Thanks for your response.These guys use different possible illegal ways like taking money, clever though visible ways to discriminate(not responding to calls e-mails).
How a company has existed in US for so long I wonder.
---------may be many like you are paying them.
hey need to be blacklisted ASAP.
-----you can write to DOL and USCIS.
-----------Not sure if there is much recourse for you here. This is a risk you took.
It is illegal to pay for your own H1 petition and the company knows that too, so they know you can't do much here.
If you complain to DOL or USCIS, there is a possibility they may take some action on the company
----------------DOL can take action against the company if person has any evidence that Company asked money for filing his H1 with USCIS. Evidence is must.
but they might also ban you from entering the US in future, for fraud (since you paid for your H1).
------------------------what fraud he did ?? Can the USCIS or DOL prove that he paid the money for his/her H1? USCIS or DOL has nothing against him/her as his/her H1 is not filed by that company .
You may say that you did not know and all that but it doesn't matter.
What has happened, is that recently consulates and USCIS are cracking down on H1 bodyshoppers like this. So they are demanding a lot many documents before they can approve H1 visas and even after approval at the time of stamping. Now these companies don't want to risk themselves when there is an RFE or when the consulate asks for more documents, so they will abandon the case. Anyway they don't have anything to lose because they have already been paid for the H1 petition.
Dude you are contradicting yourself, you say paying for H1 is illegal and then you say what fraud did he commit? I am sure the company is not stupid enough to leave any evidence that they have asked for money. If he says he did not pay for H1 then what is his basis for complaint to DOL. That the company is not willing to send proper papers for his H1, in that case DOL will say it is the company's choice. I know a lot of people have come into the US through bodyshopping companies, but sometimes people get caught in unfortunate situations like this. It is a risk they take. I fully pity Mehul here, but all I am saying here is that there is very little he can do without jeopardizing his future prospects to come to the US.To pay money for H1 is illegal and to get money for applying H1with USCIS is also illegal.
Dude you are contradicting yourself, you say paying for H1 is illegal and then you say what fraud did he commit? I am sure the company is not stupid enough to leave any evidence that they have asked for money. If he says he did not pay for H1 then what is his basis for complaint to DOL. That the company is not willing to send proper papers for his H1, in that case DOL will say it is the company's choice. I know a lot of people have come into the US through bodyshopping companies, but sometimes people get caught in unfortunate situations like this. It is a risk they take. I fully pity Mehul here, but all I am saying here is that there is very little he can do without jeopardizing his future prospects to come to the US.
Many companies mostly in NJ, PA ,CA are fraud they also run the advertisement in Indian papers and advertise online.
You should have posted here before giving them money. To pay money for H1 is illegal and to get money for applying H1with USCIS is also illegal.
You are out of US and I don’t know how you can recover your money from them.
You can write to DOL or USCIS with complete information of company but DOL or USCIS is not going to recover your money, as they are not recovery agent.