The ultimate guide to stress-free global hiring and onboarding

How an EOR helps visa-waiting talent contribute from day one

The visa delay problem in global hiring

You've found your next engineer in India, but their visa may take up to three months to process. Now what?

Visa delays are one of the biggest hurdles in international hiring. Even after identifying the right candidate, securing a work visa can take months or longer. This leaves startups and global businesses at a standstill. The results?

• Teams remain short-staffed
• Projects delayed
• Candidates feel stuck in limbo

While global hiring unlocks world-class talent, visa processing creates a frustrating bottleneck.

This is where an Employer of Record (EOR) in India can transform the process. An EOR legally employs your talent in India, allowing you to onboard immediately, without waiting for relocation.

You manage their work, we handle the legal, tax, and compliance burden.

How wunderhire simplifies hiring in India

Wunderhire acts as your EOR in India, making hiring simple, fast and compliant.

India is home to one of the world's fastest-growing talent pools. However, without local infrastructure, employers face payroll complexities, compliance risks, and regulatory hurdles.

Here's how it works:

1. Legal hiring

• Wunderhire hires your candidate in India
• You define role, salary and contract terms
• We handle labour laws, contracts and local compliance

2. HR & compliance

• Employees use our web platform to submit leave requests, expenses and documents
• You approve, we process, while ensuring full compliance

3. Onboarding & productivity

• Immerse hires in your stack, tools, and rituals now so that by the time they arrive on site, onboarding is largely done.
• Your hire starts contributing remotely from day one, so milestones don't slip.

4. Compliant Offboarding

• We offboard them in India, so you can onboard them onto your payroll

Results?

Smoother onboarding, and immediate contributions, without legal risk

Basic use case

A Berlin-based startup signed a frontend developer from Bangalore. Her visa process is expected to take 10 weeks. Instead of waiting idly:

• With wunderhire’s launch plan, she can be onboarded immediately
• She can contribute to sprints, collaborate remotely and integrate with the team
• By the time she is relocated, she will be fully immersed in the company's tools and culture.

At wunderhire, we call this; “Work While You Wait”.

What are the benefits?

• For Employers
  • Hire top talent in India without setting up a local entity
  • Onboard employees immediately, even during visa delays
  • Stay fully compliant with payroll, taxes and labour laws
  • Reduce downtime and accelerate project delivery
• For Employees
  • Financial stability during visa waiting periods
  • Early exposure to company culture and workflows
  • Confidence and a smoother transition abroad

If your new hire’s visa takes weeks or months, you do not have to pause onboarding. With Wunderhire as your Employer of Record in India, your candidate can be legally employed locally and start contributing from day one while we handle contracts, payroll, taxes, and compliance. This is Work While You Wait, and it keeps your roadmap moving instead of your hiring stuck in limbo.

Book a demo today and see how wunderhire makes global hiring stress-free.