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Westerners Migrating to India for Jobs

Posted by michael on from the going-south-for-the-winter dept.

shonagon53 writes "The BBC reports that quite a few young European tourists stick around in India to work for eSolutions companies who contract outsourced work from European companies. The salaries are mediocre, but you get free housing, great food, snacks à volonté and a free taxi ride to work each morning. Is this the first wave of the much anticipated reverse-migration which will be a hallmark of the 21st century?"

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  1. Re:Work Visas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Getting a work visa in India is simple: you apply and if you are not on Interpol wanted list and have a employer's job offer, you should expect it in a month.. No other certification or verification is required.

    Welcome!

  2. The company by Sai+Babu · · Score: 4, Informative



    Even if 'the company' is supposed to take care of your visa, it pays to follow up on your own. This advice courtesy the guy who left Ecuador at the unpleasant end of a gun because the company he was working for FUCKED UP!.

    In addition to Ecuador, I've worked in China, Japan, Phillipines, Fiji, Tonga, Hong Kong, and Singapore. I hired on outside the USA. Most friends who are working or have worked expat. have hired on outside their home country.

    Want an overseas job, take a vacation, get to know the place, visit the company you want to work for. Hang out in the right bars.

    --
    Now I'm the grandest Tiger in the Jungle!