The silver lining in H1B visa reforms
![If IT firms use the H1B visa reform issue as an opportunity to transform, they will be perceived not as ‘Indian’ or ‘body shops,’ but as global technology giants that don’t need visas to succeed. Photo: Mint](https://www.indoamerican-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/bpo-k1qC-621x414@LiveMint-e1486476391540.jpg)
If IT firms use the H1B visa reform issue as an opportunity to transform, they will be perceived not as ‘Indian’ or ‘body shops,’ but as global technology giants that don’t need visas to succeed. Photo: Mint
While America’s proposed immigration reforms could be very challenging in the short term for India’s information technology (IT) services companies, they could also be the catalyst for the transformation they must make to survive. There is a powerful historical precedent for this.
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