The US Department of Labor (#DOL)has suspended Cognizant’s new #PERM filings, putting a major part of the company’s employment-based green-card sponsorship process on hold amid a #federal investigation into alleged fraud and possible abuse of #employment-visa programmes.
PERM is the #labour certification process generally required before an employer can sponsor a #foreign worker for US #permanent residency. The suspension affects new Cognizant #sponsored green-card cases, not existing H-1B visas or already-approved green cards.
The investigation comes amid a wider US #crackdown on alleged #abuse of H1B and PERM programmes. No criminal charges or finding of wrongdoing against Cognizant have been publicly announced.
The development is particularly significant for Indian IT professionals. Cognizant had 3,510 H-1B petition approvals as of June 30, 2026.
Cognizant recently announced plans to hire 1,500 #American college graduates and expand its AI-focused Frontier workforce to 15,000 people.
For employees awaiting green-card sponsorship, the suspension could mean delays in starting or progressing new cases. More broadly, it signals that US immigration scrutiny is extending beyond H-1B visas into employer-sponsored permanent residency potentially creating wider implications for India’s IT-services industry.
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