contract-law fraud visa
Question about (kind of old) immigration process
<p>Long story short:</p>

<p>I live in Washington DC (South American country citizen, Green Card now).</p>

<p>I started the process to get H1b Visa (March-2016, <em>I know, long ago</em>) with a company in Houston, TX. In order to start the process, I made one payment to them $1500 (March-2016, and later $2500 in May-2016, after I was "accepted", to follow the process) and fill out many forms (a contract included) with some important information about me (SSN, DOB, address, etc.).</p>

<p>They gave me an "EAC" case number with USCIS, everything looked good.
It supposed I was accepted in the draw process (USCIS never gave me any information, they said only can do it to the company) in April-2016.</p>

<p>One of the many problems here is, the person whom I transferred the money is not anymore in the company (I do have the two bank receipts, though). Last time I talked to him, he told me that I should talk to company, not him, and after Harvey, the company had lot of problems, he was not sure if the company had disappeared (likely he was lying).</p>

<p>I have sent hundreds of email and made hundreds of phone calls for months, NEVER answered.</p>

<p>I know, VERY likely it IS a scam, but... What do/can I do?</p>

<ul>
<li>Forget about it? (Maybe for fear of reprisals/revenge, they got my information. I now live pretty well, but $4k are $4k)</li>
<li>Talk to a lawyer? (Obvious, but expensive... and after time, worth it?)</li>
<li>Go to USCIS and talk? (I did this, no much information without the authorization of the company)</li>
<li>Where I can get more information of this "company"?</li>
</ul>

<p>Thanks a lot, any advice (besides talk to a lawyer) will be really really appreciate it.</p>

<p>Thank you again.</p>

<p>PS1: If more information is needed, please let me know.</p>

<p>PS1: Apologies for any misspelling or error, I am not native English speaker.</p>

<p>PS3: If this is not the right place, please let me know and I take care of this</p>

<p>You got scammed. An H1B visa is what a company applies for so they can hire a non-citizen to legally work in the US. Any requirement by you to pay for one is a clear scam especially since it doesn't sound like you were applying to work for this "company". And as a Green Card holder, you are eligible to work in the US and don't need a H1B visa in the first place. </p>

<p>Consider your money lost and you'll want to be on the lookout for identity theft (monitor/freeze your credit reports).</p>
