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Germany Offers Visa-Free Transit For Indian Passport Holders | India News

Germany Offers Visa-Free Transit For Indian Passport Holders | India News

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Last Updated:January 12, 2026, 19:55 IST Under the new facility, Indian travellers passing through German airports en route to another country will no longer need a separate transit visa. The decision was announced in a joint statement following German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s official visit to India. Germany on Monday announced a visa-free transit facility for Indian passport holders travelling through its airports. The decision was announced in a joint statement following German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s official visit to India. The German Chancellor is on a two-day visit to India from January 12–13. This marks Merz’s first visit to India and his first trip to Asia as Federal Chancellor. Under the new facility, Indian travellers passing through German airports en route to another country will no longer need a separate transit visa. However, they must remain inside the airport and cannot enter any German city without a visa. Speaking at a joint press conference with Chancellor Merz, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked him for the announcement, describing it as a step that would further strengthen people-to-people …

Olaf Scholz’s visit marks a new chapter in Indo-German partnership forged in a changing world order

Olaf Scholz’s visit marks a new chapter in Indo-German partnership forged in a changing world order

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The visit of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to India on October 25 and 26 indicates that India and Germany are finding a special niche for each other. India and Germany do not hold a common world view, notwithstanding the strategic partnership since 2000. On the Ukraine crisis, on China and even on the United States, German levels of distress and discomfort vary from India’s. Despite these, Scholz’s third visit in two years shows that India and Germany have crafted a transformational engagement based on a broad strategic autonomy from issues related to the US, Russia and China. The Indo-German partnership is based on a policy which is strongly bilateral and works beyond their engagements with the big powers. Undoubtedly, the international milieu is transgressing the conditions of multipolarity that both India and Germany require; hence, the effort to engage strongly and build a partnership which will provide avenues for autonomy. The nature of the German economy after Covid, the crisis in Ukraine, and its growing concerns about China also necessitate diversification. Even without ascribing China …