US Visa Program Crackdown Tech Firms
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- Kali HaysBBC
- Emily ChangABC News (US)
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“There has been no company in the United States, unfortunately, that has abused this system more than Microsoft.”
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Microsoft said about 80 per cent of the H-1B applications it filed in the last fiscal year were to extend or change the status of current employees, not to hire new workers.
The process, known as PERM, is a government system for vetting applications by employers who want to secure green cards for foreign workers.
Vance claimed Microsoft laid off 6,000 American workers last year while benefiting from 6,300 H-1B temporary worker visas and nearly 3,000 green cards.
The US government is suspending Microsoft, Adobe and several other large IT firms from a programme that allows skilled foreign workers to gain permanent residency, senior US officials announced on Thursday, citing alleged fraud and as part of an effort to push companies to hire more Americans.
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- 8 Oct
“There has been no company in the United States, unfortunately, that has abused this system more than Microsoft.”
- 9 Oct
Under Perm, which most employment-based green cards require, employers must show a foreign hire will not hurt US workers' wages or jobs.
Coverage 12 articles
9 Oct Green Card process suspended for 8 companies: Immigration experts on what happens to approved I-140, existing H-1Bs; whether employees should leave these companies
Times of India
9 Oct White House targets Stanford, Caltech and tech giants in visa crackdown
Los Angeles Times9 Oct What US ban on Indian IT firms means for H1B visas and businesses
The Independent8 Oct While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 9, 2026
The Straits Times8 Oct Why Trump is targeting green card path used by Microsoft, other tech firms
The Straits Times
8 Oct Vance suspends Microsoft from a green card program to crack down on alleged fraud
ABC News (US)
8 Oct White House blocks Microsoft from foreign worker hiring program
BBC
The Straits Times
8 Oct J-1 visa fraud: Harvard, Yale among 9 elite universities under investigation for alleged scam; 'Nobody will be getting a free pass because their name is carved into an expensive building'
Times of India
8 Oct US suspends Microsoft, major IT firms from key green card programme
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8 Oct Trump administration blocks tech companies from visa program
Semafor
8 Oct US suspends Microsoft, major IT firms from green card programme
South China Morning Post
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