{"id":56872,"date":"2023-03-22T13:49:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T05:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.outsourceaccelerator.com\/?p=56872"},"modified":"2023-03-22T13:51:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T05:51:37","slug":"9-in-10-us-firms-may-offshore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.outsourceaccelerator.com\/9-in-10-us-firms-may-offshore\/","title":{"rendered":"9 in 10 U.S. firms may offshore amid immigration barriers"},"content":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES \u2014 At least 93% of companies in the United States anticipate turning to nearshoring or offshoring due to immigration restrictions, according to a <\/span>survey<\/span><\/a> by Envoy Global.<\/span> The survey found a high percentage of employers already benefitting from outsourcing. It says 86% of companies hired staff outside the U.S. for positions that were initially meant to be based in the country due to visa-related hurdles.<\/span><\/p>\n The surveyed companies shared they also relocated employees to Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Envoy Global, a global immigration services provider, gathered insights from more than 500 Human Resources (HR) professionals specializing in corporate immigration and global mobility for firms across the U.S.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n<\/span>Nearshoring allows firms to outsource their work to neighboring nations, while <\/span>offshoring entails employing or contracting services from distant nations to expand the talent pool.<\/span><\/p>\n