Ex-employee alleges IT services company TCS misused US visa system

A former Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) employee has alleged that the IT services company misrepresented job roles to send more of its employees to the US under the L-1A visa programme rather than H-1B, thus bypassing the stricter requirements mandated under the latter, according to a Bloomberg report.

Amit Kini, who was sent to the US on an L-1A visa as a consultant in 2012 before being promoted to business relationship manager, filed a suit under the False Claims Act (FCA) in the US.