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- The US Department of Labor updated its list of employers barred from the H-1B visa program, effective July 1, 2026, naming four companies as willful violators.
- The newly listed firms are GowraTech, LLC, Renotek Group LLC, Seeloz, Inc., and Sherwood at Mount Dora, Inc. dba Sherwood Academy, each with a debarment period of roughly two years during which they cannot file H-1B petitions.
- A willful violator is an employer found to have willfully failed to comply with visa rules or misrepresented material facts, and such employers face extra attestations and possible random investigations for up to five years.
- The list, maintained by the Wage and Hour Division, matters for employers and H-1B applicants as it signals which companies are temporarily ineligible to sponsor foreign workers.
What to watch next
- Whether any of the four companies appeal or seek removal from the debarred list
- Further additions to the Wage and Hour Division's willful violator list in future updates
- How the extra attestations and random investigations affect the listed employers' future H-1B filings
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Named United States · GowraTech, LLC · Renotek Group LLC · Seeloz, Inc. · Sherwood at Mount Dora, Inc. dba Sherwood Academy · Department of Justice · US Department of Labor · Wage and Hour Division
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