H-1B Visas And Foreign Tech Workers In Charlotte

[TampaChinnodu]

http://wfae.org/post/h-1b-visas-and-foreign-tech-workers-charlotte-rebroadcast

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[solman]

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People and politicians should realize Its not the H1B that is problem it is 'L1' visa used by outsourcing MNC companies like TCS, WIPRO, INFOSYS, Cognizant, Syntel, capegemini etc all the Outsourcing companies. Employees on H1B are paid six figure salaries and they can easily transfer job if they think they are being abused. L1 is designed for inter company transfers and the employee is projected as having special knowledge on a project which is bull .Also L1 visa holder spouse immediately get EAD and most of the times work at the same company as the L1 holder for less pay as they don't have to meet a minimum salary requirement. Also people on L1 can apply for GC on EB1c category by projecting employee as manager and they will get their GC in less than an year. People on H1B are suffering with outdated immigration policies. Firstly their spouses can not get EAD or any work permit which means the whole family has to survive on a single income and even the spouse is educated can not work.

People and legislators should realize that it is the L1 visa program that is costing jobs to US citizens and not the H1B. Please do your research before commenting.

veedu evado L1 meda padi crying... anni ayyipoyai like H1B uncles, H1b - MS, H4 EAD OPT   

 

PS: Nenu L1 kadu... H1 meda unna 

[sri_india]

1 minute ago, solman said:

veedu evado L1 meda padi crying... anni ayyipoyai like H1B uncles, H1b - MS, H4 EAD OPT   

 

PS: Nenu L1 kadu... H1 meda unna 

what .... meetu inka H1 meedha unnaraaa .... DB think you are on GC or converted citizen ani 

[solman]

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There are a lot of IT staffing companies (also referred to as body shops) that have been set up by people who came to US on h1b. These body shops have no respect for law and abuse the system. The currents laws regarding h1b are filled with lot of loopholes to help abuse the h1b visa. The h1b laws require companies to undertake good faith effort to hire Americans first before applying for h1b visa, this requirement is thrown away if you pay a salary of 60,000US$ or hire someone with master’s degree. To abuse the system these body shops set up by Indians hire only Indians on h1b and pay them 60K per year. The same job is done by Americans for 100k+. Furthermore these body shops only pay salary if the h1b consultant is working on a project, if he is on bench (no work) he is not paid the salary. This is illegal, to prevent scrutiny these body shops and h1b consultants indulge is what is referred to as running the payroll, basically they run payroll to pay taxes without paying the salary to the h1b consultant. The taxes on 60k are not much because after exemptions for spouse and kids, you pay very little taxes and the h1b consultant gets to stay in US instead of leaving US when he loses job. Another abuse by these Indian owned body shops is getting h1b candidate to pay for the h1b application fees. People are desperate to come to US so they pay these body shops to file for h1b. United States citizenship and immigration services (USCIS), department of labor (DOL) know about all these h1b visa violations but are not taking any action. Americans are being replaced by Indians using h1b visas. Another abuse is student visa f1 visa, EAD and OPT. an average body shop files for 50 to 100 h1b visas and earn millions of dollars per year. The h1b applicants don’t have any skills, so these body shops create fake resumes and get proxies (other experts) to attend phone interviews on behalf of h1b candidates. It is typical for these body shops to offer 500$ to 1000$ for proxies to take interview calls on behalf of h1b candidates.

mana vallu chese vedava panulu anni baga cheppadu veedu 

[solman]

Just now, sri_india said:

what .... meetu inka H1 meedha unnaraaa .... DB think you are on GC or converted citizen ani 

andaru nee laga citizen's kaleru lee uncle 

[TampaChinnodu]

There are a lot of IT staffing companies (also referred to as body shops) that have been set up by people who came to US on h1b. These body shops have no respect for law and abuse the system. The currents laws regarding h1b are filled with lot of loopholes to help abuse the h1b visa. The h1b laws require companies to undertake good faith effort to hire Americans first before applying for h1b visa, this requirement is thrown away if you pay a salary of 60,000US$ or hire someone with master’s degree. To abuse the system these body shops set up by Indians hire only Indians on h1b and pay them 60K per year. The same job is done by Americans for 100k+. Furthermore these body shops only pay salary if the h1b consultant is working on a project, if he is on bench (no work) he is not paid the salary. This is illegal, to prevent scrutiny these body shops and h1b consultants indulge is what is referred to as running the payroll, basically they run payroll to pay taxes without paying the salary to the h1b consultant. The taxes on 60k are not much because after exemptions for spouse and kids, you pay very little taxes and the h1b consultant gets to stay in US instead of leaving US when he loses job. Another abuse by these Indian owned body shops is getting h1b candidate to pay for the h1b application fees. People are desperate to come to US so they pay these body shops to file for h1b. United States citizenship and immigration services (USCIS), department of labor (DOL) know about all these h1b visa violations but are not taking any action. Americans are being replaced by Indians using h1b visas. Another abuse is student visa f1 visa, EAD and OPT. an average body shop files for 50 to 100 h1b visas and earn millions of dollars per year. The h1b applicants don’t have any skills, so these body shops create fake resumes and get proxies (other experts) to attend phone interviews on behalf of h1b candidates. It is typical for these body shops to offer 500$ to 1000$ for proxies to take interview calls on behalf of h1b candidates. Here are examples

Here is an example of a guy who made a profit of US$20 million!!!!! By filing 900 h1b applications through a bunch of Shell LLC body shop companies. 

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3113032/h1b/fake-resumes-jobs-lead-to-real-guilty-plea-in-h-1b-fraud-case.html

Fake resumes
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Jobseekers-Warn-of-Fake-Resumes-from-Fremont-Staffing-Firm-Beta-Soft-Systems-324236081.html

[TampaChinnodu]

I would like to bring to your notice some aspects of the h1b abuse which are often overlooked. While the focus on the H1b visa abuse has correctly been placed on the numerous Indian IT and USA companies like TATA, Infosys, Wipro, Accenture, cognizant, IBM..Etc. what is often overlooked is the damage caused by the small body shops which file H1b visas every year. These smaller sham companies are far worse than the large outsourcing companies. These dummy companies are usually set up by the people who themselves are already here in USA on h1b visa or by people who have got green card after coming here on h1b visa. They act like a cartel and this is their modus operandi.

1. Worker pays $6000 for company to apply for his/her H1B
2. If workers VISA is rejected, company will refund the money barring a small fee of about 1000$
3. If the VISA is approved, the worker goes to the US and gives the cartel a percentage of his/her earnings

These body shops are registered as Limited Liability Company (LLC) in different states in USA. it is a very simple process to register a Limited Liability Company(LLC) in USA, this LLC works as the body shop for supplying IT consultants. These LLC owners then run ads in India inviting people to apply for H1b visa. The people responding to the ads are asked to pay for the h1b visa processing fee which is approximately US$6K. Collecting money from h1b applicants is against the law but the money is exchanged in India and the h1b applicant after coming to USA never complains because he/she also broke the law by paying for the h1b visa application when the company should have paid for it. Before applying for h1b visa the companies are supposed to be undertaking good faith measures to hire American workers but this never happens because the whole point of these small body shops is to undercut the wages of the American workers by bringing in foreigners who will work for a low price. Another blatant abuse of the h1b visa is the non-payment of the wages. The h1b workers are paid salaries that are 40% less than what is paid to the American workers, not only is this salary already low, in addition this salary is paid only if the h1b worker has a job, if he is out of a job (referred to as being on bench in IT consulting) he is not paid his salary. This is another violation of the law as the h1b worker has to be paid the salary certified in the h1b visa application irrespective of whether he is on bench or not. Again the h1b worker does not complain because as per law he is supposed to leave USA immediately when he is out of job, to avoid leaving USA the h1b worker breaks the law by working with the small body shop LLC to not report the job loss to USCIS. Both the body shop and the h1 worker wins because the body shop does not have to pay salary and the h1b worker does not have to leave USA. When the h1b worker gets a job that is usually a temporary contracting job, The small body shop gets 20% of the billing. As mentioned above both the h1b worker and the body shop are willfully breaking the law from the very beginning of the application process and because it is a mutually assured self destruction by complaining, neither the h1b worker nor the small body shop complain about this. While I applaud the various steps taken by senator dick Durbin and chuck Grassley like introducing new tax for fraud detection etc these taxes are only applied on the companies with more than 50 employees. These small body shops are less than 50 employees because they are sham companies whose only business is filing h1b visas. They have zero risk and unlimited profits because they never pay for the h1b application as the h1b worker himself is paying for it, they get to keep 20% percentage of the h1b worker earning and don’t have to pay a salary when the h1b worker does not have a job. On an average the body shop makes 10k to 15k per each h1b visa they hold and on an average these small body shops hold 35 to 45 h1 b visas each. Since the scrutiny begins to increase when the employee strength goes above 50, they start another LLC company to file h1b visa when the number of h1b visa in the original body shop reaches near 50. These body shop companies work without any hassles as no one is investigating them, the press, media, law makers are also concentrating on the big outsourcing companies while ignoring these companies. There are thousands of such small companies holding about 30 to 50 h1b 
visas. This number is increasing each year as new companies are set up every year.

Another illegal activity which is a lucrative stream of money for these body shops is the F1 Visa STEM students using OPT and EAD. F1 visa is issued to students who study in US universities. Initially after graduation the f1 students got an employment authorization document (EAD) which was valid for 12 months and gave them authorization to work in USA legally for the period of that EAD. over the last couple of years the EAD period has been increased from 12 months to 36 months. The EAD is initially issued for 12 months with a renewal for the remaining 24 months by showing proof of employment. Again it is these LLC body shops which give a fake letter saying they have a job when in fact in most cases they don’t have a job. irrespective of whether the f1 student has a contract job or not the body shop always gives a letter saying the student has a job, this is lying and illegal because the student is paid only if he is on a project and not if he is on bench. The body shops create fake resumes saying the students have 7 years’ experience when in fact these students are not even older than 23 or 24 years and have been is USA for less than 2 to 4 years. The students dont even have the expereience or knowledge to attend interviews, they have proxies who take the interview on their behalf!!!! somes hiring managers have found out about this and began insisting on video conference using skype but even that is not stopping the fraud. the "student" just sits infront of the camera lip sysncing while the ***** off camera answers the questions. This has become a criminal racket

Below are examples of such companies.

You can go to http://www.myvisajobs.com/H1B-... it will allow you to search for employers who filed for h1b. They are earning an average of half million an year by taking 20% of the h1b worker salary. Their investment is zero, risk is zero and profit is unlimited!!!. there are thousands of such companies holding 30 to 50 h1b visas each, which amounts to hundreds of thousands of h1b. Some of these companies don’t even have a website and some companies have a website which has complete misinformation. They claim they have some process, product Etc. when in fact most have a home address or a dummy office which dosn't even have enough space to sit more than 5 tor 6 people when in fact the number of h1b visas they hold are 30 to 50.Some such body shops which have been in existence for multiple years have grown into holding 300 to 500 h1b visas each, these companies are not on the radar of the lawmakers or the media.

[BillMarkSteve]

finish...motham finsih anthe....

[Android_Halwa]

Jai Trump.

Charlottes is flooded by h4 EAD's and Imported talent from India(Cheap)

And this deadly combo has made charlotte, a place to avoid especially if you plant to start a family and raise kids. Please avoid charlotte as your kids would perform below on par with national average.,.

 

[TampaChinnodu]

2 minutes ago, BillMarkSteve said:

finish...motham finsih anthe....

Agreed. Motham A-Z mesthris process antha raasesadu.

[mastercheif]

13 minutes ago, solman said:

mana vallu chese vedava panulu anni baga cheppadu veedu 

cheppina vaadu yevado telugu tejam ayi untadu.

[solman]

1 minute ago, TampaChinnodu said:

Agreed. Motham A-Z mesthris process antha raasesadu.

detailed gaa rasadu... 

[kevinUsa]

good work if someasks me i say that my mail id is being used from other system this the ip addres u can check 

i did not want to apply as 7 years but my compny forced me ani cheputanu 

by the I am apllying to fulltime with my work experience ani kuda cheputanu u can check my mail my uni mail 

already backup plan chesukoni petta 

[kevinUsa]

12 minutes ago, mastercheif said:

cheppina vaadu yevado telugu tejam ayi untadu.

correct baa

[TampaChinnodu]

13 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said:

Jai Trump.

Charlottes is flooded by h4 EAD's and Imported talent from India(Cheap)

And this deadly combo has made charlotte, a place to avoid especially if you plant to start a family and raise kids. Please avoid charlotte as your kids would perform below on par with national average.,.

 

Charlotte nothing compared to Dallas.