Reports: US suspends Microsoft and Adobe from green card programme

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• TRT World states: The US suspended major IT companies, among them Microsoft and Adobe, from the green card programme.

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  • TRT World · 8 Oct · US suspends major IT firms from green card programme, including Microsoft, Adobe (Original publication)
  • CGTN · 9 Oct · US freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities (Original publication)
  • dev.by · 9 Oct · США отстранили Microsoft, Adobe и других от программы грин-карт для иностранных сотрудников (Original publication)

• TRT World states: Vice President JD Vance announced H-1B fraud measures at a press conference on anti-fraud initiatives in Washington, DC, on October 8, 2026.

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  • TRT World · 8 Oct · US suspends major IT firms from green card programme, including Microsoft, Adobe (Original publication)

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  • CGTN · 9 Oct · US freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities (Original publication)

• CGTN states: The United States opened probes into nine leading universities on October 8, 2026.

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  • CGTN · 9 Oct · US freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities (Original publication)

• US Vice President JD Vance states: US Vice President JD Vance said that no US company had misused the system to a greater extent than Microsoft.

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  • CGTN · 9 Oct · US freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities (Original publication)

• US Vice President JD Vance states: Vance said Microsoft let go of 6,000 American workers last year, while receiving 6,300 H-1B temporary worker visas and nearly 3,000 green cards.

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  • CGTN · 9 Oct · US freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities (Original publication)

• data from the US labor department states: According to data from the US labor department, Microsoft filed more PERM applications than any other organization.

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  • CGTN · 9 Oct · US freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities (Original publication)

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  • dev.by · 9 Oct · США отстранили Microsoft, Adobe и других от программы грин-карт для иностранных сотрудников (Original publication)

• Microsoft states: Microsoft said about 80% of its H-1B applications in the last fiscal year concerned extending or changing the status of existing employees rather than bringing in new workers.

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  • CGTN · 9 Oct · US freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities (Original publication)

• Microsoft states: Microsoft said in July it planned to eliminate 4,800 positions, equivalent to about 2.1% of its global workforce.

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  • CGTN · 9 Oct · US freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities (Original publication)