Donald Trump’s executive order on H-1B visa unlikely to impact Indian IT firms

President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting federal agencies from contracting or subcontracting foreign workers, is unlikely to hurt Indian IT service companies in the immediate future.

The IT service firms, which were anticipating this action from the Trump administration, have prepared themselves to face the new normal, say experts.

“This is not a surprise and in anticipation, Indian IT service providers have built their US local talent pool over the last 3-4 years. Hence, they might see minimal impact to their local business,” Kamal Karanth, co-founder, Xpheno, a specialist staffing firm said.

Most of the top Indian IT services firms do not feature amongst the top 100 suppliers to the US government. However, they might be suppliers to some of their clients who could be serving the federal government, he said.