Has anyone tried Grapnel Tech Consulting Company.
http://www.grapneltechservices.com/
If yes, could someone tell how was the experience???

Hey marulez,

I also recently joined this company. I tried to look reviews everywhere for this company but couldn't find anything about it. I already did training from other consultancy so now I am trying to do marketing with this one. Till now, they look alright. They do pick up phones and answers your questions.

Did you graduated recently or what???

Other than that, shoot me an email if you want to ask more about it.

Laterzzzz

Sirus_me

yupe..i did graduated recently and i am in OPT.

They said there is going to be 5 days of training in IA and i need to pay $750 for training. After that they are going to help finding job, sponshoring for H1B.

Don't know if i should trust them or not??

Do u know how long they been around???

 Marulez

I was kinda suspicious too about the 5 days training with them. I don't know how they will do it but i don't think it will be good for you in long term. What course are you taking training for? I took QA training for two months in another consultancy and I am pretty much comfortable with it. I am only doing marketing with them as they have assured me job within a month and if not, they will refund my money. I don't know, I think that's a lot of money for the training. If you really want to, then you can ask them for the written proof that they will refund your money if they didn't provide you job like I did.

I graduated in Mech Engineering and am also in OPT and as per the rule, I have to find a job within three months which will end on october 8th. Do you know if i can be on status if i submitted the training letter for QA to International office? Do you have any idea about that? They told me lot of students have done like that. I don't know if it's true or not. Can you enlighten me????

 

Laterzzzzzzzzz

Sirus_Me

i am taking Informatica.. Datawarehousing..lot of SQL stuff..

I am also planing to take SAP training from Grapnel Tech Services,,any reviews? how many trainees have they placed from the last batch?

Hello,

Training with $$$$$$ is NOT GOOD!Lentil is BLACK...

Hi jnupur/sirus_me/Marulez,

I m also in the same boat, Just got a call from this Company for training. Then they will refer me to Tri-valley Uni from CA. Then CPT. Then they vl file my H1-B Visa n do everything for my job placement.

Asking for 500/- for training..We just came from India. N my husband is on H1-B .I want to do job here but dnt want to get trapped. So please Guide me and enlightens me.

Becose i am not able to figure out the hidden things ..Probably they have something.



Thanks in advance.

Rup

rup...i did not 100% understand u....plz share and be clear.......

hi ice_cop123,

Hey Rup,

What i know is that u need to complete atleast nine months of your degree course to get OPT/CPT. As far as i think they will refer you to the university and then you will be enrolled into some degree program, u pay for your studies. and when you get the OPT/CPT they will try to place you.

Their short term goal is to get $500 from you. 

you should call them up and ask in detail about this.

Moreover, if you do want to study then also u need no reference from Grapnel, find a course and enroll yourself, admission counseller will explain you how to go forward with it.

Also, Grapnel cannot help you in anyway to get F1 visa.

I contacted them last year, and they were like we will place you 100% and all...i said, if its 100% then why not sponsor H1B first then proceed with whatever training you say?

In  the end they said, they could not sponsor H1B this year(2009), bcoz of new rules ..blah blah...

I request people who did take training from Grapnel to post their experience :)

 

 

 

 

Grapnel maybe good for people who already have H1B, OPT/CPT.

Thanks Luckyme for your valuable information.So you did not get any help from this co.

Are desi consultants allowed to sponsor H1B's anymore? Didn't a memo come out last month where  the USCIS explicitly defined an employer-employee relationship as a direct job contract. I'm rather confused, could someone please enlighten me on this issue?

i think their strategy rt now is to earn a lot of $$$$ through trainings....This shady university in CA doesnt even seem to have a good campus....and its a online program and its illegal to grant CPT before the first year of fulltime enrollment...

rest is for yo'all to decide!!!

"Its illegal to grant CPT before the first year of fulltime enrollment" - (Unless rules have changed recetly) this piece of information is absolutely incorrect. CPT has nothing to do with USCIS or any other governmental bodies that handles employment authorization. CPT rules varies greatly with universities.

The main point here we are missing is that - 'that shady university in CA' was opened by some indians and chinese, primarly focusing for those students who alreday have masters degree and needed some extra time or way of finding jobs whiling just maitiang F1-status. If you are excepting a degree from that college and applying for a job with that degree, then its ur mistake that you got into something without knowing anything.

 STUPIDA

"Its illegal to grant CPT before the first year of fulltime enrollment" was told to me by a DSO from a certain University when i tried to solicit her to give me CPT in the first Semester....May be its not a general rule and may be specific rule applicable to that Uni...not sure...

but i agree with that second statement!!!

hope your trip to nepal was fun!!!

If this is all fake ...fake promises for F1 and fake promises for CPT n H1-B as well,then how these people have so much confidence to call ever one n offering their offer....