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Old 23-08-10   #71
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Originally Posted by sridharchennai View Post
Is the hike in visa fees going to affect the number people that Indian IT companies will be sending to USA?
In my opinion, it won't. The margins will come down on onsite billing. However, in IT, the margins on very high when the work is delivered fromoffshore and typically companies push for 70:30 (offshore : onsite) ratio. Some companies go to the extent of 80:20.

Also when you look at the figures in absolute terms, we are talking about 2000$ in select categories of H1 and L1 visas. When you compare this with the billing that IT companies charge (60-120 USD varies from skill set and company brand name etc), it will have very minimal dent.

However, pure bodyshopping companies could take a hit.. Again..it is only 2000 USD..in over all scheme of things..
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