Foreigners can't work in Indian BPO: Govt

By agencies   |   Friday, 09 December 2005, 20:30 IST
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NEW DELHI: The government has made it clear that employment for foreigners in the booming BPO sector may be out of bounds. With the outcry from the West over outsourcing yet to subside, the Indian?s government?s stance may trigger an avoidable controversy. Minister of state for information technology, Shakeel Ahmed, said requests from foreign nationals for employment visa for jobs, for which a large number of qualified Indians is available, will not be considered. He said that only such foreigners who are skilled and qualified professionals and are being engaged or appointed by a company or an industry would be eligible to get an employment visa in the first place.

NEW DELHI: The government has made it clear that employment for foreigners in the booming BPO sector may be out of bounds. With the outcry from the West over outsourcing yet to subside, the Indian?s government?s stance may trigger an avoidable controversy. Minister of state for information technology, Shakeel Ahmed, said requests from foreign nationals for employment visa for jobs, for which a large number of qualified Indians is available, will not be considered. He said that only such foreigners who are skilled and qualified professionals and are being engaged or appointed by a company or an industry would be eligible to get an employment visa in the first place.