US Labour dept debars 15 companies from applying for H-1B visas

The new policy is said to be in line with the Trump administration's goal to protect American workers from discrimination and replacement by foreign labour.

By Chennabasaveshwar

Updated: Friday, February 9, 2018, 5:45 [IST]

The US Labour Department has debarred 15 companies from applying for H1-B visas. The Wage and Hour Division has released the list of companies, saying the list is effective as of February 1, 2018. The list comes a month after President Donald Trump pushed for merit-based immigration system, saying we should only allow people, having "great track record", to enter the US.

US Labour dept debars 15 companies from applying for H-1B visas

The new policy is said to be in line with the Trump administration's goal to protect American workers from discrimination and replacement by foreign labour.

According to the most recent report from the DOL, the top three occupations for which H-1B visas are certified, Computer Systems Analyst, Software Developer and Computer Programmer, account for 50 per cent of all occupations. For fiscal years 2012 to 2015, almost half of all applications certified were from companies in five states namely California, Texas, New York, New Jersey and Illinois.

Employer Name	EmployerWillful Violator	EmployerDebarment Period
Ajel Technologies, Inc. and Srinivas Arikatla, Individually 1 Cragwood Road Suite 306 South Plainfield, NJ 07080	YES	12/25/2016 to 12/24/2018
Amica Technology Solutions, LLC 29736 216th Pl Kent, WA 98042	YES	7/25/2017 to 7/24/2019
Clinron LLC 203 N. La Salle St. #2122 Chicago, IL 60601	YES	9/21/2016 to 9/20/2018
Delta Search Labs, Inc. 125 Cambridge Park Dr. Ste. 301 Cambridge, MA 02140	YES	9/21/2016 to 9/20/2018
Foscam Digital Technologies, LLC 10727 Park Row Houston, TX 77084	NO	7/25/2017 to 7/24/2018
G Healthcare LLC 4340 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 185 San Jose, CA 95129	YES	12/25/2016 to 12/24/2018
Incoln Corporation, Inc. 1298 Pumpkin Terrace Sunnyvale, CA 94087	YES	12/25/2016 to 12/24/2018
Macro Networks Corporation d/b/a Macro.Net Inc. 6170 Thornton Avenue Suite F Newark, CA 94560	NO	7/25/2017 to 7/24/2018
Md2 Systems, Inc. 11549 B Nuckols Road Glen Allen, VA, 23059	YES	11/14/2016 to 11/13/2018
Niche Software Solutions, Inc. 10101 Harwin Drive Suite 278 Houston, TX 77036	NO	2/12/2018 To 2/11/2019
Northern California Universal Enterprise Corporation (NCUE) and Joe Wu, an individual 2099 Fortune Drive San Jose, CA 95131	NO	4/14/2014 to 4/13/2019
NYC Healthcare Staffing, LLC Hazel Kudera 501 Fifth Avenue Suite 1204 New York, NY 10017	NO	4/10/2017 to 4/9/2018
Riedstra Dairy, Ltd. d/b/a Riedstra Dairy 55985 Frank Jones Road Mendon, MI 49072	YES	4/11/2016 to 4/10/2018
Telava Networks, Inc. d/b/a Local Area Yellow Pages 71 Stevenson Street Suite 430 San Francisco, CA 94105	YES	12/25/2016 to 12/24/2018
Techwire Solutions Inc. Pratik Bang, Individually, and Preeti Bakshi, Individually 101 Hudson Street Jersey City, NJ 07302	YES	4/4/2016 to 4/3/2018