Going abroad to work is a big step, for you and for your family. We take it with you: your documents, a job with an employer we’ve checked, the visa, your tickets, a proper briefing before you fly, and the first weeks after you land. The Kin app shows where things stand, every step of the way.
Eight steps, from your first question in India to your first weeks at work. We take each one with you, and the Kin app always shows where you are.
Two things nobody can honestly promise you
The employer decides whether to hire you. The country you’re going to decides your work permit and visa. If someone promises you either, be careful.
How we work, in fullAnswer seven questions and you see your result straight away. Then one of our consultants talks it through with you: whether a route is realistic for you now, and what would change that. If nothing fits yet, we’ll tell you honestly.
We tell you exactly which documents your route needs and go through them with you, so nothing is missing. You upload them to your own private account, never on WhatsApp or email.
We check every employer before we put your name forward, and we only advertise a job once we hold the employer’s demand letter and power of attorney. You see the employer, the job, the pay and the contract in writing before you say yes.
The employer decides whether to hire you.
What a demand letter and power of attorney areIn most countries your employer applies for the work permit first, over there. Then you apply for the visa in person, at the embassy or its visa centre. We help you put together a complete, honest file.
The embassy decides your visa. Nobody, including us, can get you an appointment sooner.
Once your visa comes through, we arrange your flight with you and your employer, and tell you which papers to keep in your hand luggage.
We sit down with you before you fly: your contract, your rights at work, daily life in your new country, and who to call if something goes wrong.
You sign your contract in a language you understand, register your address and collect your residence card. We’re in touch from the day you land.
We check in on you during your first weeks at work. If something goes wrong, you can always reach us, and the Government of India’s helpline for emigrants is free and open day and night: 1800 11 3090.
What’s open, what’s tightening and what’s paused for people applying from India, with the official pages behind every status.
An employer in Poland can hire you at any skill level. The employer gets the work permit online; you then register on e-Konsulat, where work-visa appointment dates in India are given by an electronic draw. Poland issued 16,000 work visas in the first quarter of 2026, 87% fewer than in the same quarter of 2022.
A Latvian employer can hire you after testing the local market. Short-term work uses a D visa filed at VFS in India after a Hello Verify document check; longer work uses a residence permit filed at the Embassy in New Delhi. A new Immigration Law takes effect mainly on 1 January 2027; a law-firm summary says it shortens employment permits to one year and refuses invitations from recruiters for elementary jobs.
Since 11 September 2026 the D/AM2 visa for shortage occupations, such as cooks, drivers, carpenters and electricians, cannot be applied for: a court suspended the shortage-occupation list and the WorkinRomania platform disabled those applications. It was still blocked on 12 October 2026. The D/AM1 visa for highly qualified workers is not affected.
A Croatian employer can hire you at any skill level: the employer gets the stay and work permit in Croatia, then you apply for a D visa. Since the Aliens Act amendment NN 55/26, employers must meet stricter conditions, including a minimum share of domestic staff, before the employment service gives a positive opinion. There is no annual quota.
The Slovak Embassy in New Delhi suspended its regular online appointments for national D visas for low- and medium-skilled jobs; the notice was last updated in March 2024 and we have not confirmed whether it still applies. Highly qualified workers and some listed categories have their own D visa routes. The embassy does not accept appointment requests from agencies for more than one applicant.
In New Delhi, Czech Employee Card applications are accepted only through government programmes: 600 a year for qualified workers and 960 for highly qualified, key and scientific staff. Your employer must be accepted into a programme, and the embassy gives you your application date through the employer.
A Bulgarian employer can hire you after a 15-day search for local candidates, within a cap on non-EU staff (20% of its workforce, or 35% for small and medium firms according to secondary sources). Since November 2025, VFS Global accepts Bulgarian D visa applications in New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai.
An Estonian employer can hire you, but most employment permits need pay of at least €2,092 a month (from 5 March 2026), and the employer needs permission from the Unemployment Insurance Fund. You apply at the Embassy of Estonia in New Delhi, by appointment.
Since 1 March 2024, Lithuanian residence permits can be applied for in India only for highly skilled work and a few other grounds, and national D visas cannot be filed in India. The 2026 work-permit quota was used up in early September 2026. For most candidates in India the realistic route is the EU Blue Card.
Hungary is effectively closed to Indian candidates for low- and medium-skilled jobs: no country is currently designated for the guest-worker permit, and the permit for non-graduate work is listed only for Georgia, Armenia and the Philippines. Graduates can use the EU Blue Card, the Hungarian Card for listed fields, or work on approved priority investments.
Outside the EU
Safety warning from the Government of India
The Government of India warns Indians not to accept offers to join the Russian armed forces. On 30 September 2026 the Ministry of External Affairs called this “a dangerous path” and advised people not to be lured by job offers from unverified individuals or agents not registered with the Ministry. We only recruit for civilian employers with a work permit, never for military, security, defence-industry or conflict-zone work. A tourist, business or e-visa never allows work in Russia.
Read the full warningA Russian employer can hire you mainly through the annual quota for workers who need a visa (278,940 places in 2026, for all nationalities): the employer gets permission from the Interior Ministry (MVD), an invitation and your work permit, and you then apply for a work visa. Read the Ministry of External Affairs safety warning first: we never recruit for military, security or conflict-zone work.
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What is changing
Japan is changing its entry-level route. The Technical Intern Training Program closes to new trainees and is replaced by Employment for Skill Development (ESD) from 1 April 2027 (Act No. 60 of 2024). ESD takes workers, in principle, only from countries that have signed an ESD Memorandum of Cooperation with Japan; we found none signed with India as of 24 Oct 2026 (Thailand and Uzbekistan signed in mid-2026). For Indians today the main routes are Specified Skilled Worker (i), which needs a skills test and a Japanese test, and Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services. Under Japanese rules no one may take a deposit from an SSW worker or make them sign a penalty contract. Residence-permit fees rose on 1 Oct 2026.
A Japanese employer can hire you in 16 listed fields as a Specified Skilled Worker (i) once you pass the field’s skills test and a Japanese test (JFT-Basic or JLPT N4), or as an engineer or specialist with a relevant degree or long experience. The employer gets your Certificate of Eligibility in Japan; you then apply for the visa through VFS in India. For most candidates the honest first step is Japanese, to JFT-Basic or JLPT N4 level.
Rules change. When they do, we note it on rule changes. We add new countries once we’ve checked their rules at the source.
Too many people have lost money to fake agents. So here’s exactly how we work, and how to check us, or anyone else.
You deal with us directly, not a middleman. India’s Emigration Rules don’t allow sub-agents, and we don’t pay anyone to bring us candidates.
Every country rule here links to where it comes from, with the date we last checked it. When a rule changes, we note it on rule changes.
We never take cash, never ask you to pay into a personal account, and we’ll never ask for your passport or certificates on WhatsApp.
By law, only recruiting agents registered with the Ministry of External Affairs can recruit for jobs abroad. We’ll show our registration number here the day the Ministry issues it, and not a day before. How to check any agent
If anything ever goes wrong, the Government of India’s helpline for emigrants is free and open day and night: 1800 11 3090. Complaints and help
Where your application stands, what to do next, and a note from the person looking after your case. Free to join.
About the Kin appThe app isn’t in the app stores yet. We’ll add the links to the app page the day it is.
Opening soon
Walk in, sit down and talk it through with a real person. Bring your family along if you like. There’s a kiosk at the door if you’d like to try the eligibility check first.
We’ll share the address here as soon as the office opens. Until then, you can reach us here.
Contact usWe’re starting with jobs in Eastern Europe and doing it properly. After that, more countries, and more of the moments where family matters. Only Phase 1 is under way; the rest are plans.
You see where you stand first: a straight answer, the reasons behind it, and the one thing that would help most. Then you decide whether you’d like a consultant to call.
Strong profile: a consultant will call you.
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Something else on your mind? Ask us, or open the chat: our AI assistant answers from the sources on this site, and a person can step in any time.
Kin Beyond is an India-based company that helps qualified candidates apply for work visas abroad. We stay with you through the whole journey to a lawful job abroad: screening, documents, a job offer from a verified employer, the work permit and visa application, tickets, a briefing before you leave, arrival and your first weeks at work. "Kin" means family; "Beyond" means past India's borders and past the first job.
No. Joining Kin Beyond and the Kin app is free, and so are the eligibility check and every country page on this website.
Not yet. By law, only recruiting agents registered with the Ministry of External Affairs can recruit people in India for jobs abroad. We’ll show our registration number on every page the day the Ministry issues it, and never before. You can check any agent in the list of active recruiting agents on emigrate.gov.in.
No, and no one honestly can. The employer decides whether to hire you, and the destination country decides your work permit and visa. We make sure your file is complete and honest, and we tell you the official decision time where the government publishes one.
No. India’s Emigration Rules don’t allow recruiting agents to use sub-agents, and we don’t pay anyone to bring us candidates. You deal with us directly: on this website, in the Kin app, or in person once our office opens.
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No, never. We don’t take cash, and we’ll never ask you to pay into a personal account. If anyone asks you for cash in our name, don’t pay, and call the Government of India helpline for emigrants on 1800 11 3090 (toll-free, 24x7).
Our first office, in Kochi, is opening soon. You’ll be able to walk in and talk to a person, and a kiosk at the door will run the eligibility check. We’ll share the address here once the office opens. Until then, you can reach us through this website.
Today we cover Poland, Latvia, Romania, Croatia, Slovakia, Czechia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania, Hungary, Japan and Russia. Each country page shows what’s open right now for people applying from India, where every rule comes from and when we last checked it. We only add a country once we’ve checked its rules.
If you’re in Canada, the US, the UK, Australia, Ireland or New Zealand and your visa has an end date, some EU countries in Eastern Europe accept work-visa applications from where you live. Others don’t. We can’t advise on your current visa, but we’ll point you to a licensed adviser where you live who can.
Thinking about working abroad? Start here: plain guides, written from the official sources.