[Intl-stu] Important information for students on OPT!

[International Students]

We have received the following information from an immigration lawyer
that we work with frequently.

 

STUDENTS ON OPT-BEWARE OF "EMPLOYERS" WILLING TO FILE A FRAUDULENT H-1B
PETITION FOR YOU

 

With the implementation of the "cap-gap fix" last spring we've seen even
more H-1B scam artists and "agencies" wreck students' immigration and
career plans by filing fraudulent or irresponsible H-1B petitions for
them.  If a company does not really plan to employ you, and/or you do
not plan to work for them, do not allow that company to file an H-1B
petition for you.  At worst an employer who files a petition knowing
that it will never employ you has committed fraud and perhaps involved
you in the fraud.  "Agencies" who file petitions for you hoping that
they might eventually find work for you but knowing that they will
"bench" you (place you in an "unproductive status"-which is prohibited
by law) until then also violate the law and jeopardize your status.
Some students on OPT seem to have fallen into the trap of allowing such
petitions to be filed for them while they search for the job they really
want.  Don't make this mistake.  It is a serious one.  

 

 

John Mark Jones, Director

International Student Services

Texas A&M University- Commerce

PO Box 3011

Commerce, TX 75429

Phone: (903) 886-5097

Fax: (903) 468-3200

 

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