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US Green Card Setback: IT Giants Face PERM Suspension Amid Fraud Probe
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News18•08-10-2026, 22:34
US Green Card Setback: IT Giants Face PERM Suspension Amid Fraud Probe
- •President Donald Trump's administration has intensified scrutiny of employment-based immigration, impacting Indian IT companies and major US tech firms.
- •Policies include a potential 100,000 dollar payment requirement for certain new H-1B workers and restrictions on the PERM green-card process.
- •Major companies such as Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, Cognizant, HCL, Capgemini, Microsoft, and Adobe have faced action or scrutiny regarding the Permanent Labor Certification programme.
- •US officials have cited concerns including alleged immigration fraud and the potential displacement of American workers as reasons for these measures.
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The US Department of Labor has suspended eight technology and IT outsourcing companies from the Permanent Labor Certification Programme (PERM), including Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro, HCL, Cognizant, Capgemini, Microsoft, and Adobe.
US officials stated that the suspension is due to concerns regarding alleged immigration fraud, visa program abuses, and the potential displacement of American workers by foreign recruits.
US Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling announced the suspension of the Permanent Labor Certification Programme for the companies, alongside Vice President JD Vance and anti-fraud task force officials.
