Aiming for better bilateral trade ties and more people-to-people contact with India, Finland is planning to reduce the time taken to grant work visas from approximately 52 days to under 15 days by next year.
India and Finland have strengthened their relationship in the last decade with the annual bilateral trade of goods and services between the two countries crossing USD 2.5 billion.
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In an interview to PTI, Finnish employment minister Timo Harakka said that his government plans to reduce the time taken to grant work visas to just one to two weeks by next year.
The move is aimed primarily at attracting more software professionals from countries like India, he said.
Source: Economic Times
