i write on behalf of my children who have witnessed the chaos that the sadly broken immigration service call the ‘Green card process’. The stark reality is that there is a continious barrage of hidden traps and pitfalls that hit average families trying to fulfill dreams and careers in this so called free democratic country.

Contrary to popular belief the professional approach many of the elite Employment based applicants adopt, unfortunately is far from matched by USCIS and indeed the legal representation employed by them.

my personal story is of no importance other than it highlights the very worse this system is capable of.

the highlights

1} under H1B visa an employer took advantage by charging me for visa transfer they did not do…. costs $1800………….. i think this is called embezzlement.

2) under “at will contract ” fired for not working on a Sunday cost $21,000 moving etc……………. this is called unfair dismissal

3) under H1B visa not paid the correct overtime payments costs $8400 over 2 years…….. this is called theft

4) under H1B visa salary cut %5 with one weeks notice resign and move costs $17,000…….. this is called deception

5) I-140………… from the above i paid dearly for this document…….. this is called fact

6) i-485 for my family filed costs $3500 the highlight was medical for four $974 for 14 mins with the Doctor ………..this also a kind of theft, deception and fraud?

7) USCIS made a mess of my application and mixed it up with my son took over a year to put right ………..this is plain incompetence

8) unable to file for EAD extension until-485 sorted out. fired by employer expired EAD costs $12,000 so far……………this is a tragedy

From the above you can see my own story has been an expensive one that has left my family in a disillusioned state that will only end when we leave this place. My wife and sons have become aware that not all things are straight forward and i cannot lie to them saying one day we will be fine here.

Many legal immigrants carry the scars and the wounds lie very close to the surface.

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