> New data show how TCS makes heavy use of employment visas reserved for managers. Ex-staffers say it was to get around H-1B rules.
> ...
> Kini and two other former TCS employees who filed similar lawsuits say the company repeatedly made improper use of special manager-level visas to hire front-line workers who had no management responsibilities. All three cases, which were filed under the federal False Claims Act, were dismissed before the allegations of visa fraud were examined in court; Kini’s is on appeal. The manager visas, known as L-1As, are easier for employers to obtain and have fewer guardrails; for example, they lack even the minimal pay requirements that Congress has imposed for H-1B holders.
> Kini told Bloomberg that as Trump took office eight years ago executives at TCS, an arm of the Indian conglomerate the Tata Group, were trying to make their organizational charts match their visa applications, before any federal inspectors showed up on their doorstep.
And then further down in the graphic:
> Infosys and Cognizant, two similarly sized IT outsourcers, obtained 1,289 and 1,122 L-1As respectively between 2020 and 2023.
> During the same period, TCS obtained 6,682 L-1As, the most across all US companies. That’s over five times more than the second highest recipient of
L-1A visas, Infosys.
Note the use of the L-1A visa rather than the H-1B visa.
TCS is being targeted because they're abusing another visa class other than the H-1B visa.
> ...
> Kini and two other former TCS employees who filed similar lawsuits say the company repeatedly made improper use of special manager-level visas to hire front-line workers who had no management responsibilities. All three cases, which were filed under the federal False Claims Act, were dismissed before the allegations of visa fraud were examined in court; Kini’s is on appeal. The manager visas, known as L-1As, are easier for employers to obtain and have fewer guardrails; for example, they lack even the minimal pay requirements that Congress has imposed for H-1B holders.
> Kini told Bloomberg that as Trump took office eight years ago executives at TCS, an arm of the Indian conglomerate the Tata Group, were trying to make their organizational charts match their visa applications, before any federal inspectors showed up on their doorstep.
And then further down in the graphic:
> Infosys and Cognizant, two similarly sized IT outsourcers, obtained 1,289 and 1,122 L-1As respectively between 2020 and 2023.
> During the same period, TCS obtained 6,682 L-1As, the most across all US companies. That’s over five times more than the second highest recipient of L-1A visas, Infosys.
Note the use of the L-1A visa rather than the H-1B visa.
TCS is being targeted because they're abusing another visa class other than the H-1B visa.