A data deep-dive released in the early hours of 12 June by HR analytics platform Deel paints a stark picture of India’s clout in global talent mobility. Indians accounted for the highest share of US H-1B approvals, UAE Golden Visas, and ranked second for both UK Skilled Worker visas and EU Blue Cards during calendar-year 2025, with momentum carrying into 2026. Australia posted the fastest year-on-year growth in hiring Indians on Deel’s platform – up 724 per cent. For companies and professionals seeking to navigate this fast-evolving visa landscape, VisaHQ can be an invaluable ally. Through its India portal (https://www.visahq.com/india/), VisaHQ provides real-time guidance on everything from gathering compliant documentation for an H-1B petition to tracking UAE Golden Visa milestones, allowing employers and assignees alike to focus on strategic decisions rather than paperwork. The findings underline how Indian professionals have become indispensable to tech-driven labour markets scrambling for AI, cybersecurity and clean-tech skills. For corporate mobility managers, the message is two-fold. First, intense competition for Indian talent abroad is likely to push up relocation packages and sign-on bonuses for in-demand roles. Second, destination countries are fine-tuning visa streams – from the UK’s recent salary-threshold hike to the UAE’s ten-year Golden Visa reforms – and companies must design agile compliance frameworks to keep pace. Among Indian employers, the trend is triggering a counter-strategy: several IT majors are expanding ‘return-to-India’ programmes offering green-card-bound staff senior roles back home, betting that stalled US immigration pathways will make repatriation more attractive in the medium term. The report also highlights a geographic re-balancing: while the US remains the single largest magnet, rising demand in the Gulf and Asia-Pacific is diversifying risk for outbound Indian talent. Mobility advisers recommend that firms review tax-equalisation policies to cover multi-jurisdiction assignments and to watch for social-security totalisation talks that India is pursuing with Australia and the UK.
