Maltese Recruitment Agency Opens India Office To Help Deal With Major Work Visa Gridlock
Maltese recruitment agency RecruitGiant has announced the opening of a new office in the Indian capital of New Delhi to help deal with a major gridlock of visa applications from people seeking to work in Malta.
Led by Avinash Nadviledath, the office will provide on-the-ground assistance to Indian nationals seeking Maltese work visas, conduct candidate interviews, undertake diligence checks, and make travel arrangements on behalf of Malta-based employers.
“The backlog in issuing visas through Malta’s High Commission in India, and the difficulties this has been causing for Maltese businesses, has been well documented,” RecruitGiant CEO Tomas Mikalauskas said.
“While it’s encouraging to see Identity Malta taking action to alleviate this problem, we felt that there was more that could be done to make the process more efficient.”
“RecruitGiant has had a physical presence in India for some time, but our focus has been primarily on training candidates. Through our new office in New Delhi, we will be able to provide much greater assistance to Maltese employers and Indian candidates throughout the entire process.”
Nadviledath said that he and his team “will make every effort” to assist Maltese employers looking to recruit in India by ensuring they find the right candidates for the available roles and assist them in making all the necessary arrangements before they travel.
“As an English-speaking country with a warm climate, Malta is an attractive destination for Indian workers and I am certain RecruitGiant can help Maltese companies who need staff find the right matches for them,” he said.
The India High Commission is responsible for scrutinising visa applications from Indian, Nepalese, Sri Lankan and Maldivian people.
It usually also processes applications from Bangladeshi nationals but these were recently suspended, with no official reason given.
However, it has recently been facing a major gridlock in the processing of visas, with many workers forced to wait months for a visa, even when they pay extra for their applications to be fast-tracked, and some have even been denied a visa for spurious reasons.
This gridlock is putting many Maltese businesses under strain, with the Chamber of SMEs warning several businesses have been left short-staffed and the Maltese economy is losing out on “several millions”.
Identity Malta has responded to this crisis by deploying 40 more staff to help deal with the processing of visas.
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