German Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently visited India and encouraged IT specialists and other skilled workers to consider working in Germany to help tackle labor shortages in Europe's largest economy. Scholz announced that his coalition government plans to reduce immigration hurdles and introduce a point-based system that would grant visas even to specialists who do not yet have a firm job offer.
During his visit to India, Scholz held a roundtable discussion with workers at the software company SAP Labs India in Bangalore, where he expressed his commitment to reducing bureaucratic hurdles to immigration for skilled workers and making it easier for them to come to Germany with their families. He also shared his plan to establish a new system that would allow people to apply for a visa to Germany even if they have not yet signed a specific job contract, but possess talent and skills, and are capable of finding a job in Germany.
Scholz stated that the coalition government is finalizing a draft law to ease immigration barriers and that the new system would work on a points-based system, similar to those used in countries such as Canada.
