The Arduous Luxembourg Visa Process
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·January 22, 2025shoobs
Oof, that's tough. I'm over here on a blue card, and I found that the initial application and dealing with department of immigration was actually really streamlined. Everything is very manual and personal over here, but there are a large number of public servants that are very welcoming and happy to help out.
voisin
> If I applied for the Luxembourg visa before my trip, I would run the risk of not getting my passport back in time
Certainly in 2025 we can collectively come up with a better solution, where passports could be granted permissions electronically and the actual document would act only as international identification.
Snoozus
Many countries will allow you a second or even third passport, so you can still travel while visa are being processed.
I work in big tech in the US. In my usual daily life, I get to meet extremely intelligent and successful people from India. Ex-founders, Executives, engineers that have built large parts of the software we take for granted - each and every one of them maintains that every time they have to apply for a visa as an Indian passport holder, it's an absolutely humbling experience.
This is the burden we carry.