Posted by: Bennedict May 6, 2023
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H1Bseeker,
I am totally in support of you. I was also in H1B at one time, but then I had to go back to school because I was laid off during when the economy was really bad. It is not that good either now. Well. At that time, it was easy, wrote a letter to USCIS, why I would want to go back to school and they replied affirmatively in 3 months and then stamped the new I-20 from another school and the transition from H1B to F1 was made.
Your case is different now. Is there like a grace period of 60-90 days (?) until you make the transition to school? I am not quite sure how it works here in your case. Can you resign voluntarily? Can this step help?
I was totally unaware of what is going on in the present world. See after you cross all those rivers and bridges, you tend to forget where you came from. Now there are newer worries and stresses taking a lot of my time. But anyway, now I am knowing all that has happened with H1B visas.
In the mean time, I ran into this video regarding H1B fraud that people are talking about. You might have seen this already.
https://www.youtube.com/live/lKJ-a_xI0kY?feature=share
Some lines that struck me in this video were:
Criminal law: Government has to prove this was done without WITH your knowledge. (thanks passinthru, it is WITH, yes!)
Immigration law: You have to prove that this was done without your knowledge.
So like Ram Bhakta said above, this fraud that happened without your knowledge, you have to keep fighting for yourself, later in future when you apply for another H1B or potential green card petition. I can always feel that a lot of people were innocent here, but because of some "too smart" people's vested motives, life does not become fair to innocent and unsuspecting ones.
Sending good vibes to your end.
Last edited: 06-May-23 11:27 PM