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Business visas can now be applied for again by presenting a business letter invitation. It is no longer necessary to present a PU invitation.

Visas are still only issued for single entry. The issuing of tourist visas is still suspended.

Currently, a tourist card can also be used to travel to Cuba for business talks, meetings and customer consulting. This does not apply to technical assignments.

For everything else, the local business partner applies for a permit at the "Immigration office". They check everything on site, issue a permit and send it to the embassy. The embassy receives the documents from Business Visum and issues the visa within 1-3 days.

At the moment, the Indian Consulate General in Munich does not issue passport visas for German citizens or those nationalities who qualify for an e-Visa.
You can find out whether you can apply for an e-Visa on the Indian website under the following link:

https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html under the first menu item on the left "Countries / Nationalities who are eligible to avail eVisa“.

Business Visum will be happy to help you apply for an e-Visa.

From now on, travelers will need a passport when entering the UK. Entry with an identity card is no longer possible since October 1st, 2021. Furthermore, despite BREXIT, there is a social insurance agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany, so an A1 is still required for business trips to Great Britain. The so-called EU registration certificate requirement, however, does not apply.

A visa-free entry into Belarus is currently possible for German and Polish citizens for up to 30 days. However, entry must be through Minsk Airport.

On 5th December 2017, the Supreme Court ruled that the entry ban in its third version is provisionally in full force.

The announced travel regulations are based on a study of around 200 countries worldwide by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

This review concluded that eight countries currently do not meet the requirements of the US government. As a result, President Trump now imposes further restrictions on the nationals or countries concerned

Iran, Yemen, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Chad and Venezuela.

The U.S. consulates explicitly point out that already set interview appointments will not be canceled. Affected persons can therefore go to their appointment.

Nevertheless, the final decision is up to the consular officer - the assessment of the grounds for the visa application, in particular the application of derogations, will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Hardship cases will also be taken into account.

However, until the U.S. Supreme Court makes a final decision on the entry ban, we must continue to expect changes in this area. A final verdict from the Supreme Court can drag on until next year.

We advise travelers of the countries concerned, who currently hold a valid visa and a valid status for the U.S. and who currently are in the U.S., ideally not to leave the country or urgently to check whether a re-entry due to exemptions is possible!