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Unannounced H1B Site Visits by USCIS

By HSB  On October 28, 2009;

USCIS through its Office of Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) has recently started conducting mostly unannounced H-1B site visits. A corporate client of this firm was recently audited by FDNS. The person who signed the H-1B paperwork was interviewed and the H-1B visa employee was also interviewed. The Employer was asked the following questions: type of business; number of employees; number of employees being sponsored on visas; verify that the signature on the H-1B visa petition is genuine; information about the H-1B visa employee: date of hire, title, job duties, work location, salary, copy of most recent paycheck stub; and number of employees who received their Permanent Resident status.

The H-1B visa employee was asked to provide the following:

  • Identification
  • Job title
  • Role and responsibilities at the company
  • Salary
  • Who paid for the Labor Condition and H-1B visa petition filing/if the cost was deducted from employee’s paycheck
  • How employee gets paid through ADP, etc.
  • and Requested to see a pay check.
  • The visit lasted about 30 minutes.

It would be interesting to see what would USCIS visits a  consulting company where employees are working at location different than specified in the Labor application?

Via LewsLaw

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