Indian man in Germany says passport renewal was easier than Berlin paperwork

Key points

• After years of hearing jokes about Indian paperwork, the internet was caught off guard by a viral post praising India’s passport system over German bureaucracy.
• The comparison came from an Indian entrepreneur living in Berlin, and many online surprisingly agreed with him.
• Mayukh Panja took to X to describe how renewing his Indian passport and German residence permit left him “deeply impressed” by India’s ability to handle massive logistical operations despite its scale and complexity.
• Read Full Story “There is something deeply impressive about how India handles logistics at scale,” Panja wrote in his now-viral post.
• According to him, the process began with securing an appointment at the Indian Embassy in Berlin, which took around 30 days.