New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Cognizant's ability to file new applications for permanent labour certification, the first step toward acquiring a green card, has been suspended by the United States of America.

This comes amid the Trump administration's campaign against alleged visa fraud. According to a CNBC-TV18 report, the probe follows whistleblowers' complaints alleging wrongdoing in Cognizant's use of immigration programmes.

On Tuesday, the US Department of Labour Inspector General Anthony D'Esposito announced that he has suspended the permanent labour certification filings by Cognizant and Cloudera.

"Threats to American workers will NOT be tolerated," D'Esposito said.

Cognizant will not make any fresh PERM filings until the US Department...