Moneycontrol Bureau



With American President Donald Trump seemingly adamant on sticking to his inauguration pledge of “Buy American, Hire American", Indians working in the US are starting to eye jobs back home. Some recruitment firms have reported doubling of queries from US-based Indian professionals in recent weeks, according to a report in The Economic Times.

With Trump turning into his rhetoric into action in recent weeks, recruitment firms led by BTI Consultants, RGF Executive Search, Transearch, The Head Hunters and Antal International have been receiving frantic calls from Indians in the US.

Indian companies, particularly IT companies who have a sizeable US employee base, are also a nervous lot after a Bill introduced in the US House of Representatives proposed to more than double the minimum wages to USD 130,000 for foreigners working in US under the H1B visa.



The report quoted Kris Lakshmikanth, chief executive of The Head Hunters (India), as saying that he had received around 30 calls until now from technology professionals exploring opportunities back in India. Until a couple of months ago, he said he had not received any such query.

He said that most of the queries are from those who have completed three years in the US, after which an H1B visa extension is required, and those who are approaching the six-year period and are unsure about whether they will get a visa extension.