{"id":966294,"date":"2025-10-06T11:02:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T05:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=966294"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T05:32:25","slug":"can-trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-hike-boost-local-hiring-geojits-vinod-nair-explains-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/10\/06\/can-trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-hike-boost-local-hiring-geojits-vinod-nair-explains-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Trump&#8217;s $100,000 H-1B visa fee hike boost local hiring? Geojit&#8217;s Vinod Nair explains how"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recent fall of the market is largely triggered by IT and pharma stocks. Together, these sectors represent ~15% of the broader Indian market. The IT index came under early pressure amid concerns over rising H-1B visa costs and Accenture\u2019s recent subdued outlook, while fresh 100% U.S. tariffs on pharma products triggered heavy selling in the sector. Mid- and small-cap stocks fell more steeply than large caps, reflecting valuation pressures.<\/p>\n<p>The $100,000 H-1B visa fee hike in the US is expected to impact Indian IT companies in the short term, prompting a shift toward increased local hiring, subcontracting, and offshore delivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent fall of the market is largely triggered by IT and pharma stocks. Together, these sectors represent ~15% of the broader Indian market. The IT index came under early pressure amid concerns over rising H-1B visa costs and Accenture\u2019s recent subdued outlook, while fresh 100% U.S. tariffs on pharma products triggered heavy selling in the sector. Mid- and small-cap stocks fell more steeply than large caps, reflecting valuation pressures. The $100,000 H-1B visa fee hike in the US is expected to impact Indian IT companies in the short term, prompting a shift toward increased local hiring, subcontracting, and offshore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-966294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bpo-live-mint","category-live-mint","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=966294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}