H1 Immigrant treated badly.

[gidduk]

Hi
One of my friend's who came on last year H1B Quota, is not being paid by his sponsor for the last 3 months(from the time he arrived). The sponsor does not even initiate a job search for him. He is not ready to give him a pay stub, fearing that he will swtich to another company.
My friend has paid all the processing fee for H1B. He is totaly depressed having a family and without pay staying in the US.

Is there a legal way out of this situation other than returning back to home country?

TIA.
KG

[daffods]

Who is the petitioner

[gidduk]

Its company in Texas, run by an Indian.

[knowledgeable]

Do Not Mention

Agreed that bad guys should be punished and to the fullest extent of the law. There are many ways to at least make sure the company and the owner(s) is/are black listed.

However, please do understand that this forum is an open Internet based and read/used by people not only in the United States but all over the globe.

Using racist statements for "Indians" is directly attacking all the people of a particular region and making everybody look bad.

Do remember there are many from this region who're great, have achieved success through sincerity and honest hard work. You guys may be one of these good people too.

If you have the time, energy and resources you can try to make a strong point of your problems with the labor department, in writing..

Write to your state's senator and to your local representative. Elections are around the corner, your politicians will surely listen to you!

Then write to your local newspaper editors, start a blog, add in Sulekha.com and Craigslist.com.

Basically if you hit all the points and if more and more people start doing this, there's bound to be positive changes benefiting everybody.

HOWEVER, what happens is that all of us vent our anger towards someone or something else and once we get our work done, we forget about the whole thing.

Just do a favor and make sure you list the company's name specifically with full contact information as well as the employer(s) name(s). However, PLEASE DO NOT mention words like desis etc. These do not apply to professional people, like all of us.

I hope you understand.

Good luck to all.

[knowledgeable]

That's more like it!

Good to know someone is out there with a more positive response and trying to help out.

Keep it up!