US Green Card suspension: What it means for Indian techies at Microsoft, TCS, Cognizant, Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Adobe and Capgemini
US Green Card suspension: What it means for Indian techies at Microsoft, TCS, Cognizant, Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Adobe and Capgemini US Green Card Suspension Explained: The suspension could affect employees whose employers have initiated, or were preparing to initiate, PERM…
US Green Card suspension: What it means for Indian techies at Microsoft, TCS, Cognizant, Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Adobe and Capgemini US Green Card Suspension Explained: The suspension could affect employees whose employers have initiated, or were preparing to initiate, PERM applications.
Article outline
- What happened
- The key numbers
- Official response
- The bottom line
Key points
- 5 min readOct 10, 2026 05: 13 AM IST First published on: Oct 9, 2026 at 05: 59 PM IST.
- As documented by Reuters, indian IT firms accounted for less than 2% of PERM applications from October 2024 to September 2025, according to ICICI Securities.
- Analysts flag potential talent-retention reservations, hiring costs and regulatory uncertainty for India's $315-billion IT industry. $315bn India's IT industry.
- US Green Card Suspension: The US will not accept new or process pending PERM applications involving the named firms.
- The US Department of Labour has remarked it will not accept new or process pending permanent labour certification applications involving these businesses.
US Green Card Suspension: The US will not accept new or process pending PERM applications involving the named firms. (AI-generated image).
Meanwhile, the Trump administration's decision to suspend eight major technology firms, including Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro, HCL Technologies and Capgemini, from the US Permanent Labour Certification (PERM) programme is unlikely to cause an immediate financial hit to Indian IT firms, according to analysts.
For context, the US Department of Labour has remarked it will not accept new or process pending permanent labour certification applications involving these businesses. What the US green-card freeze means for Indian techies. 8 TECH FIRMS HIT BY US GREEN-CARD FREEZE. 2 What is suspended? PERM, NOT H‑1B VISAS.
For context, the US will not accept new or process pending PERM applications involving the named firms. PERMSUSPENDED H‑1BNOT AUTOMATICALLY CANCELLED. 3 Who could be affected? INDIAN TECHIES SEEKING GREEN CARDS. Workers relying on employer- PERM applications could face delays and uncertainty. 4 What regarding Indian IT firms? LESS THAN 2% OF PERM FILINGS.
As documented by Reuters, indian IT firms accounted for less than 2% of PERM applications from October 2024 to September 2025, according to ICICI Securities. Indian IT firms Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. 5 What are firms saying? TCS EXPECTS NO IMPACT.
TCS remarked the suspension would not affect its workforce strategy or client engagements, citing single-digit PERM applications over the past two years. Single-digit PERM applications in two years. 6 The bigger picture. LIMITED IMMEDIATE HIT, LONG-TERM UNCERTAINTY.
Analysts flag potential talent-retention reservations, hiring costs and regulatory uncertainty for India's $315-billion IT industry. $315bn India's IT industry. Talent retentionHiring costsRegulatory uncertainty. Sources: US Department of Labor; Reuters. Express InfoGenIECreated by Aniruddha Dhar.
For now, US Green Card suspension: What it means for Indian techies at Microsoft, remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.
