The U.S. government has decided to restrict participation in the green card (permanent residency) issuance program for skilled foreign workers targeting several major IT companies, including Microsoft and Adobe. This decision forces a major shift in the foreign employment processes sponsored by these enterprises.
This measure is based on a policy decision aimed at protecting the domestic labor market and optimizing immigration quotas for specific companies. Enterprises are now forced to fundamentally restructure their recruitment and retention strategies regarding the securement of foreign engineers who have long supported innovation in the IT industry.
It is anticipated that the targeted companies will soon initiate legal responses and reviews of their employment strategies. With growing uncertainty surrounding the supply pipeline of high-level talent to the United States, future developments will be closely watched to see what alternative measures these enterprises will implement.