China: Visa application processing time
10/03/2025 13:00

Currently, the preliminary check of visa applications by the provider in Berlin can take up to 14 days.

Please bear this in mind when applying for a visa.

Please contact us to find out what options are available - e.g. by way of exoress processing - in urgent cases.

Your DVKG team

Swiss secondment notifications: Changeover to the notification portal
10/03/2025 09:00

The existing application for reporting short stays will no longer be available as of March 14, 2025.

From March 17, 2025, notifications must be made exclusively via the EasyGov portal.

The DVKG can continue to report its customers. A UID number and activation are required. Your DVKG contact person will be happy to help you coordinate the necessary steps.

For postings to Switzerland that are already planned, it is recommended to order the declarations in the DVKG portal by March 13, 2025 so that they can still be carried out in the previous system.

Your DVKG

Italy: Points driving license on construction sites / Construction site driving license
27/02/2025 15:00

In Italy, the so-called points driving license was introduced on construction sites.

When applying for this construction site driver's license, extensive documentation must be submitted and evidence provided - e.g. in connection with occupational safety.

This applies to all companies and self-employed persons who work on temporary or mobile construction sites, with the exception of those who provide pure delivery activities or services of an intellectual nature (e.g. engineers, architects).

Together with our partners in Italy, DVKG assists its customers in applying for the construction site driver's license and supports them with a wide range of training and education measures.

The construction site driver's license Italy category can be booked on the DVKG portal.

If you have any questions, the DVKG consular advisors will be happy to help.

Your DVKG

India - new consular provider
29/01/2025 09:00

Good afternoon,

We would like to inform you that the consulates of India in Germany are working with a new consular provider. The consular provider is represented at all four locations in Germany:

  • Berlin
  • Frankfurt
  • Hamburg
  • Munich
  • We can still submit all visa applications for you. DVKG Deutsche Visa und Konsular Gesellschaft with the international brand Global Consular Services has its own offices in all locations (Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich). We will personally take care of your visa application on site.

    Your DVKG team

    Switzerland: Equal Pay - Review of minimum wages 2025
    23/01/2025 08:00

    Good afternoon,

    We would like to inform you that the legal basis for the wage review as part of the Equal Pay approach has been published. You can find the new wage analyses in the revised Salarium calculator (https://www.salarium.bfs.admin.ch) or with the national wage calculator of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO (https://entsendung.admin.ch/Lohnrechner/home).

    Please update your salary calculators. At the same time, you will contact your colleagues at DVKG to update the salary calculator in the DVKG application.

    Best regards

    Your DVKG team