Overview
- Employees who were in India as of December 13, 2025 and await rescheduled visa interviews may work remotely until March 2, 2026, according to an internal memo.
- Remote work from India bars coding, troubleshooting, testing, customer-facing activity, contract negotiation or signing, strategic decision-making, and visits to Amazon offices.
- Amazon states there are no exceptions to these restrictions under local laws and says reviews and final sign-offs must occur outside India.
- The memo offers no direction for workers whose visa appointments are set beyond March 2 or for those stuck in countries other than India, with some interviews reportedly pushed to 2027.
- The step is a rare break from Amazon’s five-day in-office rule as tech firms confront H-1B processing slowdowns linked to expanded consular screening, and Amazon remains a major H-1B employer with 14,783 certified applications in FY2024.