Comment H-1B: A Question of Fraud (Score 1) 343
Source: "A question of fraud - Silicon Valley pushes for more foreign workers despite federal probes" By David Lazarus - The San Francisco Chronicle (September 21, 2000):
www.usbc.org/info/jobs/0900probes.htm
""FAKE CREDENTIALS
One of the most common forms of H-1B fraud involves falsification of academic and work credentials. A bachelor's degree (or its vocational equivalent) is required for H-1B status, as well as proof of specific work skills.
Some Indians have reported that overseas recruiters will charge workers as much as $6,000 to improve their visa chances. In return, relatively unskilled workers will receive a month or two of computer training along with paperwork attesting to far more extensive work experience.
Diplomas from existing or even nonexistent universities also can be arranged.
'It's a well-known fact that people in India will take two or three classes in Java programming, then the body shop will create a resume for them,' said Inder Singh, a former H-1B visa holder now working as a programmer on the East Coast.
'You will find that a lot of them don't have the work experience they claim to have,' he said. 'The body shop does it for them. They are very good at glossing over resumes.'
...Yates told legislators that a subsequent immigration service investigation revealed that 21 percent of vocational resumes submitted by visa applicants were fictitious and 29 percent more 'were either probably or possibly fraudulent.' ""
What does that say about the products being "designed" by these people?
www.usbc.org/info/jobs/0900probes.htm
""FAKE CREDENTIALS
One of the most common forms of H-1B fraud involves falsification of academic and work credentials. A bachelor's degree (or its vocational equivalent) is required for H-1B status, as well as proof of specific work skills.
Some Indians have reported that overseas recruiters will charge workers as much as $6,000 to improve their visa chances. In return, relatively unskilled workers will receive a month or two of computer training along with paperwork attesting to far more extensive work experience.
Diplomas from existing or even nonexistent universities also can be arranged.
'It's a well-known fact that people in India will take two or three classes in Java programming, then the body shop will create a resume for them,' said Inder Singh, a former H-1B visa holder now working as a programmer on the East Coast.
'You will find that a lot of them don't have the work experience they claim to have,' he said. 'The body shop does it for them. They are very good at glossing over resumes.'
...Yates told legislators that a subsequent immigration service investigation revealed that 21 percent of vocational resumes submitted by visa applicants were fictitious and 29 percent more 'were either probably or possibly fraudulent.' ""
What does that say about the products being "designed" by these people?
