German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday that his government wants to make it easier for information experts from India to obtain work visas in Germany as the country struggles with a shortage of skilled labor.

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 Technology   section -  CJ journalist

BERLIN – 26 Feb 2023    

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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 issues of visas easier,”  Olaf Scholz said

The german German Chancellor's declaration to Media came during his official 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 added

The German Chancellor commented about the workers' language of those who don’t speak German when they come to Germany, so he confirmed it should not be seen as a hurdle if the workers arrive in the country while they are speaking English first and then acquire German later on.

Scholz was speaking on the second day of his trip to India, after meeting Saturday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the fallout from the war in Ukraine.

Last year, the German leader invited Modi to a summit of the Group of Seven leading industrial nations he hosted in Bavaria. He said he favors India joining this year’s meeting in Japan, too.