Jan Coffey wrote:

> I didn't post the article,

Apologies.

> and I am basing my coments on that 
> article and
> co-workers of mine, and my wife who had to get a special 
> waver to even be
> able to go over to Bangalore to train their co-workers 
> replacements.

A special waiver, as in from the Indian Embassy?

> One, in
> fact had to fill out his visa as "vacation" the second time 
> around.

This I can easily believe. The Indian bureaucracy is ridiculously rigid
and my personal experience says that, at the minimum, 35% of the rules
make absolutely no sense. Whatsoever.

> Both
> asked just for the sake of it and were told that what they 
> were asking was
> very ilegal. 

What did they ask about and what was declared as illegal?
[I hope you don't mind me asking these questions: I am very curious
about this entire issue and we hear nothing about it in the national
news.]

I had written to some of the Bangalore IT industries, inquiring about
their employment policies but they haven't responded yet.
Some of my lawyer friends have agreed to look into this matter in
detail, albeit only after they are done with the Bar Council elections -
I should have some more information about the legality of this stance in
a couple of weeks. 

Ritu

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