[uberman]

Is your beef that unscrupulous consulting companies might try to back charge the $10K is actually costs to sponsor an H1B candidate or is your complaint that you feel American employers are willing to pay a premium for H1B consultants rather than higher a full time employee?

I don't believe a company in the US could directly sponsor an H1B employee if there were qualified permanent residents who could fill the position. I'm sure some less ethical lawyering might make that possible but I believe it would be in violation of the rules.

[lance_klusener]

No beef with anything. I am trying to understand the win-win situation here.

The proliferation of H1B consulting companies tells me that this business model is widely being used. The legal structure to prevent misuse seems to have inbuilt backdoors.

Some light googling and i found this consulting company that has applied 20+ roles - https://h1bgrader.com/h1b-sponsors/ana-data-consulting-inc-5...