Welcome!

ColdFusion Authors: Maureen O'Gara, Hovhannes Avoyan, Yakov Fain, Pat Romanski, Liz McMillan

Related Topics: Web 2.0, Linux

Web 2.0: Article

H-1B Visas Rife with Fraud, Government Finds

USCIS is making procedural changes that haven't been disclosed yet
By Maureen O'Gara
Article Rating:
October 10, 2008 07:15 PM EDT
Reads:
 1,410

Thirteen percent of the H-1B visas granted are based on fraud and another 8% contain so-called technical violations, according to a study just done by the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), an arm of the Department of Homeland Security, and forwarded to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The USCIS processes visa petitions and, given the findings, says it's making procedural changes that haven't been disclosed yet.

The study, which found that 27% of the sample computer-related visas were tainted, documents cases of bogus credentials and degrees and people not working where they were supposed to be working or doing what they were supposed to be doing, not getting prevailing wages, and using the visa to re-enter the U.S. after they were fired or quit

See http://grassley.senate.gov/private/upload/100820081-3.pdf for the study.

Published October 10, 2008 – Reads 1,410
Copyright © 2008 SYS-CON Media, Inc. — All Rights Reserved.
Syndicated stories and blog feeds, all rights reserved by the author.

More Stories By Maureen O'Gara

Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025.

Comments (0)

Share your thoughts on this story.

Add your comment
You must be signed in to add a comment. Sign-in | Register

In accordance with our Comment Policy, we encourage comments that are on topic, relevant and to-the-point. We will remove comments that include profanity, personal attacks, racial slurs, threats of violence, or other inappropriate material that violates our Terms and Conditions, and will block users who make repeated violations. We ask all readers to expect diversity of opinion and to treat one another with dignity and respect.