China Visa 🇨🇳 ✈️

- India's government is finalizing rules to expedite visa processing for Chinese technicians, addressing business complaints about delays impacting manufacturing. - The new framework aims to reduce visa processing time from 4-5 months to within 30 days, involving multiple government departments. - Strict visa rules were imposed after a 2020 border clash, significantly reducing the number of visas issued to Chinese nationals. - Businesses argue that the visa restrictions are hindering India's manufacturing ambitions and increasing costs. - The India Cellular & Electronics Association estimates a $15 billion production loss and 100,000 job opportunities lost due to the border standoff. Source: Bloomberg

Hi All, Do you know any portal/website which provide job visa-visa sponsorship for consultants... If you have any idea how to find one

Hello helpful grapevine community folks 🙂 Need your inputs. I am planning to visit Sweden. Does anyone have an idea how long does it take to get Schengen visa? Also, any idea on when is the best time to go to Sweden. My friends are there in Sweden but I just want some insights / ideas from the Grapevine community. Thanks in advance 🙂

Don’t know if this will work, but is there anyone planning a trip to Boston, MA from Bengaluru in few days? I had bought a US e ink tab that I need to return and no courier service are accepting the item for “custom reason”. We can discuss the fair over call. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Anyone here who has applied for us tourist visa. I got the appointment for next year 2025 in july the waiting time is very long. I watched some videos and people say join the telegram group, chrome extension etc or check daily on the portal also you can only reschedule your appointments 3 times. Also is it true that immigration department releases slots very often and you just have to find dates? Please let me know if you have any suggestions or anything that helped you to get the appointment early

Hi, I have an exhibition in April'25. The latest visa appointment date I can see is of Aug'25. Please help me. I had to move a lot of pieces and be at the right time/place to get this opportunity. Don't want to miss it because of the visa 😅 I've heard that the visa appointment date gets opened randomly and one needs to book the slot. Can anyone pls help me where I can get the latest information for the appointment date or pls let me know if there's any other way.

I'm a self employed software engineer working as a remote contractor for a Berlin based German company. My employer is organizing a company-wide meet for 4 days in April. I also need to visit there. I've got a few queries. 1. Which VISA should I apply for, Business, Tourist or any other? 2. I also intend to stay there for 4 more days apart from 4 days of my official visit (total 8 days) to explore the country. If it's going to be a business VISA, can I also travel using my business visa as a tourist to other places in Germany? 3. If I want to stay there a bit longer as a tourist to explore the city and the country, will I need the invite with the extended dates or can I have the invite with the official dates, book departure flight of 4 days later and can stay 4 more days as a tourist to learn more about the city? 4. If I am provided with the lodgings accommodations for the 4 days from company's end, will I need to pre-book my lodgings accommodations for the rest of the 4 days before applying for the VISA? Thanks for sharing your expertise and experience.

How to get job outside India ? Any suggestions for the platform to apply from