India to Outsource Paperwork to U.S. Company!

All right... it took me awhile just to digest the fact and make sure that I was reading it right. Yes - outsourcing does NOT necessarily mean outside the United States. It can be the other way too. Apparently, according to “The China Post,” the India Embassy in Washington, D.C. plans to outsource the processing of visas to an American company. And before you start thinking, “It must have been to another company based in India,” wait! It seems that they have been fairly open about the vendor selection process, by advertising in the Washington Post and soliciting proposals from any company to take on this work.

And why did I read about it in a Chinese newspaper, rather than an Indian one? I have no clue!

-- Vomo