Sapient dodges H-1B scramble with VISANOW

Sapient has built a solid reputation for delivering notable results to clients in marketing, business operations and technology. To meet expectations it is crucial for Sapient to maintain high productivity, making it necessary to create a strategic relationship with its immigration service provider.

The classic legal model can’t offer the accelerated results and superior service needed for a company like Sapient to stay on top. Sapient Senior Manager Todd Kozan noted their need or improved services, “We realized we needed something different to take us to the next level. Specifically, we wanted to increase bandwidth and visibility, thereby elevating the immigration processing program to support our global needs. We wanted a firm with a high-touch experience – without killing our budget.”

The visibility, accountability and responsiveness VISNOW provided the quality Sapient needed. VISANOW not only utilizes inventive technology to simplify the administrative pieces of the process, but offers extensive support directly to both the company representative and applicant through an entire legal staff and a proactive client services team.

The 2007 H-1B visa season put Sapient’s partnership with VISANOW through a rigorous test. Dramatic changes from their previous traditional process quickly became apparent at the corporate strategic level as well as the individual level.  In the past, Sapient had scrambled to submit applications at the last minute. In 2007, VISANOW presented Sapient with an H-1B filing plan six months before the deadline. “We were ahead of the game from the get-go,” said Kozan. “We submitted all our application 30 days ahead of time. Even though it was a lottery, we felt so good about getting this done, and the extra month allowed us to plan mitigation for employees who didn’t get included. We couldn’t have gotten our team up to speed without VISANOW.”    

Moving forward Sapient has been able to build a strategic plan for the company’s global mobility. VISANOW’s transparency and accountability have proven to be a worthy partner in immigration technology. “The fact that we have a strategic partner versus a traditional provider is a paradigm shift. VISANOW has enabled us to take our mobility thinking to the next level,” said Kozan. When shareholders ask about H-1B readiness and impact, Sapient can provide them with impressive metrics from 2007. “These would have been much more difficult to provide in the past,” said Kozan