WASHINGTON: Millions of Indians arriving in the United States have submitted fraudulent documents or lacked the qualifications required for the jobs they obtained, a Fox News report revealed.
The report also highlighted Newsweek’s report on former US diplomat Mahvash Siddiqui, who said that 90 per cent of H-1B applications from India she reviewed during her 2005–2007 tenure involved fraudulent documentation or unqualified applicants.
The H-1B visa is a US non-immigrant work visa that allows US employers to hire foreign professionals in speciality occupations that typically require at least a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in a specific field.
The report said that nearly 7 million H-1B visa-related filings have been processed since 2015, with about 70 percent tied to India.
🚨🇮🇳 INDIANS ARE FRAUD GLOBALLY
Fox News report reveals that millions of Indians arriving in Europe and America used forged documents.
An Indian university sold more than 36,000 fake degrees that were used to help obtain European visas. pic.twitter.com/pe3StzMrh4
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The report revealed that an Indian university sold more than 36,000 fake degrees that were used to help obtain European visas.
A 2021 report by the South China Morning Post revealed that investigators found Manav Bharti University had allegedly sold approximately 36,000 fraudulent degrees, with some certificates reportedly costing as little as $1,362.
More recently, reports indicated that Kerala Police seized over 100,000 counterfeit educational certificates connected to 22 universities as part of a large-scale fake-degree racket.
Critics of skilled-worker visa programmes argue that forged academic credentials can be used to support employment, educational, or immigration applications.
However, authorities noted that the seized documents were not H-1B visas themselves.
The report also highlighted legal action by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who announced a lawsuit against a Texas-based company accused of operating a sham childcare business that allegedly enabled individuals to fraudulently obtain H-1B visas.
Federal authorities have likewise intensified oversight of the H-1B programme. According to The Dallas Express, the federal enforcement initiative known as “Project Firewall” was linked to roughly 200 active investigations into suspected violations and fraud involving the speciality-occupation visa programme as of December.
The Dallas Express previously reviewed federal data showing that thousands of H-1B petitions have been approved across Dallas, Tarrant, Denton, and Collin counties since 2020.
The approvals involved a wide range of employers, including major corporations, universities, consulting firms, and technology companies.
