PERM access reportedly revoked for seven technology companies

Reported revocation of PERM access for Microsoft, Adobe, and others

The report says US Vice President JD Vance and Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling announced that Microsoft and Adobe could no longer use the Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) process to move H-1B skilled-worker visa holders toward permanent residency. It says access was also revoked for Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, and Capgemini.

The report indicates that the named companies had been able to use PERM for H-1B holders’ transition to permanent residency, but it provides no comparable figures or further detail on that prior access.

According to the report, access to PERM was revoked for Microsoft, Adobe, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, and Capgemini.

Microsoft disputes allegations of abuse

The reported action changes the immigration pathway available through these employers for affected H-1B holders. The report attributes the administration’s rationale to criminal investigations and allegations of “fraud and abuse,” while Microsoft disputed that it abuses the program.