Road of deceits and lies

[singhsa3]

 

[great guru]

Friends,
I am to the point where I going to loose it and probably may go on hunger strike in front of a USCIS building (does not matter which one)
Here is my story of becoming a rogue from an honest man.
I came to the USA on F-1 for doing my MBA from Kellogg (One of top five schools) and completed it with flying colors. Unfortunately, it was during the time when we had market crash and the economy was going south. Anyways, I did manage to get a job with GE. They did my H-1 and filled my Green card. My green card was filled three years back from New Jersey but never moved an inch. I also had offers from several other companies but I decided to stick with GE as my green card was still in process.
During all these years, I have been regularly paying taxes and have never got even a single traffic ticket.
The wait abruptly came to end when PERM came into picture. I was told that if I have to go through PERM, I cannot use my GE experience also because of recent layoffs in GE it will difficult to show that no qualified citizen was available. Also, re-filling through PERM, with just my Master’s degree was not an option as there may be several fresh graduates looking for Jobs and not to mention those who do online MBA. Thus, I decided to leave my secure and high paying job to become a computer consultant with a small 12 people firm, which places people through mid clients on contract basis (called projects).
How I managed to get that job in computer field is another interesting story. Initially, I started fair and square but was not getting even a single call. It was very disheartening to see that people with no strong credentials were getting several projects. How they were doing that!. By faking their resumes! So, I too finally decided to quit being Mahatma Gandhi and faked my resume. Guess what! I did get a job with a top pharmaceutical firm on first interview, though 30% cut goes to my consulting firm (sort of fees to sponsor me).
Now, next step was to go through PERM process. We started by publishing Ads on SWA website and newspapers. The Ads were designed to benefit me, obviously. This in my opinion is a joke. Several people looking for the job applied, my employer/lawyer interviewed and rejected them on one ground or other. The unethical thing here is that those who apply for the position do not know that the primary purpose of the interview is to reject them. Of course, I want them to be rejected as I want my freedom at any cost. But the whole drama is pushing me further on the roads of deceit and lies. I am not sure how many more dirty things I will need to do, but I will do whatever it takes, for I believe my rights to live and work here is much superior than many people who come here illegally , do not pay taxes or are involved in crimes.
Thanks
Sarang Singh

During rejection process any one complaint about iterview to DOL, you and your lawyer will be in deep trouble. Then DOL request you to send all the application to their scrutiny and all the interview will be documented for further perusal. Since you are working for s/w body shoppers, your MBA may be not in great use, as qualification

 

[skgeet]

You missed his point. His point was the system that is leading to road to deceit and not the body shopper.
Chao!

Mr.Singh,

I totally understand your plight ! But one thing that you are forgetting in this whole equation is that it was your decision to join the so-called "Body-Shopper" leaving GE (or whatever so-called "Big" company). You are selfish enough to get a Green Card by hook or Crook (Crook being the faking or resume blah blah blah). Why go through all this for GC ? If your "Big" company was so good and they want you so dearly then they should get the extension of you H-1 once you apply for labor (BTW, this is PERFECTLY legal after your labor is approved). But again here, you wanted to get things faster and so you waited ! I, myself, work for a F-500 company but am perfectly ok with these "Body-Shoppers" as well. AFAIK, these are the people who are much more considerate in times of dire straits i.e continue to hold ur H1B even though u don't have a project. Try telling that to GE when Mr.Welch / Mr.Immlet when they do their efficient force reductions ! They care 2 hoots which stage of GC you are in. But don't get me wrong, I am not supporting Body Shoppers, even they exploit people by taking a cut of what people legitimately make. My point is that you have a choice and you are choosing to go one way or the other. You are not alone in this boat. The immigration system also doesn't care if you are from "xyz Blah" company or a F-500. Whether ur from Kellogs or Khan's Shop, its the same for them as long as it satisfies their requirements. So, its the system that is to be blamed for. Vent your feelings to your local Mayor or whoever, who by the way doesn't care anyway as you will not be voting for him. All in all, this post was not only to empathize with you but also to make you aware of ground realities (if you are not already aware of !!)

Marcus Orelius !