When sky high H-1B fees slowed immigration, GCC ambitions grew fast

24/10/2025 9 min Episodio 605
When sky high H-1B fees slowed immigration, GCC ambitions grew fast

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Trump hiked H-1B visa fees overnight. For Indian students and engineers, it was a shock. For GCC employees, it was a chance to step up.While global capability  centres handle tech, ops, and innovation, final decisions usually stay in the US. Senior employees started to wonder: could the visa disruption finally shift some power to India? In this episode, we explore why GCCs’ leap from execution to strategy is still far from guaranteed.Tune in.⏳ How is AI changing your workday? Take our 5-minute survey: https://theken.typeform.com/to/yQTIGKihDaybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India’s first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.