United States suspends PERM applications from eight technology companies
The measure covers new and pending cases, but it does not cancel H-1B visas or permanent residences already granted.
The Donald Trump administration announced Thursday, October 8, that Microsoft, Adobe and six other companies were suspended from the Permanent Labor Certification program, known as PERM. The federal program allows employers to sponsor foreign workers for permanent residency.
Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling said his department would stop accepting new PERM applications and processing pending cases connected to the listed companies. The measure comes amid investigations into alleged abuses of employment-visa systems.
The list also includes Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini. The decision is limited to PERM and does not broadly cancel H-1B visas or permanent residences already granted.