Twenty-six companies have been named as 'willful violators' of the H-1B visa system, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Interestingly, all these companies are registered in the United States and have Indian or Indian-origin promoters with direct or indirect presence in India.
In order to be found as a willful violator and debarred from bidding on government contracts, one must be found to have committed either a willful failure or a misrepresentation of a material fact in Labor Condition Application or in furnishing misinformation about its H-1B dependents.
Deliberate violation comes to play even when an employer displaces a U.S. worker at the time of filing an H-1B visa petition or when a company fails to make a sincere effort to recruit U.S. workers before it decides to have foreign nationals receive the jobs. As a willful violator, one is subject to random investigations by DOL for a period of five years (from the date it is determined to be one.)
The names in the list are: Temp Solutions, Telava Network, Supreme Tech Solutions, Global Telecom Corp. d/b/a Aims Wireless Solutions, Anthony Information Technology, Amica Technology, Xcel Solutions Corp., Techwire Solutions Inc., Space Age Inc. d/b/a Barrington Scarves, Sirsai, Inc., RMJM Group Inc., Riedstra Dairy, Ltd. d/b/a Riedstra Dairy, Prithvi Information Solution International, LLC, NYVA Soft, Inc., Md2 Systems, Inc., Incoln Corporation, Inc., Gunderson Sweetwater, MD., P.A. d/b/a Sunrise OB/GYN, G Healthcare LLC, Delta Search Labs, Inc., Clinron LLC, Care Worldwide, Inc., Autobuses Ejecutivos, LLC d/b/a Omnibus Express, Amreli Technology Solutions LLC, Amazing Apple Inc. d/b/a Blue Bell, Ajel Technologies, Inc., and Advanced Professional Marketing, Inc.
About the author
Bruce E. Buchanan is the founding partner at Sebelist Buchanan Law PLLC with offices in Nashville and Atlanta, where he primarily represents employers in all aspects of immigration law, with a special emphasis on employer immigration compliance, as well as employment/labor law matters. He is the co-author of the book, I-9 and E-Verify Handbook, which is geared to HR professionals. Mr. Buchanan also authors his own blog on employer immigration compliance matters located on Twitter at @Buchananvisalaw. He may be contacted at
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