Big tech hires 32,000+ in India in 2025 despite tighter H-1B visa rules
By
Binu Mathew
Even as the United States tightens its H-1B visa rules, America’s biggest tech companies are expanding their footprint in India. In 2025, firms like Meta, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, and Google together added more than 32,000 employees in the country. Regardless of fresh restrictions on the H-1B visa programme in US, major American technology companies closed 2025 by hiring more than 32,000 new employees in India.
