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RE:H1B visa is misused by all the companies too
by TheVoice on Jul 04, 2007 12:05 PM

There was a time when the cream of IT professionals would go to the US. One would be respected. One bad apple is all you need to spoil the rest. Now, even a doodhwala (no offense friends. just a metaphor) can go there using fake documents and a cooked up resume through fraudulent companies. The people who are suffering are the H1B seekers. Promised of a fantastic life and great comforts, people easily fall prey to these lucrative offers. On reaching the US, they are housed into cramped apartments with sometimes 4 to 6 people staying. They pat the new candidate on the shoulder and sarcastically express their happiness over him/her joining the American dream. None of them have a job and hardly have any money left to lead a normal life. They are literally living off their credit cards anxiously waiting for a job offer to clear all their loans. Even after landing up with a job, you'll be under the constant threat of being fired. This is obvious since you would have cooked up your resume.

The candidate then starts living a life of regret saying that life in India was much better but he cannot get back as he doesn't have the money. The employer really is not bothered. The employee gets homesick and has virtually no one to fall back on. This causes almost suicidal tendencies. He/she is ashamed even to face his/her parents. Parents have no clue as to what is going on, thinking that their child must be settling down and reaping the riches.

As everybody knows, citizens in India are

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