Eyewitness to H-1B scammers

In a series of blogs earlier this month I wrote about how the H-1B visa program is being gamed by outsourcing companies. If you recall I noted some statistics that said, 8 out of the top ten companies that win the H-1B visa lottery are not U.S. firms that say they need to bring in foreign nationals on an H-1B to complete a project. Rather most of the H-1B visas are awarded to Indian outsourcing companies. A coup

In a series of blogs earlier this month I wrote about how the H-1B visa program is being gamed by outsourcing companies.

If you recall I noted some statistics that said, 8 out of the top ten companies that win the H-1B visa lottery are not U.S. firms that say they need to bring in foreign nationals on an H-1B to complete a project. Rather most of the H-1B visas are awarded to Indian outsourcing companies.

A couple of weeks later I wrote about how these companies don’t even keep their employees who have the H-1B visa in the States.
Rather, after being trained here they are sent back home to complete the task.

With that in mind I thought I would publish this email I received on Thursday from someone who says they have firsthand knowledge of this practice.

So without further ado, here is the email--unedited except for adding paragraph breaks--that I received.

"Yes, Having worked with an Indian software company, I've seen first hand how this system works. As soon as an employee completes one year with the organization, s/he gets their visa processed.

"The documents are filled out as early as Dec[ember] of the previous year.

"Imagine a company with 70,000 employees which files for 10,000 applications. It merely gets a foothold with the volume principle.
Their mantra is flood the USCIS [US Citizenship and Immigration Services] with applications, the more that gets in, the better for the company.

"This is the basis for the company to bargain with clients and get them to shell more on projects. Once 6,000 candidates get their visas in October, hardly 2,000 use it and come on site. The rest fall in the bargaining chip category for future projects!

"Appalling but true. This is just one company that I worked in.. Imagine 5-6 companies doing the same thing.. 65,000 just gets washed away by these mammoths..."