Anupam Mittal recalls returning his green card as US freezes PERM for Indian IT firms
The US government has suspended the PERM green card certification process for several major IT firms, impacting Indian tech workers. Entrepreneur Anupam Mittal discussed his decision to relinquish his own green card, suggesting that such immigration hurdles could encourage talent to remain in India.
Why it matters
This policy shift creates significant uncertainty for the Indian IT sector and highlights the ongoing debate regarding brain drain and domestic entrepreneurship.
As the US suspends a key green card step for several major Indian IT firms, entrepreneur and Shark Tank India judge and Shaadi.com founder Anupam Mittal has shared how he gave up his own green card, and why he sees America's immigration turmoil as an opportunity for India. Recently, the US government suspended several major technology and outsourcing firms, including Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL Technologies, Cognizant and Capgemini, from the Permanent Labor Certification Programme (PERM), a key route used by employers to sponsor foreign workers for employment-based green cards. The action also affects Microsoft and Adobe, with US authorities stating that they will neither accept new applications nor process pending labour certification requests involving the companies.The move has raised concerns among thousands of foreign workers, particularly Indians employed in the US technology sector.
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