India, July 1 -- US companies are increasingly relocating foreign workers to other countries and accelerating green card sponsorship as growing uncertainty around the H-1B visa program makes it harder to hire and retain global talent, according to Envoy Global's US Corporate Immigration Trends 2026 report.

The survey, conducted among 519 US employers between March 20 and April 14, 2026, found that 65% of respondents said foreign employees had left the US over the past year because of visa-related issues, including application denials and processing delays. That figure was up from 53% in 2025.

Meanwhile, 60.9% of employers said they had relocated employees outside the US due to visa delays or other immigration barriers, compared with 48....