Joined Big Tech for the green card. Then the policy changed

进大厂办绿卡，政策先不稳定了

硅谷码农那些事儿Oct 9, 2026 · 28 sec · 3D widescreen 16:9

In one line: Kevin finally lands a Big Tech job for one reason, the green card, and Dawei quietly hands him the day's news.

• Green card
• PERM
• H-1B life
• Office comedy

Where to watch

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• Douyin: “硅谷码农日常：刚进大厂办绿卡，政策先不稳定了”
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Setting and cast

The office pantry, by the window and the espresso machine. Kevin holds a white coffee mug; Dawei has his phone in his pocket.

• Kevin: the young engineer who answers every message in seconds
• 王大伟 · Dawei: 35, the veteran programmer at the heart of the series

Full dialogue

Every line as it appears in the subtitles, with who says it and an English translation. Stage directions in italics describe what happens on screen.

1. Kevin, beaming, finds Dawei in the office pantry.
2. Kevin我终于进大厂了！I finally made it into Big Tech!
3. 王大伟 Dawei看中它什么了？What sold you on it?
4. Kevin稳定！Stability!
5. 王大伟 Dawei工作稳定？Job stability?
6. Kevin我说身份！大厂能帮我办绿卡啊！I mean my status! A big company can sponsor my green card!
7. 王大伟 Dawei哪家？Which one?
8. Kevin微软！Microsoft!
9. Dawei silently holds out his phone. On screen, a news headline: “微软等公司PERM劳工证申请暂停” (PERM labor certification applications paused for Microsoft and other companies), dated October 8, 2026, source: CNBC. Kevin's smile fades.
10. Kevin我来是想让身份稳定一点……I came here so my status would be a little more stable…
11. 王大伟 Dawei现在呢？And now?
12. Kevin身份还没稳定，政策先不稳定了。Before my status got stable, the policy got unstable.
13. Dawei walks over and pats him on the shoulder. Cut to black.

The joke

The whole sketch hangs on one word, 稳定, “stable.” Dawei hears it the usual way: a big company means a steady job. Kevin means something else, his 身份, his immigration status. For many people on a work visa, a large employer is attractive because it can sponsor a green card and carry the long process to the end. The punchline flips the word: the thing Kevin counted on to stay put, the policy, moved first. Dawei answers only with a phone and a pat on the shoulder.

The real news behind it

On October 8, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor suspended Microsoft, Adobe and six IT services firms (Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini) from the PERM program. PERM labor certification is the first step of most employer-sponsored green cards. CNBC reported that the department will not accept new PERM applications from these companies, that Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling cited “multiple active federal investigations” for Microsoft and Adobe, and that the suspension does not affect H-1B visas.

Immigration lawyers at Wolfsdorf Rosenthal and the immigration service Boundless wrote that pending applications from the named employers are paused as well, that no end date had been announced, that reporting did not indicate any other employer was affected, and that it was not yet clear how cases already certified, or with an I-140 filed, would be treated. If you work at one of these companies, your employer's immigration counsel is the right place to ask about your own case.

How this episode was made

3D animation in 16:9 widescreen, 28.4 seconds long. It reuses the office pantry set from earlier episodes, and several shots start from frames already made for one of them; the new lines were generated as fresh clips. Both characters are AI voices. The script was revised on the day it was published and then locked word for word. The phone screen is not AI video: it was drawn frame by frame as a plain news card with the headline, date and source in text, and no logos. The episode was published the evening of October 9, 2026 (US Eastern time) on Douyin and Xiaohongshu, labeled as AI-generated, with the disclaimer below in the description and on the end card.