{"id":13332,"date":"2026-02-06T21:28:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T01:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=13332"},"modified":"2026-02-06T21:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T01:28:28","slug":"more-indians-opt-for-remote-opportunities-than-relocation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/news\/more-indians-opt-for-remote-opportunities-than-relocation\/","title":{"rendered":"More Indians Opt for Remote Opportunities than Relocation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>With the world\u2019s largest overseas population, more Indian professionals are building their careers in India through international projects and remote work, rather than relocation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CXO Today reported that a study by the leading online job site indeed found that 61% of Indian professionals are now more inclined to seek global remote roles than relocate overseas. However, 44% of those surveyed still value international careers, with a further 51% saying working abroad still offers advantages that are difficult to find in India, particularly at early career stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India\u2019s role in global relocation flows remains significant, with approximately 35.4 million non-resident Indians and persons of Indian origin overseas, according to the Indian Foreign Ministry\u2019s May 2025 data. American immigration data shows that over 70% of H\u20111B visas are awarded to Indian nationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGlobal careers haven\u2019t become less attractive; they\u2019ve become less linear,\u201d said Sashi Kumar, Managing Director, Indeed India. \u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing is a shift from \u2018move first, build later\u2019 to \u2018prepare first, move later or not at all\u2019. Skills, experience, and global exposure are increasingly being built before geography changes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the world\u2019s largest overseas population, more Indian professionals are building their careers in India through international projects and remote work, rather than relocation. CXO Today reported that a study by the leading online job site indeed found that 61% of Indian professionals are now more inclined to seek global remote roles than relocate overseas. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"footnotes":""},"news-category":[31],"class_list":["post-13332","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-category-industry-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13333,"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13332\/revisions\/13333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=13332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}