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Summer Work and Travel Program Scandal at Embassy in Moscow — Memo of White & Associates to Office of Inspector General

Posted on September 20, 2013

Attached are our memorandum and exhibits addressed to the Office of Inspector General at the Department of State regarding the Summer Work and Travel Program scandal at the US Embassy in Moscow: Memo — swtletter0001; Exhibits — swtexhibits0001

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Summer Work and Travel Scandal at US Embassy in Moscow

Posted on April 28, 2013

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/us-embassy-slams-door-on-student-workers/478125.html

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214(b) Consular Officers Department of State Summer Work and Travel US Embassy Moscow

Case Studies

R was a victim of Integra. He fell hook, line, and sinker for the spiel of the representative of Integra, one of the scam Optional Practical Training companies (along with Andwill, AzTech, Wireclass, Finddream). But after a couple of weeks of not receiving any assignments or promised training, R decided to move on. He found a job in his engineering field and his employer sponsored him for his H-1B visa. USCIS issued a Request for Evidence, asking about Integra. After responding to the Request, the petition and his change of status were approved. Years later, his employer submitted an H-1B extension petition to USCIS, and USCIS approved the petition. So when R returned to his home country to visit his family and apply for an H-1B visa, he was shocked to receive a refusal sheet with a 212(a)(6)(C)(i) permanent bar for his association with Integra. He then contacted us. We prepared a request to the Department of Homeland Security Travel Redress Inquiry Program (TRIP) system to reopen and reconsider that determination. Shortly thereafter, the consular officer requested his passport; the bar was removed; and R received the H-1B visa.

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