The changes, if they come (and they probably will, in some form or other), will mean that there are fewer H1B visas to go around, and companies will end up paying more for the people they send to the US on H1B visas. There’s some talk of reviving an old plan to allot more H1B visas to companies willing to pay the most to employees. In India, response to happenings in the US (as far as H1B visas are concerned) has been varied. Cost, not availability of local expertise, is likely to have played a central role in their decision to fill roles with Indians with H1B visas. A 2011 Mint series highlighted how several Indian companies were sending employees to work in the US on business visas as opposed to H1B visas.

Source: Mint February 05, 2017 15:15 UTC