An Indian pupil’s attraction that fellow Indians shouldn’t fall for bogus corporations within the US has now gone viral as the coed shared the expertise of getting STEM OPT revoked as a result of the corporate didn’t have any US presence. The coed shared the expertise anonymously in a job group for OPT and CPT college students. The screenshot has gone viral for a lot of causes.“At this time I am crying as a result of my STEM OPT has been cancelled after they issued me the EAD card as a result of the corporate I am with are primarily based in India and so they solely have mailing field on the deal with and none of them reside within the US. USCIS audited them and so they did not discover any workplace or employer domestically within the US and so they despatched me EAD revocation letter and requested me to depart in 30 days,” the put up mentioned.“My journey within the US is over, however I urge all of you to instantly transfer to employers who’re legit and who’re current in individual within the US and who’ve a bodily desk the place he sits within the US,” the message learn.“The consultancy earlier talked about they’ve an workplace however they solely had a mailing deal with and so they have been minting crores of rupees whereas jeopardizing the careers of US college students. They did not lose something however as a pupil I misplaced my American Dream,” it added.“I by no means thought my journey would finish like this…my life has ended right here however I wish to save all of you. I am nonetheless in shock my OPT is revoked,” the put up mentioned.
OPT fraud circumstances within the US
In Could, Immigration and Customs Enforcement recognized over 10,000 circumstances of OPT fraud. OPT permits international college students to work within the US for 12 months, and STEM OPT for twenty-four months. ICE and USCIS officers collectively introduced how they performed website visits and discovered that a number of of those OPT beneficiaries have been being managed from India.
