Visa Sponsorship Policy Change Disclosure Register

PROBLEM: On November 10, 2026, IBM ended visa and green-card sponsorship for the majority of IBM Consulting roles — a policy change affecting a division of more than 150,000 people, announced through a spokesperson quote and an internal document shared with managers. Workers learned about it from news reports, not from a single published record. When a sponsorship policy changes, there is no standing public register recording the change, its effective date, the roles affected, and the options offered — so each worker must piece the policy together from press coverage.

SOLUTION: A visa sponsorship policy change disclosure register: every employer sponsorship-policy change logged with its date, the roles affected, the options offered to affected workers, and the source document — so a policy change is one findable record instead of a news cycle.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — IBM sponsorship end, Nov 10, 2026, confirmed by IBM spokesperson (Reuters; Bloomberg Law); affected workers transfer outside the U.S. or leave by end of year per internal document seen by Bloomberg; IBM Consulting 150,000+ employees. Sources: Reuters, Nov 10, 2026; Bloomberg Law, Nov 10, 2026.