US freezes PERM green-card applications for Microsoft and major IT firms2026-10-12The US Labor Department stopped accepting new and processing pending PERM applications from Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL Technologies and Capgemini.US officials allege the companies used the program to replace American workers with foreign workers and undercut wages.PERM lets employers sponsor foreign workers for permanent residency after showing that hiring them would not harm US workers’ wages or job opportunities.The freeze could leave skilled foreign workers without a key route to permanent residency, keeping them on temporary visas longer and making recruitment harder.US freezes Microsoft, Adobe, Infosys green-card applications over alleged fraud (Geo News)US freezes Microsoft, Adobe, Infosys green-card applications over alleged fraud (ARY News)The tech green-card program under attack from Trump (ARY News)Major crackdown on Green Cards: What is PERM program & which IT firms has US suspended (The Times of India)US visa chaos: Tata, Wipro among IT firms suspended from PERM scheme; what it means (The Times of India)H-1B: The Great Indian Bluff Comes Due (The Friday Times)PERM certifications at 13 IT companies fell to 607 in nine months from 1,670 in FY25 (The Times of India)India's Infosys does not expect material impact from US PERM suspension (The Economic Times)US suspends TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Microsoft from Green Card programme: What it means for Indian workers? (Zee News)As US suspends Green card programme for Infosys, TCS, Wipro and HCL; Shark Tank India judge Anupam Mittal remembers 'Full Emotional Atyachar' he faced when he went to return his Green Card years ago (The Times of India)ट्रम्प ने टाटा-विप्रो को ग्रीन कार्ड प्रोग्राम से सस्पेंड किया: 8 आईटी कंपनियों के खिलाफ एक्शन, अमेरिका में... (Dainik Bhaskar)PERM certifications at 13 IT companies fell to 607 in 9 months from 1,670 in FY25 (The Times of India)