Considering that 93 percent of the approximately 100,000 H4 spouses are women from India, its clear at whom it is targeted. And the changes in h1b seems to be working as indented.
>The US is no longer seen as a plum posting by senior IT services employees (of Indian IT companies).
>IT giant Infosys recently blamed the denial of H-1B visas by United States (US) for part of its growing employee attrition and said that it would introduce a "new value proposition" to help retain employees.
I don't think they were blaming the government. Just citing it as one of the issues in their quarterly shareholder report.
One of the main ways these companies retain people was this: give the employee promise of onsite deputation if you work for 1-2 years in this project. Now the companies are forced to give them a decent raise or promotion or better projects.
It sucks for 2 people I know who had been working like that for the last 3-4 years. Their work day usually ends at midnight and sometimes 1 am-2am (instead of 6.45 pm). They stayed in that project because they thought one day they could go to US. Their employer applied for their visas, but got denied.
>The US is no longer seen as a plum posting by senior IT services employees (of Indian IT companies).
https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/opinion-how-it-serv...
>IT giant Infosys recently blamed the denial of H-1B visas by United States (US) for part of its growing employee attrition and said that it would introduce a "new value proposition" to help retain employees.
https://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/jobs/infosys-h1b-visa-e...