A new analysis of U.S. immigration records has raised concerns about possible misuse of the H-1B visa program in Texas.
It is well knoen that the H-1B visa allows American companies to hire skilled workers from other countries for jobs such as software development and IT consulting when they say they cannot find enough local workers.
The analysis focuses on immigration filings made by Texas attorney D. Chand Parvathaneni of the law firm Sim, Parvathaneni & Brown PLLC.
According to the report, Parvathaneni filed more than 22,000 H-1B visa petitions between 2020 and 2025. These applications were submitted on behalf of 237 different companies and listed about $2.2 billion in wages that employers said they would pay foreign workers.
Investigators say the unusually high number of filings linked to one lawyer raised questions.
In many cases, the companies involved appeared to share certain details. Some reportedly used the same office addresses, phone numbers, or contact emails.
Another unusual pattern involved salaries. Hundreds of visa applications listed the exact same wage of $101,192 for technology jobs such as systems analysts and software developers.
Experts say it is highly unlikely that hundreds of unrelated companies would independently choose the exact same salary number.
The report also notes that several individuals appeared as managers or authorized signatories for multiple companies.
These include Harika Vempati, Vineela Madupalli, Praveen Chintha, Anusha Kodakandla, and Atchuta Rao Lagadapati.
Because these companies were supposed to be separate businesses, this overlap raised concerns among investigators.
The analysis also points to Servsys Corporation, based in Irving, Texas, as a central company in the network.
Its CEO is Jacob Samuel, also known as Soney Jacob. Some companies in the filings reportedly shared email domains or infrastructure linked to Servsys.
So far, the findings have been submitted to U.S. authorities for review.
No criminal charges have been filed, and all individuals and companies mentioned are presumed innocent unless proven otherwise.
However, the case has sparked debate about whether stronger oversight is needed to prevent possible misuse of the H-1B visa system.
