Germany Visa/Passport News

A total of €161 billion financial loss and 46.9 percent decrease in contribution to GDP in Germany’s travel and tourism sector last year have resulted from the Coronavirus pandemic outbreak, due to which international travel has frozen for over 13 months now, causing a devastating situation for this sector, among others. In addition, the crisis provoked by the deadly virus last year left 441,000 persons engaged in the travel and tourism sector across the country jobless, facing [...]

The German Interior, Labour and Economy ministries have agreed to facilitate the process of getting a job and moving to Germany for skilled workers. The idea behind the move is to fill job shortages in the largest European economy. According to the Federal Labour Office, currently 1.2 million jobs remain unfilled in the Federal Republic of Germany. Reportedly, the German cabinet will soon decide on the proposal by the German Interior, Labour and Economy ministries, to make [...]

Russian public figure Vladimir Ivanovich Yakunin has recently been granted with a National Visa by the German authorities. The German work visa permits him to unlimitedly stay and work inside the country, as well as to travel throughout the whole Schengen Area. It also permits the 70-year-old to apply for an EU Blue Card. Dmitry Klochkov, the municipal deputy of Moscow posted on Facebook a photo of Yakunin while he was leaving the visa section of the [...]

The German parliament has voted pro the lifting of the suspension of family reunification for migrants with subsidiary status. The bill, which foresees the lifting of the ban on August 1, passed after a heated debate among all parties, with 376 of the German Bundestag members voting pro and the 248 others against. The moratorium permits a maximum of one thousand additional refugees to settle in Germany per month, provided they are direct relatives of refugees already living [...]

The number of asylum-seekers coming to Germany is the lowest in last three years, annual statistics released by the Interior Ministry of Germany show. The number has fallen by 66% year-on-year, meaning that almost 5 times less people have sought asylum in Germany in 2017 compared to 2015. While in 2015 the Federal Republic of Germany welcomed 890,000 refugees, in 2016 the numbers had sharply decreased to 280,000 asylum seekers. Those seeking asylum in Germany seems to [...]

For the fifth year in a row, the German passport has been named as the most powerful passport in the world. German passport holders are welcomed 177 countries without a visa, making it one country more than last year. The European country is followed by Singapore, a sovereign city-state and island-country in Southeast Asia. Those possessing a passport of Singapore can visit just one country less than Germans, out of a possible 218. A list which ranks [...]