H1B Visa: Top 25 Companies Who Hiked Their H-1B Visas In 2025: One Indian Tech Has 2nd Most H1B Approvals

The $100,000 fees on H-1B visas come as a nail in the coffin for Indian IT companies that have substantial exposure in the US. Since that time, US President Donald Trump has taken the White House for a second tenure, his agenda of 'America First' has played a key role, and it is the immigrant workers who are bearing the cost, especially Indians who have the largest exposure in the H-1B visa. And it isn't just workers; Indian tech players have significant approvals in H-1B visas in 2025.

Why Trump Slap $100,000 Fees On H-1B visas?

Firstly, the H-1B visa program was put in place to enable temporary opportunities for workers from foreign lands, into the USA to perform additive, high-skilled functions.

But the Trump administration believes this program has been deliberately exploited to replace, rather than supplement, American workers with lower-paid, lower-skilled labour.

"The large-scale replacement of American workers through systemic abuse of the program has undermined both our economic and national security," Trump said in his statement at White House.

According to him, the information technology (IT) firms have prominently manipulated the H-1B system, significantly harming American workers in computer-related fields.

Data from the White House revealed that the share of IT workers in the H-1B program grew from 32 percent in Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 to an average of over 65 percent in the last 5 fiscal years.

Additionally, he said, "Some of the most prolific H-1B employers are now consistently IT outsourcing companies."

That being said, who are these top employers of H-1B visas?

According to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services data, the top 20 companies of H-1B visa approvals in 2025 are among Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Google, Metal, Walmart, and many more US companies. But among them are also Indian tech giants, with one company even holding the second most H-1B visa approvals in US year-to-date. Who are they? Let's find!

1. Amazon H-1B Visa

At the top of the chart, Amazon holds the first rank in most H-1B visa approvals to 10,044 this year so far. The Jeff Bezos company also saw the most increase in H-1B visa approvals by 787 from the total 9,257 visa approvals in the entire 2024.

Right after the new H-1B visa rules were announced, the e-commerce player cautioned its employees with H-1B visa, advising them to stay in the USA for now.

2. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) H-1B Visa

The late-Ratan Tata's IT baby, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) holds the second most H-1B visa approvals in 2025 to the tune of 5,505. This is a 229 increase from last year's numbers of 5,280. TCS is among the top 3 largest H-1B visa holders in US.

TCS is India's largest IT company with a market valuation of nearly Rs 11.47 lakh crore. The company is yet to make any statement on the new H-1B rules.

GoodReturns has reached out to Amazon and TCS for their viewpoint on the impact of H-1B visa's new fees on their business. Their reply is awaited!

3. Microsoft H-1B Visa:

The Bill Gates-led Microsoft holds the third most H-1B visa approvals to 5,123 in 2025, an increase by 464 compared to total approvals of 4,725 in 2024.

4. Meta Platforms Inc H-1B Visa

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, which was formerly called Facebook, is at the fourth spot with 5,123 H-1B visa approvals in 2025, rising by 279 from total of 4,844 approvals in 2024.

5. Apple Inc H-1B Visa

The iPhone maker is also in the top 5 list. Holding the fifth spot, Apple has 4,202 H-1B visa approvals this year, which is higher by 329 from total of 3,873 approvals in 2024.

6. Google LLC H-1B Visa

The largest search engine, Google has 4,181 H-1B visa approvals in 2025 so far. The company sent an emergency guidance to its H-1B visa holders who were scheduled to travel abroad. It advised them to return to US immediately.

7. Cognizant Technology H-1B Visa

Cognizant held the seventh spot with 2,493 H-1B visa approvals.

8. JP Morgan Chase H-1B Visa

At the eighth spot, JP Morgan has 2,440 H-1B visa approvals this year. But Morgan also made the second most surge in granting H-1B visas, approximately by 721, from the total H-1B visas of 1,719 in 2024.

Just like many other tech companies, JP also asked its H-1B visa holders to return to US immediately, and urged to avoid travelling outside the country until further guidance.

9. Walmart Associates H-1B Visa

The largest retailer in the world, Walmart holds 2,390 H-1B visa approvals in 2025.

10. Deloitte Consulting H-1B Visa

Yet another tech company, Deloitte is at tenth rank with 2,353 H-1B visa approvals in 2025.

What needs to be noted that in the top list, 8 out of 10 companies are from IT sector with exception of JP Morgan and Walmart.

11-20 Companies:

11. Amazon Web Services: 2,347 H-1B visa approvals

12. Oracle America Inc: 2,092 H-1B visa approvals.

13. Infosys: India's second largest IT player holds 2,004 H-1B visa approvals.

14. Capgemini America Inc: 1,844 H-1B visa approvals.

15. LTIMINDTREE: The Larsen & Toubro backed LTIM holds 1,807 H-1B visa approvals.

16. HCL America Inc: This is part of HCL Technologies and has 1,728 approvals.

17. Intel Corporation: 1,698 H-1B visa approvals.

18. Ernst & Young U S LLP: 1,695 H-1B visa approvals.

19. IBM Corporation: 1,598 H-1B visa approvals

20. Cisco Systems: 1,570 H-1B visa approvals.

Other companies:

Among other companies, Accenture is at 21st rank with 1,568 H-1B approvals, followed by Azim Premji's Wipro with 1,523 approvals, Nvidia with 1,473 approvals, Amazon Development with 1,431 approvals, and Fidelity Technology with 1,171 approvals.

Accordingly, these companies will in focus in the trading week ahead. How the H-1b visa will impact their workforce and growth will be keenly watched.

The H-1B visa's $1,00,000 has come into effect from September 21, 2025. It will be in-place for 12 months, although, Trump has warned to extended the period. This new fees is a mind-boggling hike from $1,500 in H-1B visas.