15/10/2026
Two engineers. Same project in France. Same start date on the plan.
One was ready in a week.
The other took 90 days.
The difference was not skill, paperwork or willingness. It was an appointment queue at an embassy in Manila.
Nationality decides how fast a person can legally stand on your site. It rarely shows up in the project schedule, and it almost never shows up early enough.
We have written up how we kept the project on track while the embassy queue moved at its own pace.
Link to full case in comments 👇