German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says his government wants to make it easier for information technology experts from India to obtain work visas in Germany as the country struggles with a shortage of skilled labor
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday that his government wants to make it easier for information technology experts from India to obtain work visas in Germany as the country struggles with a shortage of skilled labor.
Scholz said improving the legal framework so Germany becomes more attractive for software developers and those with IT development skills is a priority for his government this year.
“We want to make the issuing of visas easier,” he told reporters during a visit to India’s high-tech hub of Bengaluru.
“Aside from the legal modernization we want to modernize the entire bureaucratic process as well,” Scholz sa