Tata Consultancy Services said its US workforce strategy and customer engagements will not be affected by the US government’s recent suspension of the green-card programme for Indian IT companies, citing limited reliance on PERM applications and a continued shift towards local hiring.
In a stock exchange filing, TCS said its PERM applications had remained in the single digits during the past two years. PERM, or Programme Electronic Review Management, is the US labour certification process generally used by employers seeking permanent residency for foreign workers. “Our PERM applications were in single digits in the last two years and hence we do not expect the suspension of the program to impact our workforce strategy and customer engagements,” the company said.
TCS also confirmed compliance with the directive issued by the US Department of Labor. The company said its US workforce model is anchored in hiring local talent, with campus recruitment forming a significant part of that approach.
The IT services company said it has built a local workforce across 31 offices and delivery centres in the US. It reiterated an earlier plan to hire an additional 15,000 people in the country over the next five years, expanding its domestic employee base and supporting client delivery from within the US.
The disclosure highlights how large Indian technology companies have been restructuring their overseas employment models as immigration pathways become less central to delivery operations. For TCS, the immediate operational question is not the suspension of a major recruitment channel, according to its filing, but the continued execution of a local hiring strategy spread across offices and delivery centres.
The company’s position is consistent with comments from industry representative body NASSCOM, which has said Indian IT companies have significantly reduced their dependence on US immigration programmes while building larger local workforces. That shift changes the composition of cross-border technology employment: Indian companies continue to serve US clients, but a greater share of the delivery workforce is recruited and trained in the market where services are provided.
TCS did not indicate any change to its five-year US hiring target in the filing. Its statement leaves the planned addition of 15,000 employees as the company’s stated next step, while the US directive remains relevant to the broader immigration and staffing environment for Indian technology firms operating in the country.
