{
  "id": 13353296,
  "title": "US Green Card Freeze: Indian IT Firms Eye GCC Expansion, Offshore Hiring Amid PERM Processing Suspension",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/us-green-card-freeze-indian-it-firms-eye-gcc-expansion-offshore",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-10T06:47:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/us-green-card-freeze-indian-it-firms-eye-gcc-expansion-offshore-hiring-amid-perm-processing-suspension"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Following the US Department of Labor’s decision to halt PERM processing for major technology employers including TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech, Cognizant, Capgemini, Microsoft and Adobe, global enterprises are re-evaluating their cross-border talent strategies. While existing H-1B visas remain active, the freeze on green card processing is accelerating a structural shift from traditional onsite…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}