Satyam Employee Green Cards Under Trouble
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Satyam Computers Founder B Rama Raju has admitted to financial fraud in Jan and resigned as its Chairman on the very same day.
Now Satyam has approximately 11,000 employees working in the US of which atleast 7,000 are on H-1B Visa. Satyam's fraud admission has come as a minefield of fraud in its Immigration petitions. One should be aware that H-1B Visas and Green Cards are issued because the employer has shown his ability to pay its employees. However, post revealing of fraud and the US Govt deciding to crackdown on the H-1B Scam, most Satyam Employees whose GreenCard under process will be revoked for fraud [spare the employees this time, as they were unaware of the massive scam] Kindly note that even if you have I-140 approved, chances of it being revoked is extremely high.
New York-based attorney Danielle Rizzo said,
Now Satyam has approximately 11,000 employees working in the US of which atleast 7,000 are on H-1B Visa. Satyam's fraud admission has come as a minefield of fraud in its Immigration petitions. One should be aware that H-1B Visas and Green Cards are issued because the employer has shown his ability to pay its employees. However, post revealing of fraud and the US Govt deciding to crackdown on the H-1B Scam, most Satyam Employees whose GreenCard under process will be revoked for fraud [spare the employees this time, as they were unaware of the massive scam] Kindly note that even if you have I-140 approved, chances of it being revoked is extremely high.
New York-based attorney Danielle Rizzo said,
USCIS regulations require that evidence of ability to pay be submitted in the form of audited financial statements, federal income tax returns, or an annual report filed with the SEC. Clearly any of these documents would have contained fraudulent financial information. It is not only the beneficiary's fraud that would invalidate a petition but the petitioner's as well.We feel that the US Department of Homeland Security should pursue the matter of H-1B Immigration fraud seriously and clean up the entire system. If necessary, the H-1B Visa law should be amended to accommodate only foreign students with a Masters or Higher Degree from an American University on the recommendation of an American Professor after being placed in a Job. Your thoughts ?
