INVITATION LETTER / VISA PROCEDURES
This following information is for FIRST-TIME visitors to our company only.
Explanation: below described VISA application procedures were set-up in co-operation with German federal authrorities and are based on policies to obtain a business visitor visa for Germany. Only by following these procedures our company is allowed to issue invitation letters. There are no exceptions.
In order to issue an invitation letter we do require from you:
1. STATEMENT OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS on bank letterhead
A letter from your bank stating that your company avails of a sufficient account balance with that bank and that the amount covering the business transaction between your company and our company is freely available once a purchase / delivery contract between our companies has been signed. This letter should
- not be older than 30 days
- be signed and stamped by authorized bank officers
2. VISITOR INFORMATION on your company letterhead
- family name
- first name(s)
- position in company
- date of birth
- place of birth
- nationality
- passport number
- passport valid until
- full company name and address
- company telephone, telefax and email-address
- german embassy or consulate (responsible for your area) address, tel and fax number
BOTH DOCUMENTS as described above should then be sent to us
via telefax to +49.391.6209807
and
in one (1) original version by post or courier to:
USED GERMAN MACHINES / SIGAB GmbH
Export Department
Sudenburger Wuhne 29-30
39112 Magdeburg
Germany
3. PROCESSING & SECURITY FEE (REIMBURSABLE UPON PURCHASE)
Cost for processing & security deposit is EURO 800,00 per visitor. This amount covers costs for the entire visa procedure including UPS/DHL forwarding costs of the invitation letter(s), communication between us and German embassies as well as German government authorities; work time of our staff to issue all required documents and to follow up in order to receive visas swiftly.
You shall be informed about our bank account where this amount should be forwarded to after receipt of the above mentioned documents 1+2. Upon receipt of the funds we shall immediately forward the original documents to you by UPS or DHL.
Important: should a business transaction between our companies take place after your visit, we shall reimburse the full sum of EURO 800,00 per person to your company by deducting it from the final invoice.
DISCLAIMER
SIGAB GmbH is not responsible for the issuing of visas.
We shall do our best to assist our partners and clients but we shall not be held responsible for any costs related to visa procedures in your country or non-issuing of documents by German or European authorities.
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