TCS among top 10 cos to get certification for H- 1B visas

Washington, Oct. 23: TCS is the only Indian company among the top 10 firms to get foreign labour certification for the H- 1B visas for the fiscal year 2018 by receiving over 20,000 such certifications, according to official data in which Ernst & Young was ranked No 1.

The H- 1B visas are the most sought- after among Indian IT professionals.

The visa allows employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in the US on a non- immigrant basis in specialty occupations or as fashion models of distinguished merit and ability.

Ernst & Young, a multinational professional services firm, has emerged as the top employer to have received the certification, the date from the US labour department said.

In fact, Ernst & Young with 1,51,164 H- 1B specialist occupation labour certifications accounted for the 12.4 per cent of all foreign labour certification for the H- 1B work visas for the fiscal year 2018 ending on September 30, according to the latest annual report released by the Department of Labour early this month.

Ernst & Young is followed by Deloitte Consulting which received 69,869 H- 1B specialty occupations labour conditions programme.

Indian- American owned Cognizant comes at number three with 47,732 specialty occupations labour conditions programme, the Department of Labour said in its latest annual report.

Cognizant is followed by HCL America ( 42,820), K Force Inc ( 32,996), and Apple ( 26,833).

India’s Tata Consultancy Services is the only Indian company in top 10 for the year 2018.

According to the Department of Labour in the fiscal year 2018, ending on September 30, TCS had received 20,755 H- 1B specialty occupation labour certifications.

Qualcomm Technologies ( 20,723), Mphasis ( 16,671) and Capgemini America ( 13,517) are the other companies in top 10.