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If you are an H-1B worker in search of new work, especially in the IT sector, you must scrutinize the relationship with your prospective H-1B employer to make sure the proposed employment relationship is acceptable under USCIS criteria. 
If you don’t compare the proposed employment conditions with USCIS requirements, you risk being [...]

Tags: H-1B, H-1B employment relation, H-1B job shop, H-1B new employer, H-1B off-site, H-1B work

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has launched a new program in which it is making unannounced site visits throughout the United States to monitor and detect fraud among H-1B employers and their H-1B employees.
In this article we explain what happens during these site visits and your rights and obligations under the law so [...]

Tags: FDNS, H-1B Fraud Detection Site Visits, USCIS

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If you complained to your H-1B employer because they committed wrongs– such as making you pay H-1B filing fees and benching you without pay– you may find the employer has compounded the problem by threatening or harassing you because of your complaint.
The law prohibits an employer from retaliating against you for [...]

Tags: H-1B, H-1B Department of Labor Complaint, H-1B Employee Rights, H-1B Harassment, H-1B Retaliation, H-1B Wages

Does your H-1B employer:

Rip you off (e.g. make you pay H-1B filing fees, underpay your wages, etc.)?
Subject you to abuse (e.g. threaten you with job termination or deportation)?
Want you to do things that you think are unethical?

If you answered ‘yes’ to one or more of these questions, then you may well have a legal claim [...]

Tags: H-1, H-1B, H-1B Employee Rights, H-1B Fraud, H-1B Legal Rights, H-1B Pay, H-1B Rights, H-1B salary, H-1B Transfer, H-1B Wages, H1, H1B, Prevailing Wage

The late comedian George Carlin famously spoke about seven words you can’t say on TV.
Not one to miss a chance to co-opt, I will offer you three words you should NEVER utter in an employment dispute.

Tags: H-1, H-1B, H-1B Employee Rights Philosophy, H-1B Legal Rights

H-1B employees and everyone else should check out this outstanding post by Professional Life Coach Tim Brownson: “5 Questions That Will Change Your Life.”  Mr. Brownson arms readers with 5 questions that you should ask when facing any important life decision- I should note, these questions directly apply to any H-1B employment dispute or litigation [...]

Tags: 5 Questions That Will Change Your Life, H-1, H-1B, H-1B Legal Rights, H-1B Rights, H1, H1B