H-1B approvals for India's top six IT firms dropped nearly 40% in FY26, with TCS witnessing a 53% decline amid higher visa fees and stricter US immigration policies.
TCS has recorded sharpest fall in visa approvals
May 25, 2026
04:20 pm
What's the storyIndia's top six IT companies—Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Wipro, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra and Cognizant—have seen a massive drop in their H-1B visa approvals.
The total number of approvals plummeted from 18,469 to just 11,041 between FY25 and FY26.
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