• What is Wilberforce pamphlet?

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    cherukuri_ajay
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    Wilberforce Pamphlet is a documents that tell you rights and laws to follow for your stay in USA as a student or as a H1B worker.

    Wilberforce Pamphlet will be given at US consulates to the employment based and study based visa applicants. Recently US Consulate at Hyderabad has introduced a H1B Beneficiary Attestation form which requires that you read the Wilberforce Pamphlet. Rights, and others, are explained in the pamphlet.

    Here i have compiled the things mentioned on the pamphlet.

    Wilberforce Pamphlet
    As per Wilberforce Pamphlet You Have the Right to:


    1. Be treated and paid fairly;
    2. Not be held in a job against your will;
    3. Keep your passport and other identification documents in your possession;
    4. Report abuse without retaliation;
    5. Request help from unions, immigrant and labor rights groups and other groups; and
    6. Seek justice in U.S. courts.

    Help numbers on Wilberforce Pamphlet



    If you are mistreated or your rights are violated,
    call these toll-free numbers:
    National Human Trafficking Resource Center’s
    24 Hour Toll-Free Hotline
    1-888-373-7888
    (Run by a non-governmental organization)
    Trafficking in Persons and Worker Exploitation
    Task Force Complaint Line
    (Monday — Friday, 9am-5pm Eastern Time)
    1-888-428-7581
    (Run by the U.S. Department of Justice)
    If you are in immediate physical danger, Call 9112


    REMEMBER!! There Are Ways to Protect Yourself


    1. Keep your passport in a safe, easily accessible place at all times;
    2. Keep copies of your passport, visa, and employment contract in your home country with relatives or friends;
    3. Always have the phone number of your home country’s embassy;
    4. Keep this pamphlet handy so that you can refer to it once you are in the United States;
    5. Keep a record of all the days and hours that you work, and the amount and date of each payment that you receive; and
    6. Call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 (24 hours) or the Trafficking in Persons and Worker
    7. Exploitation Task Force Complaint Line at 1-888-428-7581 (weekdays 9am-5pm Eastern Standard Time) if you need help.

    The Original version on Wilberforce Pamphlet can be found at state website of US Govt.