Employment visa

Hi,
I'm going to India and needed a employment visa from
the Indian Embassy in my country (EU), how long does
this "normally" takes ? 1 week ? 2 weeks ?

Thanks for any reply.

You have the job? And the contract, and the letter from your employer confirming that they cannot get a local person for the job?

Usually an employment visa should be applied for in your own country. If you are resident in vietnam, that should not be a problem but if you are just visiting, it could well be.

Hi Mick,
I will apply in my own country, and I have the contract etc.,
and no local can do the job (as good !) so they can make it
fast ?

It's Nick, not Mick, Smidth! Time to do varies from country to country - read other threads re employment visa as suggested at the bottom of this page.

Hi Nick, sorry ! anyway thanks for your reply

No problem. Oddly, people have been calling me 'Michael' all my life!

What's needed is for you to tell us what country --- then it is down to whether or not we have any members with relevant experience who can answer.

Here in Germany with the consulate in my city it took me not even one week from the day I applied for the visa till the day I was allowed to pick it up. Two years employment visa. Anyway I had to visit the consulate several times in the meantime to bring them additional letters / files.

On a similar topic - can I as a Brit be the Head of the Delhi office for my company (we are hiring a local indian for Mumbai who will be the country head)? We are a search firm... we have tried looking for a local but cant find the right expertise.
Thanks.

I guess so - I know an office in Delhi where the Head is not an Indian and all the rest of staff are. And this office is a registered Indian company.

Hi, what letters/files did you submit ??? , I guess it might be the same for Denmark.

My case may be a special case as I will not be the employee of an real Indian company. I will be working for a liaison office of my German headquarter. Thus I am still employee of the German headquarter. I will work basing on an secondment agreement. This agreement is my 3 years contract for India.

So I sent them

- a copy of my secondment agreement / contract
- copies of the files of the registration of the liaison office
- a letter "application for work permit" in which I described why the job in India has to be done by me and why no Indian can do this job. Furthermore I informed them in this letter that in case of success / growth additional jobs for local employees may be created
- another letter, stating that all expenses of the liaison office are exclusively met out of the funds received from the German headoffice

In addition to these files they asked me for copies of my last references (letters of references, school reports etc.).

So that's it. after presenting the files and paying the fees I received my visa quickly.

Here is a link https://indiavisa.travisaoutsourcing...uidelines?id=6 that describes all of the documents etc. that are required for an employment visa (from the United States) as well as for registering once you arrive in India with your employment visa.

I am looking to get an employment visa, but not sure how to express why someone else couldn't do what I am going to do.
I will be heading up a new school there which has a specific vision for a type of schooling unlike what is currently done in India. More of a literature based, flexible, English heavy school that will be for youngsters to learn to write, speak and read English as the base for all their schooling.
Would you think if I emphazised that I will be teaching English the best way to approach this request for an Employment Visa?

Thanks

People could probably help you more if you made yourself more clear - are you planning to start a new school in India? If so, you will need a business visa and the whole process is quite different. If an existing school is trying to employ you, they should provide you with the paperwork, including an explanation about why they would prefer to give the job to you instead of a local person. Saying you will be teaching English is probably not a good argument as many Indian nationals speak English fluently; being able to teach English is not a very special skill in India.

P.s.: actually, maybe my English is not very good, but I just do not understand much of your post. Is this the kind of English you are planning to teach in India? If so, you might have to raise your game - I regularly speak to Indian 'youngsters' who can express themselves much better in English than you do in the above post.

This will work for Japan/China/Korea...not India!