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2025-07-04 Economy
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Microsoft applies for 6,000 guest worker visas amid mass layoffs
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Microsoft applied for as many as 6,000 specialized migrant worker visas leading up to a decision to terminate 9,000 jobs globally, according to new reports.
The global tech giant revealed this week it would cut around 4 percent of its global workforce as it ramps up investments in artificial intelligence.
The move has seen loyal, long term American employees lose their livelihoods and sparked unrest at a time when President Donald Trump is trying to ramp up local production and employment.
But data compiled by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service suggests that in the 2025 fiscal year, Microsoft has already applied for 4,712 H1-B visas.
Anecdotal commentary on X among former staff and insiders actually places this number closer to 6,000 - but the exact figure has not been verified.
Suggestions that Microsoft has applied for thousands of H1-B visas would track with historical applications the company has made.
In the 2024 fiscal year, 9,491 H1-B visa applications were filed, and almost all were approved.
The H1-B visa is for skilled foreign workers, and allows companies to sponsor an individual to move to the US for work.
It is the fourth round of layoffs at Microsoft this year following the cutting of 1 percent of its headcount in January, 6,000 further job cuts in May and 300 more in June.
In April, Microsoft said it planned to use third-party firms to handle more sales of software to small and mid-size customers.
The company had a global headcount of 228,000 at the end of June 2024.
Microsoft has market capitalization of over $3 trillion - the biggest in the world - but it is looking to rein in costs as it funnels billions into its ambitious bet on artificial intelligence.
But its use of expert foreign labor is among the highest in the United States, ranking seventh out of the top 10 US corporations.
Amazon ranks first, with 9,200 applications in 2024.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Microsoft regarding its use of the H1-B visa program.
There is no known or confirmed link between the H1-B visas Microsoft is applying for and the global cuts which have been made.
But this has not stopped MAGA supporters from calling for the visas to be stopped while layoffs of local employees are taking place.
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Posted by Skidmark 2025-07-04 00:29||
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