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7 Indian tech firms rank among top 50 US employers with approved H-1Bs; 5 named in Labor Dept. probe
Seven Indian IT firms are among the top 50 employers in the US with approved H-1B workers, and five of them are named in a Labor Department probe.
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Seven Indian tech giants are among the top US employers for approved H-1B beneficiaries in FY2026, but five of them are now facing scrutiny as the Trump administration freezes some employment-based green card filings
What is the H-1B program?
As per the US government’s H-1B Employer Data Hub, the H-1B program lets US employers hire foreign workers for a limited time. The jobs must need highly specialized knowledge and a bachelor’s degree or higher in the specific field, or its equivalent.
According to the data hub, it has numbers from fiscal year 2009 to fiscal year 2026 (Quarter 3). It covers employers who have filed petitions to hire H-1B workers. It also shows the first decisions made on petitions for new and continuing jobs.
Which Indian firms are in the top 50?
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As per the list of approved beneficiaries by top employers, seven Indian companies are in the top 50. Here is where they stand:
- Tata Consultancy Services: rank 2, with 4,450 approvals
- Infosys: rank 3, with 4,113 approvals
- Cognizant Technology Solutions: rank 6, with 3,510 approvals
- HCL America: rank 14, with 1,516 approvals
- LTIMindtree: rank 20, with 1,289 approvals
- Wipro: rank 24, with 1,175 approvals
- Tech Mahindra Americas: rank 33, with 628 approvals
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Who else is on the list?
As per the same list, Amazon.com Services LLC is at the top with 9,337 approvals. Apple is at rank 4 with 3,879, Microsoft at rank 5 with 3,688, and Google at rank 7 with 3,180. Meta Platforms is at rank 8 with 2,563 and JPMorgan Chase is at rank 9 with 2,112.
Other Amazon units also appear on the list. These include Amazon Development Center, Amazon Web Services and Amazon Data Services.
Which five firms are named in the probe?
Five of the seven Indian firms are named in the Labor Department probe. These are TCS, Infosys, Cognizant, Wipro and HCL.
What is the Labor Department action?
According to Reuters, the Trump administration on Thursday froze some green card applications involving Microsoft, Adobe and major IT outsourcing companies. The freeze affects the PERM (Permanent Labor Certification) process, which is required for most employment-based green cards. Under PERM, employers must show that hiring a foreign worker will not hurt the wages or job opportunities of US workers.
The US said, it is suspending, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini, Microsoft and Adobe.
Companies like, Meta, Amazon or Alphabet's Google are still free to participate in the program.
Why is the US freezing applications?
The move is part of the Trump administration’s wider crackdown on the visa system. The administration has said that some visa program can cost US workers jobs.
Vice President JD Vance said, without giving specific evidence, that some companies are using the PERM program to replace American workers with foreign employees and lower wages.
Vance said on Thursday: “Our message to Microsoft is: You're a great American company, but you've got to hire great American workers.”
The suspensions come after President Trump moved to impose a one-time $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitions for highly skilled foreign workers. However, federal court orders have blocked the fee.
