The country’s third largest software exporter Wipro on Tuesday said it may increase the billing rates of clients to mitigate the extra cost arising due to the hike in visa fee by the US government.
“We will speak to our customers and seek price adjustments for the extra cost… We will work with them to see how to mitigate it (cost due to increased visa fee),” Wipro CFO Suresh Senapaty said on the sidelines of a CII event.
He said the US border security bill, which lead to a hike in visa fees, will have moderate impact in the current fiscal on the IT firm. The border security bill, increased the visa fee to be about $4,500 per visa from $2,500 currently . The bill aims to raise about $600 million by increasing fee for H-1 B and L-1 visas.
However, he warned that “next year there will be impact.” Notwithstanding the increased cost, he said that Wipro will continue to invest in the US.
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