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Hi All Qualified team for 2009,<br><br>I send this email through the mailing list to ensure that all teams or at less some team member will get this email.<br><br>Please check you team information and financial support status at <br>
<br><a href="http://small-size.informatik.uni-bremen.de/robocup2009:teams">http://small-size.informatik.uni-bremen.de/robocup2009:teams</a><br><br>And continue with registration and VISA procedure as soon as possible.<br>
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Visa Application Process:<br>
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If some of your team member needs a visa to enter Austria<br>
please have a look at the following page. The information<br>
for which citizenship a visa is needed is also there or on<br>
the continuing links.<br>
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<a href="http://www.robocup2009.org/124-0-visa.html" target="_blank">http://www.robocup2009.org/124-0-visa.html</a><br>
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Please read and follow the information carefully.<br>
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In order to minimize problems in the visa application<br>
process we do two things. For team members who are<br>
registered and have paid their entire fee including the<br>
team fee we will issue letter of invitations if requested<br>
during the registration process.<br>
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Moreover, we are in constant contact with the Austrian<br>
Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Once a letter of invitation<br>
is issued the Ministry and the responsible Austrian embassy<br>
is informed about the visa applicant. So you should be<br>
recognized as a participant of the RoboCup 2009 Graz<br>
by the responsible authorities.<br>
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We hope that this process will minimize the problems in<br>
the visa process.<br>
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Cargo and Customs:<br>
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Information about cargo and customs issues can be<br>
found at the following page.<br>
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<a href="http://www.robocup2009.org/123-0-cargo-shipping.html" target="_blank">http://www.robocup2009.org/123-0-cargo-shipping.html</a><br>
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We are also in constant contact with the Austrian customs in<br>
Graz. They are aware of RoboCup and will support all teams<br>
as much as possible. Moreover, they will get the information<br>
which teams will participate in the RoboCup 2009 Graz<br>
in order to allow them to plan their processes accordingly.<br>
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The best way to bring your equipment to and from Austria<br>
is to use an ATA carnet. If you use this kind of document<br>
you can minimize potential problems with the Austrian<br>
customs.<br>
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Moreover, we have nominated a specialist of our logistic<br>
partner as a contact person for you and the Austrian<br>
customs for all issues related to cargo and customs.<br>
The contact data of Thomas Ostermann can be found on the<br>
above web page.<br>
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We will provide you soon the exact address you should<br>
forward your equipment to. We will have some storage<br>
area in order to temporarily buffer early arrivals or<br>
late departures of equipment.<br>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-------------------------<br>Best Regards,<br>Mahisorn Wongphati<br>(on behalf of SSL OC)<br><br><br>