- TCS said the green card pause will not alter its hiring strategy or affect customer engagements.
- The company plans fifteen thousand more U.S. hires over the next five years through local recruitment.
- The Department of Labor restriction blocks new PERM filings and freezes pending cases for eight technology companies.
Tata Consultancy Services said on October 9, 2026, that a Green card pause will not alter its U.S. hiring strategy, citing PERM applications in the single digits over the previous two years. The company said it does not expect the suspension to affect its workforce plans or customer engagements.
The statement followed the US Government’s announcement concerning the Permanent Labor Certification Program, or PERM. TCS said it would follow any direction from the Department of Labor.
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“We have noted the announcement by the US Government on the Permanent Labor Certification Program (PERM) and TCS will comply with any directive from the Department of Labor.”
Yashaswin Sheth, the company secretary for Tata Consultancy Services Limited, signed the statement. He listed his designation as Company Secretary and his membership number as ACS 15388.
TCS tied its assessment to two features of its U.S. operation: few recent applications through PERM and a hiring approach centered on local recruitment. The company’s stated position is that the suspension will not change its workforce strategy. It also expects customer engagements to continue without an impact from the pause.
TCS plans 15,000 more U.S. hires through local recruitment
The company says it recruits local talent through a campus recruitment model. Its workforce operates across 31 U.S. offices and delivery centers.
TCS has announced plans to add 15,000 people in the United States over the next five years. It described the new hires as an expansion of its local workforce. The plan is a stated target, not a revised forecast tied to the suspension.
The company’s explanation connects that hiring plan to its recruitment model, rather than to employer-sponsored green-card filings. It says local hiring underpins its U.S. workforce strategy. Campus recruitment is part of that approach.
TCS gave no indication in its statement that it was withdrawing the hiring target. Its stated response is that its plans and customer work will not be affected by the suspension. The company also said it would follow Department of Labor directives.
The suspension blocks new filings and freezes pending cases for eight companies
The Department of Labor action covers TCS and seven other technology companies: Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech, Cognizant, Capgemini, Microsoft and Adobe. Together, the list totals eight companies.
The restrictions prevent the companies from submitting new PERM applications and halt processing of pending applications involving them. That applies to both fresh filings and cases already awaiting action. The restriction is on the companies’ use of this certification route.
The pause therefore affects their ability to move employer-sponsored cases forward through PERM. It does not, by itself, end their broader hiring operations. TCS has said its own workforce plans and customer engagements will not be affected.
The restriction applies to one employer-sponsored green-card step
PERM is generally a required labor-certification stage when an employer seeks to sponsor an eligible foreign worker for an employment-based green card. The suspension limits how the affected companies can advance cases through that step.
It is not a general cancellation of all employment-based green cards. The measure described applies to PERM applications involving the named employers, including pending cases, rather than cancelling every green-card route. TCS’s statement addresses the expected effect on its own workforce strategy and customer engagements.
TCS said it will comply with Department of Labor directives as it pursues its local recruitment plans. The company’s announced target remains an additional 15,000 U.S. hires over the next five years.
