Visa Problems Could Arise

By Jaikumar Vijayan

October 15, 2001 12:00 PM ET

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Computerworld - There's uncertainty about how the events of Sept. 11 will impact the ability of offshore programming houses to obtain the visas needed to send workers to U.S client locations on relatively short notice, according to Rob Linder, CEO of Providio Technology Group LLC, a Boston-based IT services firm.
The ability to quickly ramp up staffing levels when needed has been a major selling point for Indian software companies. But the tighter immigration scrutiny and visa issuance guidelines that are expected to result from the attacks could make this sort of staff augmentation harder to accomplish, Linder cautioned.
So far, there have been no obvious travel restrictions to the U.S., said Rama Raju, managing director of Satyam Computer Services in India. But like Linder, he said he expects regulations to get tougher. As a result, Satyam is planning to move more of its work offshore and to ramp up its telecommunications and videoconferencing capabilities for interacting with U.S.-based clients.
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