During his presidency, Donald Trump ended the H1-B lottery. He prohibited:

● the use of H1-B workers as replacements,

● drastically raised H1-B pay so they couldn’t be used for cheap labor (drawing applicants starting with highest paid)

● then he ultimately suspended the program.

The Biden-Harris Administration cancelled all of Trump’s measures.

But even the Wall Street Journal, on April 28, 2023 let the cat out of the bag that Biden’s “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency that awards H-1B visas, said it has found that a small number of companies are responsible for entering the same applicants into the lottery multiple times, with the alleged goal of artificially boosting their chances of winning a visa.”

The result?

By 2023, these duplicate entries became the primary reason these entries in that year’s lottery hit an all-time high, with 781,000 competing for just 85,000 visas.

In reality, the Biden White House was pushing this for many companies coming from India and China who put up front companies in America. This allowed companies like McGraw-Hill Education to continue having the “Made in America” stamp so they can’t be taxed under a tariff.

Pratik Wagh exposed H1B visa fraud, where consultancy firms manipulate the system by:

● fabricating resumes to qualify candidates for high-skilled jobs…

● submitting 3-5 applications per candidate to rig the hiring “lottery,” increasing their chances of winning.

This practice allows less deserving candidates to secure H1B visas, often outsourcing their work remotely while taking jobs from more qualified individuals.

Here is his post (edited for clarity and brevity):

“My reach is not big enough for my message to be heard but I hope others can help amplify this because whatever I am about to say is 100% true, personally verifiable and absolutely unfair.

I came to US in 2012 for Masters degree is Materials Science and Engineering. Upon graduation in 2014 I  applied to @SpaceX only to get rejected after two rounds of interview on the basis of nationality.

They really wanted me because of my skills but there are some regulations called ITAR which prevents SpaceX from hiring foreign nationals. UNDERSTANDABLE.

Then I went on to work for Oil and Gas companies who would file for my H1B.

I had 3 attempt to win the lottery (YES, it is a damn lottery!). Guess what? I never won it.

Then the manager from SpaceX who really wanted to hire me, had started a non-profit by 2016 and wanted to file for my H1B. Twice.

That’s when I learned, non-profits don’t have a lottery. They are evaluated on case by case basis.

Lucky me right?

WRONG. The non-profit was too small for them to sponsor H1Bs. Besides the government funds should create employment for citizens and not foreigners. UNDERSTANDABLE.

So after 5 failed attempts, I decided to move back to India. Meanwhile my friends/acquaintances had already won the lottery and were working in the US.

HOW DID THEY WIN THE LOTTERY AND I DIDN’T?

Enter: Consultancy firms.

These are run by unknown Indians, from their kitchens and basements, selling H1Bs. What????

Yes, they fabricate and spice up your resume, so you can qualify for these high skilled jobs, they interview on your behalf, and land you the job. In return they take 30% of your salary Year 1, 20% Year 2 etc.

Yeah but how do they win the lottery? Clearly that can’t be rigged?

Yes it can. They put in 3-5 applications PER candidate so that your probability of getting picked increases. WOW.

Then Pratik, why didn’t you do it?

Because it means you need to work for whatever employer gets picked in the lottery. I didn’t want to JUST WORK in US, I wanted to work and contribute to the right employers. I would rather be in India and start by own company than work in the US with a fake resume.

The crazy thing is my acquaintances who couldn’t actually do the work because they were faking resumes, ended up outsourcing their work remotely to folks in India. WOW!

Objectively, I was more deserving of the H1B than these losers who faked resumes, rigged the lottery, gave away part of their salary to the consultancy and part to actual folks in India doing their job remotely.  And when they didn’t have enough dollars to survive in the US, they worked as pizza delivery guys for cash.

No Indian can argue that this is the utmost form of cheating and taking jobs from Americans. And taking jobs from other more deserving Indians who didn’t play this game.

To close, I am not generalizing that this is rampant among all H1B holders. There are many who won the lottery and deserve it. But I think the rigging is more common than most know. I know at least 3 who have done it.”

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