In its recent moves, Germany has, first of its kind in its history, started digitising visa applications for work and studies! Process time has reduced significantly from around 6-8 months to 1-2 months which is a great deal of time saving for us! I, myself, blindly applied for then Job Seekers visa and waited for around 8 months and later got appointment on VFS Global which I didn't opt for due to personal reasons. In the advent of introduction of Chancenkarte, this digitisation will be a great deal for us!