印度顶尖科技行业组织NASSCOM对美国调整技术移民签证制度表示不予理会，而微软则否认其滥用该计划。周四，美国副总统JD·万斯和劳工部长基思·桑德林宣布了这一调整，这意味着微软和Adobe将无法再使用电子审查管理计划（PERM），将H-1B技术工人签证持有者转为永久居民。桑德林还撤销了印度公司Infosys、Tata、Wipro、HCL以及Capgemini使用PERM的资格。
India’s peak technology industry body, NASSCOM, has shrugged off changes to the USA’s skilled visa regime, and Microsoft has denied it abuses the program. The changes, announced on Thursday by US vice president JD Vance and Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, mean that Microsoft and Adobe can no longer use the Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) program to convert holders of the H-1B visa for skilled workers to permanent residents. Sonderling also revoked access to PERM for Indian companies Infosys, Tata, Wipro, and HCL, plus Capgemini.
这位劳工部长表示，这一调整是在刑事调查以及被指控存在“欺诈和滥用”行为之后作出的。“自2009年以来，仅这些公司就申请了近三百万名外国工人，”他说，“它们获得了超过23万份H-1B签证批准和超过10万份永久劳动认证。这意味着数十万个工作岗位被美国工人夺走。”副总统万斯也发表言论，称这是“向微软传达的信息”。
The secretary said the change followed criminal investigations and alleged “fraud and abuse.”“Since 2009, just these companies alone have requested almost three million foreign workers,” he said. “They've received over 230,000 H-1B visa approvals and over 100,000 permanent labor certifications. That's hundreds of thousands of jobs that were taken from American workers.”Vice President Vance weighed in with what he called a “message to Microsoft.”
“你们是一家伟大的美国公司，但必须雇佣优秀的美国工人。你们不能解雇美国员工，然后用外国契约劳工取而代之。”H-1B签证的批评者经常指控美国公司利用该签证引进愿意接受比美国工人更低薪资的外国劳工。这种说法甚至进一步延伸至：印度的外包公司利用H-1B签证引进员工，而这些员工的主要目的却是将更多工作外包回印度。
“You’re a great American company, but you've got to hire great American workers. You cannot lay off American workers and then replace them with foreign indentured servants.”Critics of the H-1B visa have often alleged that US companies use it to bring in foreign workers who are prepared to work for less than Americans. The theory even extends to an allegation that India’s outsourcers use H-1B visas to bring in workers whose main agenda is offshoring more work to India.
一些观察人士认为，技术工人还有一个次要动机，即利用在美国的时间为家人申请签证。微软的首席执行官萨提亚·纳德拉曾持有H-1B签证，而该公司自2025年初以来已解雇了超过2万名员工。微软在一份措辞严厉的声明中对该政府决定提出了异议。该公司写道：“微软只为符合该签证类别严格标准的人才提交H-1B签证申请。”
Some observers suggest skilled workers have a secondary motivation of using their time in the US to seek visas for family members. Microsoft, whose CEO Satya Nadella once held an H-1B visa, and which has fired over 20,000 staff since early 2025, took issue with the administration’s decision in a strongly worded post. “Microsoft only files H-1B petitions for those who meet the rigorous standards of this visa category,” the company wrote.
“我们向员工支付科技行业最高水平的薪酬之一，我们的工资水平在所有H-1B申请中名列前茅。我们给H-1B员工的薪酬与从事同类工作的其他员工完全一致。”“微软作为全球技术领导者的成功，源于打造世界一流的技术人才队伍，”该公司帖文继续写道。“我们通过强化本国人才梯队、雇佣美国工人、并吸引全球最优秀人才来实现这一目标。”
“We pay our employees some of the highest compensation in the tech sector, and our wages are among the highest of all H-1B filings. We pay our H-1B employees the same as any other employees doing comparable work.”“Microsoft succeeds as a global technology leader by developing the world’s best technology workforce,” the company’s post continues. “We do this by strengthening this country’s talent pipeline, hiring American workers, and attracting the best talent from around the world.”
这基本上与NASSCOM（印度国家软件与服务公司协会）以及印度政客如国务部长瓦尔丹·辛格使用的论点如出一辙，后者去年表示：“熟练人才流动长期以来在促进技术进步、创新、经济增长以及印度和美国的财富创造方面发挥了重要作用。”从未找到理由怀疑印度科技公司是优秀企业公民的NASSCOM，在X平台上发文称：“移民与熟练人才流动是两个截然不同的问题，不应通过同一视角看待。”
That’s essentially the same argument used by NASSCOM, and Indian politicians such as minister of state Vardhan Singh, who last year said that “skilled talent mobility has long played a significant role in promoting technology advancement, innovation, economic growth, and wealth creation in both India and the United States.”NASSCOM, which has never found a reason to doubt that Indian tech companies are anything other than excellent corporate citizens, took to X to share its view that “immigration and skilled talent mobility are two distinct issues and should not be viewed through the same lens.”
该游说团体还辩称：“多年来，印度科技公司已大幅降低对H-1B签证的依赖，同时稳步扩大本地招聘，在美国建立强大的本土员工队伍。” “它们与大多数美国财富500强企业合作，助力其创新与增长，并创造更多本地就业岗位。因此，通过PERM项目（劳工部永久劳工认证）从H-1B签证转为永久居留的员工数量也相对有限。”微软承诺将向特朗普政府提供更多关于其移民计划的信息。®
The lobby group also argued “Over a number of years, Indian technology companies have significantly reduced their dependence on H-1B visas, while steadily expanding local hiring and building a strong domestic workforce in the U.S.” “They work with majority of the US fortune 500 companies, enable them to innovate and grow, and generate more local jobs. Consequently, the number of employees transitioning from H-1B visas to permanent residency through the PERM process is also relatively limited.”Microsoft vowed to provide the Trump administration with more information about its migration initiatives. ®