LemmetellU dude, Fuk that shit. They can do no shit. It is true that it seems ( I have few frens who went thru this, but have not talked or have no first hand experience; just talked with the guy whose no. was posted here couple of days back) that their is a contract and you are bound by them for a yr or two. But here is the CATCH. As far as my business law classes taught me in US. It states somewhere in contracts/agreements/amendment that no parties can enter in to the contract IF it is illegal, (I presume not just on paper but by default as well); does not upheld the law of the nation, in essence business practices; that contract in itself is by default VOID. And we all know VOID contacts are not enforceable. You pay $40 bucks to a govt. lawyer and he can finish this case easy. They never told you they are gonna manipulate your resume. Right? They never told you they are going to CHEAT their consultant/client company by looting them by sending novice workers and basically earning by like robbing-a-bank and most of all they did it without your consent and the client company. Who knows they might have filed their own "creative" experience letters to INS while filing for H1b. Keep your resume as a proof and all the documents wiht you. Remember they have hundreds of thousands of dollars to loose; those jackasses. Tell them, your american friend/uncle told ya to leave this shit and just get on with ur PHD.Be clear and precies. I am certain they can not do rats ass. They have a lot to loose themselves. La ta, hope this would at least give you some moral support.I could get some info if i get in touch with a person i know. Anyways, you have NADA to worry. Indisguise:)