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What is PERM? Why US suspension of TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech matters for green cards

IN · 2026-10-08

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Key takeaway

US DOL suspends PERM green-card programme for TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech, Microsoft, Adobe, Capgemini and Cognizant — H-1B visas unaffected

  1. Step 1 · The triggerUS DOL suspends PERM labour certification for eight named tech employers, halting new and pending green-card sponsorship applications
  2. Step 2 · Knock-onIndian H-1B holders at suspended firms — the primary visa class for Indian IT deployment to US client sites — lose their employer-sponsored permanent-residency pathway and face indefinite status uncertainty
  3. Step 3 · Knock-onattrition accelerates as Indian engineers exit suspended firms for competitors with active PERM programmes, raising US delivery-centre wage costs and disrupting project staffing
  4. Step 4 · Knock-onsuspended Indian IT firms absorb higher US talent costs or lose billable headcount, pressuring margin on fixed-price US contracts
  5. Step 5 · Reaches youthe cost and attrition shock propagates to Indian SME vendors and talent subcontractors in the US delivery supply chain, squeezing their own pricing power and contract viability

The trigger is reported by the source below. The steps that follow are Branch²’s traced reasoning — how the shock could reach a business like yours, not a prediction.

Source: CNBC TV18 (Markets)

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