Cost Impact of Immigration and Visa Reform to US Customers Using Offshore Services
Most US organizations have substantially used offshore service providers in IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) to drive cost reduction. But there is currently a great deal of discussion in Congress and the Trump Administration – as well as actions taken by Executive Orders in the last seven days – about changing the H-1B and L1 visas. The changes affect the offshoring services provider as well as US enterprise customers that utilize offshored services. What are the impending impacts?
My company collaborates with Rod Bourgeois, head of research and consulting at DeepDive Equity Research, and together we have followed the proposed immigration and visa reform. Since 2013, I’ve blogged many times about the potential impacts. Rod’s January 25, 2017 report, “IT Services: Update on Visa-Reform Risks Facing Indian Outsourcers,” highlights recent proposals. The essence: it now looks like real change is on its way.
