IBM halts H-1B, green card sponsorship for most consulting roles, employees get 2 options

IBM has decided to discontinue H-1B visa and green ​card sponsorship for most ‌roles within its US consulting business, which employs over 1,50,000 people. Affected employees have been given the option to continue working for IBM from outside the US or leave by year-end, Bloomberg reported. US suspended Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL and Microsoft from green card programme last month.