Thiruvananthapuram: Two new German visa facilitation centres will open here and in Kochi later this month, a German diplomat said on Monday.
The centre in the state capital will be housed at the Technopark campus and the second one will be in Kochi, Joern Rohde, consular general of Germany in Bangalore, told the media in Thiruvananthapuram.
"The inauguration will take place on March 14 and from then on, all those who wish to travel to Germany will have to apply to any of these two centres for their visa," Rohde said.
"Every year for the past four years there has been a 20 percent growth in the number of applicants intending to travel to Germany from south India. A total of 10 percent of these applicants come from Kerala," Rohde added.
"In Germany, now English has become a language for the master's courses and also the fees are much less than in other countries," he added.
"Language skills in German has become a must now in all areas of jobs and people from numerous countries do apply for jobs and hence there is stiff competition in all sectors," Rohde said.
A few years back car major BMW, after raising high hopes of setting up a facility at Kochi, decided otherwise and opened the plant in Chennai.
The centre in the state capital will be housed at the Technopark campus and the second one will be in Kochi, Joern Rohde, consular general of Germany in Bangalore, told the media in Thiruvananthapuram.
"The inauguration will take place on March 14 and from then on, all those who wish to travel to Germany will have to apply to any of these two centres for their visa," Rohde said.
"Every year for the past four years there has been a 20 percent growth in the number of applicants intending to travel to Germany from south India. A total of 10 percent of these applicants come from Kerala," Rohde added.
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"In Germany, now English has become a language for the master's courses and also the fees are much less than in other countries," he added.
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"Language skills in German has become a must now in all areas of jobs and people from numerous countries do apply for jobs and hence there is stiff competition in all sectors," Rohde said.
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A few years back car major BMW, after raising high hopes of setting up a facility at Kochi, decided otherwise and opened the plant in Chennai.
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