An organisation approached me claiming they would raise H1B petition.
As their firm is a small one with less than 10 employees, they have told me that I need to pay 1,00,000 INR for attorney charges and I have paid.
Later they have told me that my petition is not picked up & so they would not return my money back.
As they haven’t given me any proofs of the petition being raised, I asked them for the proof of the my petition they told me that the documents are discarded and can’t show any proofs now.
Please suggest me the legal process I can go through now.
PS: I am from India & I have e-mail copies, bank statement ( amount transfer details to their company account) and the WhatsApp communication.
I would be ready to go through all the possible legal or other process.
So sorry to hear about this. If you feel comfortable, please post the name of the company and the US State where they are registered. You must not post the name here but please do so on my wall or as an email which is listed under my profile. We also need the name of the attorney that this company works with.
Sorry to hear. I can imagine your situation.
On the other hand, H1b is based on lottery and consulting companies do charge for attorney fees and filling fees if you intended to pay them. There are thousands of posts asking people not to pay consultants for filling H1b. So dont you think it was your decision to take risk? Just a thought…
Also if you check the data in the tracker you will find that only 17% H1b application under regular quota got picked. So assuming you have not done masters in US, your chances were very low.
In addition, how will consultant give you proof of submission if it is not picked? The tracking number will only be available if application is picked. You can only get courier tracking number to find if your application sent or not and the detail of return packet from USCIS.
Calm down and think. Answer to your question is there are ways and you can complain to USCIS directly if you want to.
Good luck for future.
The company you mentioned in the private message is registered in Delaware which provides tax benefits to owners. You will initially demand for your money back. Give them 10 days. Next, you will need to find out the lawyer who filed your papers. Tell him that his client has used his services to defraud you. Ask him to convince his client company to refund you the money because he will otherwise face disbarment. Use brief language, do not overstate your case. If you wish, I can help you edit the correspondence in private message on this forum
You can report the company to USCIS,
and please copy the employer also as you report, so he knows you have reported. Do this if nothing works in your favor.