Eight employers reportedly suspended from U.S. PERM processing
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The U.S. Labor Department reportedly halted new and pending PERM cases for Microsoft, Adobe and six outsourcing firms. PERM is the labor-certification step required before most employment-based green-card petitions.
Reported suspension of new and pending cases for eight employers
The account says the Labor Department suspended Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini from PERM processing amid H-1B visa fraud investigations. It says the action affects routes to permanent employment and new sponsored employees, while not affecting people already working.
The available account does not provide a directly comparable prior processing measure for these eight employers.
The department reportedly will neither accept new PERM applications nor process pending ones involving the eight companies.
Current workers’ status is distinguished
If accurate, the action would stop new and pending labor-certification processing for eight named employers, affecting a required step for most employment-based green-card petitions.
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