Indian IT firms see 70% drop in H1-B visa approvals since 2015
Top seven India-based IT companies had 4,573 H-1B petitions approved for initial employment in FY25, down 70% from FY15 and 37% from FY24, according to US government data. Among employers, Amazon topped with 4,644 approvals, followed by Meta (1,555), Microsoft (1,394), Google (1,050). TCS saw 42% YoY decline in approvals to 846 in FY25, while Cognizant's approvals fell to 743.