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Piotr,
Jonny wouldn’t have a SSN, not being a resident of the US. This is related to the H1B program, which involves work visa application fees. Having looked at the specific firm involved, I’m pretty skeptical myself at this point. But I don’t think you can just say out of hand that this is automatically a non-starter for someone looking to come to the US and work as a non-immigrant. Visas always involve an exchange of money - I have personally paid thousands of dollars over the years in travel and work visa fees for consulting and integration work done abroad. And often times the bureaucracy is too overwhelming to be successfully navigated by a lone individual, so hiring *reputable* experts is not always unwise. In fact, sometimes the system is intentionally rigged to be just so! When I traveled to a large Eurasian country a few years back, I had to be officially invited by a government agency. Although I was working with one having to do with security, I was instructed to pursue a visa via any of a number of private expediters. As I recall, my “invitation” came from some off-the-wall ministry having to do with athletics or something (certainly NOT the ministry I was there to see). It was bizarre and a little disconcerting from my perspective but it was apparently just par for the course - I sailed right through Customs & Immigration both coming and going.
Scott

—–Original Message—– From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Piotr Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 4:53 PM To: Marko Milivojevic Cc: Jafar T; Jonny English; Cisco certification Subject: Re: OT: Calls from recruiters
Like Marko said hang up. No one should be asking you for money.
Also please be aware of what information you provide over the phone or via email, name, address, social security number….. wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 23:21, Jafar T wrote: > > whoever hire you should pay for this, no decent company asks for money > > upfront to hire anyone. > > not that all us companies are all decent by all means. > > I completely agree. If they ask for money, hang up. If someone wants > you, they should pay, not you. > > — > Marko > CCIE #18427 (SP) > My network blog: http://cisco.markom.info/ > > > Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Subscription information may be found at: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html
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