Germany visa

There are several discussions on this forum about the difficulty of getting appointments in the German embassy and consulates in India.
You may want to read those, but I am afraid it won't help you solve the issue.
Maybe you can travel to another country with a less busy German embassy?

beppi wrote:

There are several discussions on this forum about the difficulty of getting appointments in the German embassy and consulates in India.

Yeah, one hears about these problems in India pretty often. Not to sound culturally insensative but I have traveled a couple of times in India and know the system of baksheesh. One should not try to bribe someone into doing something that is against the law but to facilite appointments and/or getting things done that should get done anyway might take a payoff of some sort. Its sad but that is how things work in much of the world. And even in the west, one would be suprised how much having the right connections, lawyers or cash helps. Of course they don't call it bribery here, oh NO! It's called making donations or lobbying...

Tom: I do not think the German embassies and consulates take part in such illegal behaviour. They are simply overwhelmed by too many applicants!

It true that bribery is a wide spread issue in Indian system. But I don't think either that you need to bribe embassy staff. Try to walk-in and seek information.

So is there any solution for this?

Madhuri_g wrote:

So is there any solution for this?

Yes, I mentioned a potential solution in my post above.
Another one is to have less Indians wanting to apply.
A third is to have more embassy staff, but I don't think that will happen unless your country pays dor it.

Get an appointment and go there to get information. Normally they don't even provide visa information over phone.
Second option would be to apply in a different in a embassy in a separate State. A less busy state.Try Delhi f.a.e

beppi wrote:

Tom: I do not think the German embassies and consulates take part in such illegal behaviour. They are simply overwhelmed by too many applicants!

The problem is that them being overworked gives people a chance to demand money to facilitate things. In the Indian culture it is the way things are done, they don't see it as illegal, they are providing a service. This happens in banks, government offices, everywhere. And other than the ambassador or consulate, most workers at such places are locals. An official in India expecting baksheesh is no more unusual than a German eating a pretzel on their morning work break. I'm not trying to be judgmental here, just to say how it can be. Expecting the same way of looking at such things there as it is here is simply naïve.

I disagree: A bribery scandal in a German embassy (anywhere) would make such big waves that I am sure they do anything to prevent it.
It might happen in a few isolated cases, but not as systematic as this shortage of appointment slots seems to be.
For a discussion of how widespread corruption is or isn't in India, please refer to the India forum, not here.

In my opinion, it could cause even more problems and get the person requesting an appointment into a heap of trouble if the wrong person is asked.