PERM Case Status Register

PROBLEM: Last month the administration suspended Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys and Tata Consultancy from the PERM labor-certification process — a key step toward green cards for foreign workers (Reuters, Nov 10, 2026). IBM then ended sponsorship for most Consulting roles. A PERM case can sit in different states (pending, suspended, withdrawn, certified) across different employers with no single view for the worker or the compliance team.

SOLUTION: An IBM Cloud Ideas compliance improvement that maintains a PERM case-status register: each labor-certification case is logged with its employer, status, suspension or withdrawal event, and the worker's options at that status, so a suspension like the October ones does not leave cases untracked.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — Reuters, Nov 10, 2026: administration suspended Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys and Tata Consultancy from the PERM process last month; IBM sponsorship decision reported the same day.