#h1b

Microsoft and Infosys are targeted for H1b extensions. Soon H1b extensions will be blocked for Oracle employees due to repeated layoffs.

I don't have any co-workers at my office (or state) but am required to come into office 4 days per week. My co-workers in India, who do have other workers at their sites, are only required to come in 10 days per month. Is this discrimination against the US workers to get them to quit? When I ask AI, it says yes and gives online fed agencies to enter in complaints to. Has anyone done this? Which agency did you lodge your complaint? Even if it goes no further, I'd like to enter in a complaint about this company's H1B and offshore Anti-American worker policies.

Recent federal actions against H-1B visa abuse include the Department of Labor's Project Firewall and a major July 2026 OIG fraud investigation. The administration continues to ramp up enforcement to protect domestic workers.

Recent Enforcement Actions

1: Launch of DOL Project Firewall targeting employer fraud

2: Around 200 active or completed employer investigations

3: July 2026 Office of Inspector General fraud crackdown

4: Subpoenas issued for wage-kickback and displacement schemes

Regulatory Changes

1: Wage-weighted selection rule replacing random lotteries

2: Increased scrutiny on recent corporate layoff records

3: State-level hiring freezes at public universities

Legal and Policy Roadblocks

1: Federal judge blocked the proposed $100,000 visa fee

2: Administration vows ongoing court battles over fees

3: Vice President JD Vance signaling support for program overhaul

Vance says he’d support eliminating H-1B program as court fight stalls future

https://cnycentral.com/news/nation-world/vance-says-hed-support-eliminating-h-1b-program-as-court-fight-stalls-future-trump-administration

Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General Launches Investigation into H-1B Visa Fraud and Human Trafficking to Protect American Workers

https://www.oig.dol.gov/public/Press%20Releases/OIG-Press-Release-070826.htm

If you ever feel you where
a)Ill-treated
b)Under-Payed
c)Not-Promoted
d)Your salaries remained stagnant but an H1B employer received higher salary
e)You weren’t promoted while a team consists of more H1 leaders and subsequent H1B promotions
f)Abuse by H1 employers to American protected workers (Citizens, Residents and asylum seekers)
g)A company unfairly hired more H1Bs

Report this to the below link
https://tips.uscis.gov/
Include below details to the fullest:

• Managers full Name
• Managers exact title
• H1 Employees who received promotions or had their H1s filed (if you find their LCAs pin them too)
• H1 Employees who had their PERMs applied while you were discriminated in your team
• Your Directors name who initiated PERM

Include all these details and submit the petition.
Never limit your details. Fellow Patriots if you feel you faced the abuse and discrimination report immediately. Investigation awaiting !

Just in case you were wandering:
CENTENE:
https://h1bhq.com/search?employerQuery=CENTENE

In the best interest of fairness for ALL, all H1-B applciatnts' resumes NEED TO BE run through LexisNexis verification.

Beyond the severe resume discrepancies, previous 'paychecks' need to be verified, because most of these paychecks are 'created' with an uncle's garage consulting company which was a fraud itself.

Conversion from STEM visa to H1-B :

Please please verify the previous employment paychecks, STEM visa has certain stipulations to work in the related fields.. they create false paystubs..
These folks are Not legally eligible to convert to H1-B..

If Fiserv sponsors a STEM visa holder for an H1-B, it would be a fraud not having the proper STEM continuation of employment. Fiserv shouldn't involve in this fraud.

Please run ALL current H1-B visa holders' resumes through LexisNexus to see how AUTHENTIC they are.. Resume is supposed to be a trusted bond between an employee and employer.. significant false information on the resume is the ground for dismissal legally.

Lying on the resume, having a different person doing the telephone interview, engaging ChatGPT as part of the video interview are all fraud. These things happen VERY often.

Lot of cheating and lying in the H1-B visa path.. HR doesn't care, but they need to verify all these things as part of the vetting process.

Current administration in the white house is well aware of these things.. Lot of info and notifications were communicated to the Whitehouse. Many new verifications and restrictions came into effect recently..

Still Fiserv works against the current administration.. by sponsoring H1-B visas for fraudulent candidates.. Please check EVERYTHING.. there is rampant fraud..

Ford should stop hiring work visas. It's high time to raise our voice. I'm sending letters to local reps.

Citi quietly invested in a new GCC at Pune. Article is below. Those that thought that maing it harder to get H1B would somehow make the pipe dream of jobs in America come true - the jobs will just move away elsewhere and those that were paying into the system of medicaid/medicare and social security without being able to take anything out....they will be gone too. Uncle Bob types on 10 different medications and one cardiac arrest away from the coffin is going to pay into the system? Lol.

𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝟭 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗾. 𝗙𝘁. 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗲

Pune’s Global Capability Centre (GCC) ecosystem continues to see significant expansion, with 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝟭 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗾. 𝗳𝘁. 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶, 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗲.

According to the announcement, this is 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲, marking another significant step in the company’s workplace expansion in Pune.

Citi’s association with the Pune location dates back to 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟮, when it began operations at EON Free Zone.

Today, 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟯𝟱,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀, supporting over 80 markets globally. Their operations span technology, operations, analytics, risk, compliance and financial processes, along with digital banking and emerging technologies.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝗚𝗖𝗖 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺

The expansion highlights the continued scale of 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝗕𝗙𝗦𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗖𝗖 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺, particularly in established commercial clusters such as Kharadi.

Large-scale workplace expansions by global financial institutions reflect the growing role of Pune in supporting technology, operations, analytics and other global business functions.

As multinational companies continue to expand their capabilities in the city, Pune's GCC ecosystem is evolving with increasing scale and diversity across sectors.

In 2025, there were about 150 Wells Fargo H1B visa records in this Department of Labor dataset (it's public). Through the end of August 2026, there are already 335 - more than double last year's total. Average listed salary is about $150 (so it's not 'cheap labor' as many think) but some salaries are as low as $88K to $224K.

You can see all salaries here - I filtered on Wells and you can filter by year.

https://h1bhq.com/search?employerSlug=wells-fargo-bank-n-a&pageSize=25

Why are we still outsourcing jobs and hiring H-1B workers when thousands of Americans are being let go?

Isn’t AI supposed to help solve problems for Americans and remove dependence on cheaper foreign labor and solutions?

The Hiring if h1bs while locals are being laid off by the thousands

https://www.hindustantimes.com/nri/you-laid-off-5-000-americans-jd-vance-signals-tougher-h-1b-scrutiny-for-companies-seeking-foreign-workers-101790554977780.html

https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/world/us-news/story/h1b-visa-jd-vance-warns-recruiters-of-tougher-scrutiny-what-it-means-for-indian-workers-3005103-2026-09-28

Any court case for blocking new h1b hring ?

When will they begin layoff of the H1Bs and recent non local hires ?

Probably never

There are close to a million of h1bs employed plus 10k or even 100k with L1 visas working while 100ks+ have been laid off

With this new H1B rule, Oracle, with quarterly layoff, will no longer be able to onshore Indians to take US Citizen's job. This rule must extend to existing H1Bs already in USA to replace them with US Citizens who are likely better qualified.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/white-house-h-1b-order-puts-employer-layoffs-under-microscope

See link: never voted Trump but should have.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/white-house-h-1b-order-puts-employer-layoffs-under-microscope

There seem to be tons of new Java requirements being posted in past few weeks. I suspect these are a waste of time requisitions, something to do with H1 or to show they are hiring. Even HR calls on these are a bit goofy than usual. Something is going on with the whole IT job listings. Hope it gets back to some normalcy and not just random games played around. Some really deserving candidates are struggling due to these job games....

In response to the findings, Lauren Bis, a White House spokesperson, told Newsweek that the new fee was about "putting the American worker first" by protecting them from being replaced by foreign labor.

“The $103,000 fee discourages companies from spamming the system and focuses the program on its purpose of providing truly highly specialized temporary labor," Bis said. "There is no shortage of American minds and hands to grow our labor force, and President Trump’s agenda to create jobs for American workers represents this Administration’s commitment to capitalizing on that untapped potential.”

We've hired 500+ H1Bs in first 8 months of 2026. All while we laid off 1000s of Americans.

I've posted the source below, it's from dpt of labor, but H1BHQ.com lets you search it - will run analysis on the numbers and will reply to this post.

Source

https://h1bhq.com/search?employerSlug=CITIBANK-N-A&fiscalYear=2026&pageSize=25

I averaged salaries per job title - will run numbers on cities and dates:

Financial Solutions Senior Group Manager -- $250,000
Trader -- $225,000
Quantitative Analyst -- $225,000
Digital Software Engineer Senior Lead Analyst -- $220,000
Balance Sheet Management Senior Lead Analyst -- $198,255
Specialized Analytics Lead Analyst -- $197,150
Engineering Group Manager -- $188,014
Applications Development Technical Lead Analyst -- $176,562
Data Analytics Senior Manager -- $175,502
Applications Development Senior Manager -- $167,271
Digital Software Engineer Lead Analyst -- $165,591
IT Business Lead Analyst -- $165,490
Applications Development Tech Lead Analyst -- $160,873
Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst -- $160,081
Data Analytics Lead Analyst -- $159,804
Model/Analysis/Validation Officer -- $157,673
Applications Support Tech Lead Analyst -- $157,572
Engineering Lead Analyst -- $157,153
Applications Support Technical Lead Analyst -- $156,349
Information Security Technical Lead Analyst -- $156,162
Credit Portfolio Officer -- $155,325
Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst -- $151,039
Application Support Technical Lead Analyst -- $149,036
Digital Software Engineer Senior Analyst -- $146,400
Applications Development Manager -- $145,642
Digital Tech Program Lead Analyst -- $145,338
Modeling/Analysis/Validation Officer -- $145,000
Data Science Lead Analyst -- $142,378
Model/Analysis/Validation Senior Analyst -- $129,035
Digital Software Engineering Senior Analyst -- $129,000
Product Developer -- $124,200
Credit Portfolio Senior Analyst -- $124,050
Regulatory Risk Officer -- $68,316

Raw Data:

https://hastebin.com/share/oyezoleboc.swift

With this new H1B rule, IBM, with quarterly layoff, will no longer be able to onshore Indians to take US Citizen's job. This rule must extend to existing H1Bs already in USA to replace them with US Citizens who are likely better qualified.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/white-house-h-1b-order-puts-employer-layoffs-under-microscope

Government has clearly mandated with a rule that if they layoff an American protected worker (Citizen, Permanent Resident) and they keep on hiring and promoting H1Bs fines in millions are incoming. If actions are believed to deviate from the interests of the people of this country there is some one paying the penalty.

Are h1b employees required to work during garden leave? Management forcing me to work despite being on garden leave. Is it even legal? When I asked HR- they said oh it’s a grey area, but due to your status you must work. Is that a lie?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2026/09/21/trump-enacts-additional-immigration-policies-against-h-1b-visa-holders/

https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/h-1b-specialty-occupations

Add this to your ORG health

Why is it ok for Pepsi to shut down relo to find the best talent for roles, but approve around 300 H1B applications at an estimated $2 Million dollars in fees. Meanwhile colleges have told the youth to go to college and learn tech. This doesn’t look like nepotism at all

If your peer is SVP in H1b and managing resources/employees, you can report them for violating speciality operations

https://h1bhq.com/employer/u-s-bank-national-association

seems like they're starting to get targeted, anyone else see them at your locations??

@desitechsuppoat on X .com has been chasing down a LOT of H-1B work-visa fraud.

from his post on Sep 19, 2026:

open your mail
Write everything to ier @ usdoj dot gov

Then, Google search for "DOLOIG Hotline form" and proceed to file a complaint.

If you yourself were terminated in favor of a foreign hire, please file a charge to the EEOC.

Do all three agencies at once if you were personally affected by this. If you have any material from your employer, showcasing a preference for foreign hiring. Please capture it, screenshot it with your phone and submit it to the government. You need to be doing this TODAY.

Collect documentation tracing How after laying off US citizens, IDC employees were transferred to US on H1B systematically.

Found Linked post of an IDC team member now transferred to US bragging about it and helping with layoffs of US citizens.

I was looking through the official 2026 h1b / lca data published by the DOL (it's mandatory to disclose to them). the dol publishes these public disclosure files for h1b, h1b1 and E3 applications.

for jpmorgan chase, i used the 2026 employer data available through h1bhq:

https://h1bhq.com/search?employerSlug=JPMORGAN-CHASE-and-co-2&fiscalYear=2026

the figures below come from that dataset.

jpmorgan chase is cutting us jobs while filing for 1,843 h-1b positions...

this is the part i have trouble understanding.

jpmorgan chase has been cutting roles in the US. at the same time, the 2026 h-1b data shows 1,843 records for jpmorgan/chase.

the average listed wage is $162,992 (healthy)

this is not mostly a handful of unusual specialist positions. a large portion of the filings are for technology jobs.

some of the most common titles:

278 - vice president, lead software engineer
158 - associate, software engineer iii
102 - software engineer
102 - vice president, sr lead software engineer
60 - financial analyst
54 - vice president, sr manager of software engineering
40 - vice president, product manager
28 - business intelligence analyst
24 - vice president, manager of software engineering
23 - data scientist
22 - vice president, applied ai ml lead

the geographic concentration is also interesting.

400 - new york, ny
348 - jersey city, nj
304 - plano, tx
219 - wilmington, de
176 - columbus, oh
71 - tampa, fl
55 - palo alto, ca
51 - san francisco, ca
47 - chicago, il
42 - houston, tx

80% of the records are concentrated in just NY, jersey city, plano, wilmington and columbus.

i understand why the h-1b program exists...companies sometimes need skills they say they cannot readily find in the domestic labor market.

but that raises an obvious question when a company is also reducing its us workforce.

if the co has enough work to sponsor hundreds of software engineers, data specialists, product managers and other professionals, why are employees in the US being laid off or having their positions eliminated?

are these completely different skills and organizations?

are laidoff employees being considered for these openings?

are positions being eliminated in one part of the company while essentially similar positions are being filled through h-1b sponsorship elsewhere?

or is this simply part of a broader strategy to change where and how the company sources its workforce?

i am not saying every h1b filing represents a replacement for an american worker.

but... 1,843 records in one year (we have 3 mo to go), with an average listed wage of nearly $163K, is large enough that employees deserve to understand how this hiring fits with the layoffs... and job cuts they are seeing around them.

what are you seeing? are teams actually short of people? are laidoff positions being refilled?

are h1b workers joining areas that have recently had reductions?

specific teams, locations and job titles would be relevant.

Interesting stuff. I hope gunjan gets fired and deported after this.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/enhancing-program-integrity-and-integrity-and-interagency-coordination-in-the-administration-of-the-h-1b-nonimmigrant-visa-program/

I heard new cpo is planning a sizable layoff soon and his goal is to move engineering to India completely - - except hw. He was known to hire only h1bs at Cisco according to Reddit back in the day..

0?

Here is new proclamation
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/09/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-further-enhances-program-integrity-and-interagency-coordination-in-the-h-1b-visa-program/

Companies are pushing more offshoring using h-1b replacing American workers.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/enhancing-program-integrity-and-integrity-and-interagency-coordination-in-the-administration-of-the-h-1b-nonimmigrant-visa-program/

Are U.S. employees laid off and then replaced by H-1B or L-1B workers performing substantially the same work? Has that happened ever....

If your employer laid you off while hiring or transferring H-1B or L-1B workers, these are the main laws worth asking an attorney to investigate:

H-1B displacement law — INA §212(n), 8 U.S.C. §1182(n)
For covered employers, replacing a U.S. worker with an H-1B worker doing an essentially equivalent job can violate the law.

H-1B recruitment requirements — 20 CFR §§655.738–655.739
H-1B-employers must make good-faith efforts to recruit U.S. workers and offer positions to qualified U.S. applicants.

L-1B requirements — INA §101(a)(15)(L), 8 U.S.C. §1101(a)(15)(L)
L-1B status is for employees with specialized knowledge who are transferred from a qualifying foreign company to a related U.S. company.

L-1B fraud or misrepresentation — INA §212(a)(6)(C)
False statements or material misrepresentations in obtaining immigration benefits can create serious immigration consequences.

WARN Act — 29 U.S.C. §2101 et seq.
Large qualifying layoffs may require advance notice. This is separate from H-1B and L-1B rules.

H-1B whistleblower protection — INA §212(n)
You may be protected from being fired, threatened, demoted, or punished for reporting suspected H-1B violations.

Retaliation laws
An employer generally cannot punish you for making a legally protected complaint about unlawful employment practices.

Title VII — 42 U.S.C. §2000e-2
Discrimination based on national origin is prohibited.

INA §274B — 8 U.S.C. §1324b
Certain discrimination based on citizenship status or national origin is prohibited.

Some U.S. citizen employees reporting to IDC manager are required to work midnight/overnight hours while comparable employees reporting elsewhere are not, these are the potential violations to investigate:

National-origin discrimination — Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2
If the different scheduling is because of national origin.

Adverse working conditions for U.S. workers — INA § 212(n), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(n)
Particularly relevant if other employees doing comparable work receive better hours or working conditions.

Overtime violations — FLSA, 29 U.S.C. § 207
If the overnight schedule results in more than 40 hours per week without required overtime pay.

So I found out from a peer that H1B employees get automatic raises because they have to be at a certain salary. No one needs to ask or approve, they just get it whereas we wait and wait forever to get any raise. How is this fair?