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Your journey: Business trip to Germany · travelling Nov 2026 · from Chennai

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A short business trip to Germany, travelling around Nov 2026, flying from Chennai.

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You wrote: “Business trip to Germany from Chennai next month”

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Your journey at a glance

39Stepsacross 12 stages
11Documentsto collect or keep ready
6Servicesyou may want help with
22 Oct 2026Start bya few days from today
1 weekTime you haveuntil outbound travel on 01 Nov 2026
Oct 2026Busiest month25 steps due

Timeline

What do I need to do, and by when?

These 12 steps matter most: the critical ones, the official ones and the ones where a service can help. Dates are counted back from Nov 2026. 39 steps in all.

  1. Phase 1 of 3

    Entry and paperwork

    to · 11 steps, 9 already past the usual date

    Official entry and work rules, letters and cover.

    9 more steps in this phase
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      Prepare a one-page itinerary Medium Documents
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      Check your passport is valid for the whole trip Critical Usual date passed: 17 Sep Documents
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      Ask your host for an invitation letter, if the official page asks for one High Usual date passed: 27 Sep Documents
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      Get a letter from your employer for this trip Critical Usual date passed: 02 Oct Documents
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      Save your entry confirmation, if one is issued Critical Usual date passed: 18 Oct Documents
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      Ask your employer’s mobility or legal team what applies to your trip Critical Usual date passed: 02 Sep Entry & work rules
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      Learn how scams around entry paperwork work High Usual date passed: 12 Sep Entry & work rules
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      Read the official page on business visitors Critical Usual date passed: 22 Sep Entry & work rules · Make it in Germany: Business visitors (official page, opens in a new tab)
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      Save conference registrations and meeting confirmations Low Documents

  2. Phase 2 of 3

    Book and prepare

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    Where you stay, how you travel, phone and money.

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      Book where you will stay Critical Hotels & extended stay Usual date passed: 11 Oct Accommodation
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      Book your outbound flight on a flexible fare until your paperwork is confirmed High Flights Usual date passed: 17 Sep Flight
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      Book or confirm your return flight Critical Flights Usual date passed: 11 Oct Flight
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      Check the official rules on carrying and spending foreign currency Critical Usual date passed: 11 Oct Forex & money · Reserve Bank of India: Foreign Exchange Management Act (official page, opens in a new tab)
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      Sort a travel card or foreign currency for the first days High Travel money Usual date passed: 18 Oct Forex & money · Reserve Bank of India: Foreign Exchange Management Act (official page, opens in a new tab)
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      Get an eSIM for landing day Medium Local eSIM Connectivity
    7 more steps in this phase
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      Secure your accounts before you travel Medium Connectivity
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      Check roaming on your home plan and keep your Indian number reachable High Usual date passed: 18 Oct Connectivity
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      Tell your banks and card issuers where you will be Medium Pre-departure
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      Prepare your meeting pack Medium Pre-departure
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      Hand over your work and set an out-of-office Medium Pre-departure
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      Share your itinerary and save emergency contacts Medium Pre-departure · Ministry of External Affairs, India (official page, opens in a new tab)
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      Keep passport, entry confirmation and employer letter in hand luggage High Pre-departure

  3. Phase 3 of 3

    There and back

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    Arrival, working there and wrapping up when you return.

    11 more steps in this phase
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      Check in and keep your receipts Medium Arrival
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      Confirm your meeting venues and how to get between them Medium Working there
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      Keep receipts and log expenses as you go Medium Working there
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      Keep a simple log of your days and work in each country Low Working there
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      Sort local transport Low Local setup
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      Find the nearest clinic and save emergency numbers Medium Local setup
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      Re-confirm your return flight and check out High Return & wrap-up
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      Check India’s customs rules for what you bring back Medium Return & wrap-up · CBIC: Customs, Government of India (official page, opens in a new tab)
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      Total up your days away and keep the record Low Return & wrap-up
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      Submit your expense claim with receipts High Return & wrap-up
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      Read the BZSt’s official pages for taxpayers (awareness only) Low Return & wrap-up · Federal Central Tax Office, BZSt (check the official website) (official page, opens in a new tab)

Workload

Which months are busiest?

Steps due each month, all 39 of them. Plan your free evenings around the longest bars.

  1. Oct 2026 25 steps busiest
  2. Nov 2026 14 steps

Documents

Which documents will I need?

11 documents, each listed once with the first step that asks for it. Official pages say exactly what they accept.

  • Trip itinerary

    First needed for: Prepare a one-page itinerary

    Have it by

  • Passport

    First needed for: Check your passport is valid for the whole trip

    Have it by

  • Invitation letter

    First needed for: Ask your host for an invitation letter, if the official page asks for one

    Have it by

  • Employer letter

    First needed for: Get a letter from your employer for this trip

    Have it by

  • Visa, permit or ETA confirmation

    First needed for: Save your entry confirmation, if one is issued

    Have it by

  • Travel insurance certificate

    First needed for: Arrange business travel insurance

    Have it by

  • Accommodation booking

    First needed for: Book where you will stay

    Have it by

  • Return ticket

    First needed for: Book or confirm your return flight

    Have it by

  • Conference registration or business cards

    First needed for: Save conference registrations and meeting confirmations

    Have it by

  • Expense receipts

    First needed for: Check in and keep your receipts

    Have it by

  • Residency and tax-day records

    First needed for: Keep a simple log of your days and work in each country

    Have it by

Services and budget

Which services will I probably need, and what might they cost?

Demo Sample prices from our demo partners — not a quote. They show how prices would look; nothing here can be booked or paid for from this page.

  • Business travel cover

    Around : Arrange business travel insurance

    No sample price for this service yet.

  • Hotels & extended stay

    Around : Book where you will stay

    No sample price for this service yet.

  • Flights

    Around : Book your outbound flight on a flexible fare until your paperwork is confirmed

    Demo price ₹91,108 to ₹1,59,400

    Sample return economy fares for 1 traveller, Chennai (MAA) to Frankfurt (FRA), around 01 Nov 2026 (9 demo offers, taxes and demo fee included).

  • Travel money

    Around : Sort a travel card or foreign currency for the first days

    No sample price for this service yet.

  • Local eSIM

    Around : Get an eSIM for landing day

    No sample price for this service yet.

  • Airport transfer

    Around : Arrange how you will get from the airport to where you are staying

    No sample price for this service yet.

Services budget outline (demo-priced services only)

₹91,108 to ₹1,59,400

For one traveller, adding up 1 demo-priced service. Sample prices from our demo partners — not a quote. Official fees are not in this figure.

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What did we assume?

Anything you did not tell us is listed here, so you can change it.

  • Every date is counted back from Nov 2026. A month on its own is treated as its first day.
  • We assumed you are still exploring and that your employer books nothing for you. Short business trips are planned as short stays; every other trip type is planned as a longer stay. Add your dates when you save your plan to refine this.
  • We count every step from the beginning. If you have already done some, they are ticked off when you save your plan.
  • Due dates come from our journey rules. We do not predict how long any official application takes.
  • Sample prices from our demo partners — not a quote. Official fees are set by the authorities, so we link their pages and never show an amount.

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