A Telugu and US-based commentator, who goes by the username ‘@KumarXclusive’ on X, analysed a now-viral video flagging an alleged “H-1B visa scam” in Texas. The clip’s emergence on social media particularly generated quite the buzz given the current political climate of the United States under President Donald Trump’s administration.

With a few immigration attorneys admitting that an “anti-immigration” sentiment is currently consuming the US, Texas journalist and influencer Sara Gonzales’ video titled “I Exposed A Major H-1B Visa Scam in Texas” has only fanned the fire.

‘H-1B visa scam’ video goes viral amid Texas policy change

Her video, released on X and YouTube, inevitably went viral, as the state of Texas made its own moves against the H-1B visa program, which brings in high-skilled, foreign workers into the US.

With Trump’s severe immigration crackdown underway countrywide, Texas especially became the big subject of headlines this past week. Governor Greg Abbott ordered Texas public universities and state agencies to freeze the H-1B visa processes.

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The major overhaul has now blocked the aforementioned parties from filing new ‘specialty occupations’ visa petitions without permission from the Texas Workforce Commission until May 2027. And so, the release of Gonzales’ video aligning with the big announcements instantly turned all the attention to what she was saying.

What is Sara Gonzales’ viral H-1B video about?

Much like several other US politicians, Gonzales goes on to call out even pathways to legal immigration becoming a hindrance in the path of American workers. Detailing one such instance of what she deems to be a major H-1B fraud, she said put the spotlight on a company called ‘3BEES Technologies.’

Citing official H-1B Employer Datahub details from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website, she said that 27 H-1B visas were approved for the said company in 2022 through 2025. The jobs included software developer, software engineer, IT project manager and more, leading her to believe that the firm would have a “very high-tech hub.”

However, once she drives up to the address listed against 3BEES Technologies, she ends up in a residential area. With 27 H-1B visas marked against that one particular location in Texas, she walks up to the front door, only to find the doorbell broken. She gets no response even after knocking at the door for a while. Multiple cameras watching the front door are spotted in Gonzales’ video.

She then goes to explain how H-1B visas work. Gonzales expounds that a business will file an LCA (Labour Condition Application), putting out the word that they’re hiring people with a special set of skills, and they can’t find any Americans to fill that job.

Gozales’ findings at the location only sparked more controversy, as neighbours in the area only had little to share with her. One person living there simply said that she’d seen “some stuff,” but wasn’t willing to speak much about it as she didn’t want to be involved due to her family.

When she drives up to the second address mentioned on 3BEES Technologies’ website, she just ends up finding a building that’s under construction, with dust collecting everywhere. And the place itself held no mentions and markers of a members-only ‘Legacy Club’ instead of the tech company.

Despite the physical absence of the company, Sarah Gonzales found that 3BEES Technologies INC was still listed as ‘Active’ on the Texas registry with someone named Vamsi Vajinapally as the ‘registered agent.’

On digging deeper, Gonzales found that the same person had filed another H-1B at another business called Kriti Infosystems. The address mentioned on its typo-ridden website also leads to a WeWork location, a virtual co-working space, as the previous location.

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A third firm linked to Vajinapally leads to yet another website of a supposedly high-tech company And yet, it’s been simply created on WordPress, and once again ridden with unavoidable typos.

The address here leads to a WeWork location as well. Gonzales ultimately lands at another residential location linked to a company called Qubitz Technology. As per the USCIS H-1B Employer Datahub, it should’ve had over 10 H-1B visa holders as its employees.

This time, the doorbell is answered. Gonzales jumps straight to questioning the man about the company Qubitz, and his instant reaction is to “call the cops” instead of simply answering her. He also defers the conversation, saying that she should reach out to his lawyer. When pressed about the H-1B workers, he says that while they are not at the residential location, they are in his company.

As Sarah pushes him to answer where his office was, he simply tells her to check the website qubitztechsystems.com.

Telugu attorney and US-based commentator decodes viral video

YouTuber KE Exclusive, who self-proclaims to be an “H-1B whistleblower” hopped on a call with ‘Mr K,’ presumably a legal expert, during the video and decoded Sarah Gonzales’ viral video.

Therein, Mr K says that both the Indian-origin man who stepped out to speak to the Texas journalist and Sarah herself are at fault. “Problem with her video is LCA on this address. She did not specify whether it was an employer address or work location of that H-1B. Second thing, judged by saying, it’s a fraud,” said Mr K.

“A company can have a work address, it’s not a big deal…If they have a different work location… If the employer is working in a different location, it’s.. ethically not correct, but legally it’s valid,” he added. “The Department of Labor looks at what is the employer address, what is the work location… if by any chance, the LCA was filed with the employer address…the person approving the LCA would go and check the address.”

Mr K further asserted that after the Covid-19 pandemic, working from home in such a situation is no longer permitted. “If the LCA filed by the employer only includes his office location, work location, then Department of Labor representatives are authorised to reject that.”

At the same time, Mr K calls out Sarah’s lapse in filming the video without the person’s consent. Simultaneously, he points out that the individual in the video could’ve simply stated his case if he hadn’t done anything wrong instead of calling 911.

Further dissecting how both parties may have been in the wrong, the expert said even if the person may not have committed “fraud,” operating from home fuels certain complications because home insurance is based on individual occupation and not running an office space.

As for Sarah, Mr K said in the video, “She thinks she exposed the big fish but it turned out to be a dud. It may not be a fraud, it may be a violation. She’s supposed to focus on what actually the problem is, where the fraud is happening…Her video did not cover the extent of fraud happening there.”

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