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Labor, h-1b, immigration, tripti noorani, igate mastech

H-1B visa facilitator fined $45,000 over job listings

Last week, iGate Mastech was fined $45,000 for placing 30 online job listings in the spring of 2006 with the condition that only H-1B visa holders need apply. The company helps foreign workers obtain a visa (often for a fee), and then contracts out their labor to companies at a tidy profit. The contracting company doesn't have to worry about dealing with immigration authorities, paying health benefits and can lay the worker off without cause or severance — often resulting in a revoked visa and possible deportation if the worker can't find new employment quickly enough. As our tipster points out, iGate Mastech VP of immigration and compliance Tripti Noorani has successfully processed 20,000 H-1B visas for iGate Mastech employees since 1990. Maybe the company was just trying to help H-1B holders currently in the country stay in the country?

1:20 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Jackson West
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pleinad at 02:48 PM on 05/07/08
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We still see much of these today in dice .com tech jobs encouraging non-PRs to apply and giving them lower salaries because of it. It's a shame Americans are left out of jobs because of these. Companies are encouraged to cut cost, they're getting cheaper labor but that's not the real intent of H1 workers, is it?
bbucy at 05:05 PM on 05/07/08
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My new company:

I hire the fired H-1B folks at $1/day to write just a few lines of code. That keeps immigration off their backs and they are so appreciative they shower me with gifts later on.
CyndyA at 07:23 PM on 05/07/08
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OMFG. I worked with them in the mid-90s. We had to use a certain percentage of MBE companies, but every single contractor they sent us was an H1-B. EVERY LAST ONE. And it wasn't like they were charging US less for their staff; in fact, they had some of the highest rates of any of the contract agencies we used. I wonder who pocketed the difference?
nevermindy at 03:18 AM on 05/08/08
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I guess some people do not now the sad part.
Many friends of mine have worked for such companies post 9/11 who don't even give 50% of actual wages. If the H1B holder threatens to complain, their H1B can be withdrawn,if they ask for full pay, they can be shown the door out of the country.

Ah.. I remember a company that actually went to the extent of "gimme money and I'll cut a check for you..." :-) The guy paid, got his two month's payslips, applied for H1B transfer and ran like crazy ...