and TCS had 5,274 visas approved. HCL America had 2,953 and Wipro received 1,634 visas. Tech Mahindra was iss...