Indians were granted the most number of German Work Visas in 2022

Indians were granted a total of 17,379 work visas last year, Federal Foreign Office of Germany said. Germany granted a total of 152,336 national work visas to foreigners in 2022, representing a significant increase compared to 2021.

Out of the total visas issued to Indians, 8,613 work visas were granted by the German Consulate General in Bangalore. The second-highest number of work visas for Indians was granted by the German Consulate General in Mumbai (3,013), followed by the Consulate General in Chennai (2,483), the German Embassy in New Delhi (2,434), and the German Consulate in Kolkata (836).

Turkish nationals are the second-largest beneficiaries of work visas issued by Germany followed by Bosnians, Kosovars, Russians, Albanians, and North Macedonians.


This comes at a time when German cabinet on Wednesday passed a draft bill to ease the citizenship law, hoping a faster track to German nationality will attract skilled migrants to plug chronic labour shortages holding back Europe's biggest economy.

Some experts caution that progress may be slow, noting parts of Germany's administrative machinery are already creaking under a big backlog of existing citizenship applications.

Germany's economy also in the second quarter, final official data confirmed, adding to a bleak outlook as the country battles an industrial slowdown and stubborn inflation.

Europe's biggest economy registered zero growth from April to June compared to the previous quarter, according to complete data from the federal statistics agency Destatis.

Preliminary data released last month showed the same reading, and it was in line with a forecast from analysts surveyed by financial data firm FactSet.

By registering flat growth, Germany officially exited a downturn that it fell into around the turn of the year after the economy contracted for two straight quarters, the technical definition of a recession.

Germany issued 71,129 national visas for spouse reunification and 71,018 national study visas in 2022.