{"id":58893,"date":"2025-01-04T03:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T03:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58893"},"modified":"2025-01-04T03:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T03:00:17","slug":"germany-launches-online-visa-portal-to-attract-skilled-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/04\/germany-launches-online-visa-portal-to-attract-skilled-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Launches Online Visa Portal to Attract Skilled Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Our Correspondent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Germany has introduced an online visa application portal, allowing Nigerians and other applicants worldwide to apply for national visas digitally.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the initiative on January 1, Germany\u2019s Federal Foreign Office said the Consular Services Portal now supports online applications for 28 visa categories, including work, study, and family reunification.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock hailed the move as a game-changer for Germany\u2019s economy, which faces a critical shortage of skilled workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year, Germany lacks at least 400,000 skilled workers across industries like healthcare, technology, and skilled trades.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We must eliminate long paper applications and delays to attract top talent,\u201d Baerbock stated.<\/p>\n<p>The digital visa process, she added, is designed to be modern, efficient, and secure\u2014ensuring Germany remains a competitive destination for global talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Correspondent Germany has introduced an online visa application portal, allowing Nigerians and other applicants worldwide to apply for national visas digitally. Announcing the initiative on January 1, Germany\u2019s Federal Foreign Office said the Consular Services Portal now supports online applications for 28 visa categories, including work, study, and family reunification. Foreign Minister Annalena [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":58895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,249],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58896,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58893\/revisions\/58896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}