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Infosys sees no material impact from US PERM suspension
Business Standard··6d ago
Infosys said it expects no material impact after the United States suspended PERM applications for several major tech firms. In a stock-exchange filing, the Bengaluru company said it will work with the US Department of Labor on queries. The suspension also named TCS, Wipro, HCL Technologies, Capgemini, Cognizant, Microsoft and Adobe. Infosys cited its local US workforce and innovation hubs.
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What It Means For You
- PERM certification is the first step employers use when seeking employment-based green cards for foreign staff.
- TCS said its PERM filings fell to single digits in the last two years and it expects no effect on client work.
- TCS also said it plans to hire an additional 15,000 people in the US over the next five years.
What's Happening
- The US administration said Thursday it was suspending the named firms from the PERM programme.
- Industry figures cited in the report show Infosys recorded 87 PERM applications in 2024.
- Former HCL CEO Vineet Nayar said Indian IT firms accounted for less than 1,400 of 117,849 PERM certifications last year.
How Filing Volumes Changed
- TCS filed two PERM applications in US financial year 2026, down from 513 in 2025 and 1,804 in 2024.
- HCL submitted 59 filings in 2026 compared with 323 in 2025, the report said.
- Wipro filed 257 applications in 2024 and 523 in 2025, with many 2024 filings denied or withdrawn.
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