IBM has sponsored me both H1B and Green card. I have signed the agreement that I’ll repay the entire immigration cost to IBM if I leave the company within a certain period. The paper never specified ‘how much’ though. In this case, does anyone know appx amount of cost to pay back for both H1B and GC? I’ve got an offer from other company and am negotiating the package now. I wanted to consider these pay-back costs too.
Full amount. Less than 7K.
Not really. Gc is always 10k or more. H1b is in the neighborhood of 5
I would consult with an immigration lawyer. They are up to date with that stuff
Zero
That is illegal especially for H1B sponsorship. I would report them for visa fraud. Here’s it directly from the horses mouth: https://www.dol.gov/whd/h1bworkers.htm Illegal Deductions: Your employer may not require you to pay, either directly or indirectly, any part of the petition filing fee; or to pay a financial penalty for leaving employment before a date set in the employment contract; or to pay employer business expenses (such as attorneys fees for preparation and filing of the H-1B Labor Condition Application). Send this to your HR and Immigration department and tell them to go f*ck themselves. I would go so far as to report the motherf*ckers to DHS, DoL, USCIS. I didn’t expect this shit from IBM. F*cking dipshits. Remember: if you whistleblow you will be protected. They can’t do shit to you. Not when they’re caught red handed committing outright visa fraud.
Awesome!
Unless you have any plans to return to IBM, you should not have to pay this back and I would advice you to send this over to them. Also for GC, now even if companies revoke the GC, you can still use the date to refile so that’s not an issue either. I would say nothing for now. See if they ask back for this money, if they do, send them the link above and tell them that it is illegal to ask for this and that is the proper way to tell them to go fcuk themselves!! 😎
Hi op did you find out about this? How much did you pay back? Gonna pm you
15k