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US Green Card Ban Traps 100000 Indians in Golden Cage
- •US federal authorities have suspended major IT companies like Infosys, TCS, Microsoft, and Adobe from the PERM green card program over visa fraud allegations.
- •Over 100,000 Indian IT professionals on H-1B visas are trapped in a golden cage with their permanent residency path abruptly closed.
- •Microsoft denied the allegations, stating that 80 percent of its H-1B applications were for extending or changing the status of existing employees.
- •The suspension halts the green card queue, threatening the work authorization of H-4 dependent spouses and risking the deportation of aging-out children.
- •Affected tech workers cannot change companies or accept promotions without resetting their multi-year filing timelines, leading many to explore options in other countries or India.
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US authorities suspended several major tech and IT outsourcing companies from the Permanent Labor Certification Program (PERM), including Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro, HCL Technologies, Cognizant, Capgemini, Microsoft, and Adobe.
The US Labor Secretary and Vice President JD Vance announced the suspension following investigations into alleged visa fraud, misuse of the labor certification process, and concerns that these practices displaced local American workers.
The suspension halts new and pending permanent labor certifications, preventing stuck tech professionals from easily changing companies or accepting promotions without resetting timelines. It also threatens the work authorization of H-1B dependent spouses on H-4 visas and creates deportation fears for aging-out children.
