TANDEM Hamburg International Language School

Steinhoeft 5 – 7, Hamburg, Hamburg 20459, Germany
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reviews

Reviews

96% recommend

based on 26 reviews
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"Very good and was quite like I expected it to be."

Adrian Flamme, student from Norway

Very friendly atmosphere and good teachers. I liked that the lessons were almost 100% in German. Exactly what I personally was looking for.

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My ratings for this school

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Duration of study
3 weeks
Date of study
29 Aug 2022 - 23 Sep 2022
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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Claudia, Director at TANDEM Hamburg International Language School responded to this review.
19 October 2022

Thank you very much for your nice review. We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay. Keep up the good spirit!

"Great experience"

Federica Mussa, student from Italy

I did a 3 weeks long intensive course and it was great. the lessons are very interactive and engaging, so not boring at all.

Furthermore the location of the school is as central as it gets, very close to the Elbphilharmonie.

The school also organizes a Kulturprogramm one afternoon a week, I joined a few times and they were all nice activities, great to get to know the city.

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Duration of study
2 weeks
Date of study
22 Aug 2022 - 9 Sep 2022
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Immersive and useful experience, while having also a good time"

Davide Marchetti, student from Italy

The Tandem school is a perfect example of language teaching, combining listening, speaking, reading and writing it gives the possibility to students to get a full experience. I particularly enjoyed the teachers and the possibility of speaking a lot whilst doing lessons and so develop a sort of flow.

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My ratings for this school

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Duration of study
1 week
Date of study
8 Aug 2022 - 19 Aug 2022
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"I learned much"

Stepan Sipal, student from Czech Republic

The course was nice. Just one things. I would like more cultural program.

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Duration of study
2 weeks
Date of study
1 Aug 2022 - 19 Aug 2022
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Yes
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"Very good school to learn German in Hamburg"

Artittaya Ruensumran, student from France

I like my classmate and teachers, I think I didnt have enough time for learning German so I couldn't understand and have à German conversation. But I will find time to take more classes next year.
I prefer that teachers bring students outside, to practice conversation with réal situation.
Such as going to à market, to à bar or restaurants etc.
I would prefer more activités than sitting in à class room all thé time.

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My ratings for this school

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Duration of study
2 weeks
Date of study
27 Jul 2020 - 14 Aug 2020
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Good stuff"

Joshua Ferdinand, student from Barbados

Its a good school with friendly staff and is perfect for learning German at any level.

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Duration of study
17 weeks
Date of study
23 Sep 2019 - 24 Jan 2020
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Fantastic!"

Anna Martina, student from Italy

One of the best experiences I ever had. The teachers are great. The lessons are vero enganging. FANTASTIC

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Duration of study
2 weeks
Date of study
8 Jul 2019 - 26 Jul 2019
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Yes
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"I loved it!"

Adriana Gil Keil, student from Mexico

It was an amazing experience. My teachers were so helpful and nice. Everyone at tandem has a great attitude and were always eager to help.
Originally I payed for a 2 week course but ended up adding another week because I was so happy.
I would gladly repeat the experience, and even for more time.

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Duration of study
1 week
Date of study
1 Jul 2019 - 12 Jul 2019
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"If you have suitable teachers, then you are lucky."

MUH-HAN CHIEN, student from Afghanistan

I had two bad teachers being arrogant, he always said that we can not do the exams. The other teacher could not concentrate well, she often looks at her cell phone while we have to discuss a topic for two. But the other teachers are very good and professional, they can clearly explain grammar and new words.

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Duration of study
12 weeks
Date of study
4 Mar 2019 - 31 May 2019
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Very exciting"

Chika Ueki, student from Japan

Actually I am satisfied with teachers, facilities and education method. What I was frustrated in the class was the other students who didn't do homework, wasn't very serious and couldn't follow the class.
Since there were many group work in the class, if I paired with the ones whose level is way below than me, I was feeling I wasted my time. I am sure that teachers noticed that there were level difference among the students in the class. So what I would like to suggest is to make pairs with the similar level, and the teachers mainly look after the lowest nivel pair while we are doing the group work. Otherwise, the upper level students are get bored and frustrated. I think it is not the matter of fairness, but the matter of motivation.

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Duration of study
7 weeks
Date of study
7 Jan 2019 - 1 Mar 2019
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Thanks"

Andres ESCALANTE PEREZ, student from France

Being in Tandem was a real full experience in all senses. We can not only talk about the good teachers and the surprinsingly well done courses. I must add that Tandem receive you as a member of their family. It was a real pleasure to learn with the 2 Teachers i had; and i've never learnt a langage in this funny and and fast way. I'd of course recommend to every body this experience.

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My ratings for this school

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Duration of study
2 weeks
Date of study
6 Aug 2018 - 24 Aug 2018
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Yes
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"Usable"

Cinta Pérez, student from Spain

Lessons so good, very usable for the daily day. Teachers so nice and patiente. What i didnt like was that i couldnt find my mates when we met to the fischmarkt, but it could be my fault.

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Duration of study
2 weeks
Date of study
16 Jul 2018 - 3 Aug 2018
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Great experience"

Nadia Stanimirova, student from Switzerland

I can only speak highly of my experience with Tandem in Hamburg. The teachers were very professional, the class group small ( we were only 5), so we had a good opportunity to discuss, and to be corrected. I could not participate into the organized Events, since i was there only for 2 weeks. The location and the setup of the school itself was excellent.
Thank you Nils and Petra for your great teaching!

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My ratings for this school

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Duration of study
1 week
Date of study
5 Feb 2018 - 16 Feb 2018
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Yes
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"I had good experience in TANDEM better than I expected."

Jihee Seo, student from South Korea

I want to study again at TANDEM if I go back to Germany.
Everything is good.

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Duration of study
12 weeks
Date of study
30 Oct 2017 - 26 Jan 2018
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Yes
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"A nice experience."

WEI-TING LIANG, student from Taiwan

My teacher is very nice and has patience answering every grammar questions. My homestay are kind and also very friendly to me. The location of the school is very central and it's not too far from my homestay. I think the best part is the Kulturprogramm, there's always an interesting tour for us to know more about Hamburg and mostly are free to join.

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Duration of study
3 weeks
Date of study
25 Sep 2017 - 20 Oct 2017
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Really Great!!"

Pei Ti Wang, student from Taiwan

Tandem is a great school. Not so big, but inquiries everything we need.
I think the teacher qualities are good as Goethe Intitut. Thanks!

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Duration of study
7 weeks
Date of study
3 Jul 2017 - 25 Aug 2017
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"It was a good experience"

Dario Laudiero, student from Italy

The school's location is good; it's easy to reach with the means of transport. The teachers are very professional and available to give explanation. There is only few students per class and this is good because you can learn many things.
Concerning housing, I appreciated the availability of the GASTMUTTER, but I didn't like what happened on the second saturday I was there: she told me she needed my room for the whole afternoon and so I was obliged to go out.

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My ratings for this school

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Duration of study
2 weeks
Date of study
31 Jul 2017 - 18 Aug 2017
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Some great teacher - admin desk needs to be improved"

Marie Goubet, student from Germany

Positive: Great location, close to the metro station and some teachers with a true pedagogic approach
Negative: The receptionist is sometimes a bit confused with registration and is definitely not welcoming and not listening to our concerns.

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Duration of study
2 weeks
Date of study
20 Mar 2017 - 7 Apr 2017
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Very good"

Dolores Vickovic, student from Denmark

I had a really great time at TANDEM Hamburg. Since I had to start from scratch, I improved my speaking and writing skills a lot. Teachers were all friendly and experienced. The only thing I think you should improve on is to find some books that offer more practice for a homework.

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Duration of study
15 weeks
Date of study
29 Aug 2016 - 16 Dec 2016
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"GERMAN A1.1"

Alan Watts, student from USA

I generally enjoyed my experience at Tandem. The methodology used was thorough and the main instructor was very qualified. The lessons are combination of listening, writing and speaking. My host family was excellent. I would recommend this program to anyone interested in learning German in Hamburg.

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Duration of study
2 weeks
Date of study
6 Jun 2016 - 24 Jun 2016
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Very nice school! I will recommend it for sure!"

Marina Bueno dos Santos Carnevale, student from Brazil

I think the school in general was great!
Great atmosphere.
The location is really good, it is situated at the center! I really enjoyed it!
I loved the idea of having cultural program during the week, it helped us to make friends and to improve our German.
Most teachers are great and could teach in a great way; play and improve.
I enjoyed my time there and I will definitely recommend it.

But maybe it would be better if classes can have lesser number of students. Sometimes if a student is late for class, the teachers would explain it again which he or she has already explained in class.
I got two teachers that I didn't liked, and most of students as well.
One of them is very young and she really couldn't explain very well.
It is better if the school hire teachers with more experience and knowledge.

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Duration of study
12 weeks
Date of study
8 Feb 2016 - 6 May 2016
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"I really liked the school, the teachers are very helpful, the course is very good, and I had lots of fun there!"

Ana Rita Coelho Nunes, student from Portugal

The location of the school is very good as it is in the centre of Hamburg. It is very easy to get there and by public transport.

The teachers were always very nice and helpful; they always repeated everything as many times as we needed, and in the end of each part of the course level they usually took the last one or two classes so the students could clarify any doubt they still had or if they wanted to review any topic in particular.

The atmosphere of the school was very good, the students were nice, and I found the course itself very good. I learnt more than I expected, and just with this level I already understood many things, such as various topics. If it’s a very complicated conversation, I could at least understand the topic. With this level, I was able to easily ask for almost anything I may need in a restaurant, café or shop, which was very good.

The only issue I had during the 8 weeks was that in the first part of the course (the first 4 weeks), instead of having just two teachers, we actually had 5 to 6 different teachers which was not so good for someone who was learning a new language, especially in such an early level. It would be good if the lessons were consistent, that we should not be forced to try to get used to 5 different kinds of teachers and teaching methods.

Fortunately, everything was solved very easily and in the second part there were no such problems.

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Duration of study
7 weeks
Date of study
5 Oct 2015 - 27 Nov 2015
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Yes
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"I got lost even after agreement of starting point. The facilities and teachers are good."

Villiam Faber, student from Denmark

The school was good. They had Wi-Fi and free tea. The location was also good. They had nice teachers.

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Duration of study
3 weeks
Date of study
5 Oct 2015 - 30 Oct 2015
Would you recommend this school?
No
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"Keeping up with learning"

Jenny Ciociola, student from Italy

TANDEM is a great school; the teachers are awesome and the rooms are okay.
My only concern is how fast the 4-week course is. Don't get me wrong. It's great, but in a month we covered a lot of grammar and vocabulary, and even if I would have wanted to, I could not have started the upper level because I really needed to stop and review what we had studied in the course. I needed a quick course and it worked for me, but now at home I can finally slow down and interiorize all the vocabulary and the grammar.

The school is near the city center and it is 2 minutes from the closest metro stop.

I will probably be back for a higher level soon, but one month for me is the maximum.

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Duration of study
3 weeks
Date of study
5 Oct 2015 - 30 Oct 2015
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Awesome life experience"

Sérgio Condessa, student from Portugal

In the beginning I booked 2 months and now I want to continue for however long it takes to have a good level.
The teachers are good and the location is also good. You have transportation nearby.
The facilities are not big, but they are warm and hospitable.
The family house is also very nice.

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Duration of study
7 weeks
Date of study
12 Jan 2015 - 6 Mar 2015
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"I was impressed with the quality of instruction and the flexibility of how the school was organized - it surpassed my expectations!"

Nora Balogh, student from Canada

I was on vacation and took a week of German while staying in a friend's apartment in Hamburg to brush up on my German skills before traveling further. The week-long course achieved the goal, to the extent possible within such a short period of time and I did meet people I could do a few activities with, which was fun.

I was surprised at how serious the school was! I had thought I'd do school in the morning and sightsee the rest of the day, but I found I had a good 3 hours of homework daily. That was partly because of who I am! (I was probably at a slightly higher level than I should have been and also, when in a "school" situation, I want to do well!)

I was the only student who was a native English speaker, which was good. The others were Spanish, Italian, French-Swiss, Indonesian, from Singapore etc.., which was perfect and more interesting as far as I was concerned. It also meant that German was the default language when we hung out together.

The teacher was excellent and very pleasant, and I was impressed at the flexibility of the school and how well organized it was. It was also very nice and unexpected to have the two private lessons included. I was the only person taking a course for a week while on vacation -- many were recent immigrants to Germany who had been living in Germany for 8 months to a year and needed to improve their language skills for work. I was in the C1 level, and probably should really have been in B2. My accent is better than average and I am quite fluent in basic conversation, but the others had more vocabulary and more underlying language skills. Had I stayed another week, I probably would have "readjusted" and asked to go down a level.

All in all, very good and I'd definitely recommend it!

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4 Aug 2014 - 8 Aug 2014
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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housing

Housing

TANDEM Hamburg offers the following housing types:
homestay

Homestay - Single-person room - No meals

A$ 223
weekly
Age range: 18 years old and older
Location: In the city center of Hamburg
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: Single-person room
Board type: No meals
Facilities: Kitchen, laundry, wireless internet, carpet, hardwood, heating, and linen and bedcloth
Distance to school: 5 - 45 minutes by train or subway
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
A$ 223
Private Accommodation - self-catering
Speak German not just at school; meet German people at home. You live with Germans, sometimes families, sometimes flat sharers, often single people who have a spare room. You have your own room and share kitchen and bathroom with them. Students cater for themselves, either by contributing to the budget or by shopping for themselves.

Homestay - Single-person room - Breakfast

A$ 347
weekly
Age range: 18 years old and older
Location: In the city center of Hamburg
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: Single-person room
Board type: Breakfast (7 meals per week)
Facilities: Kitchen, laundry, wireless internet, carpet, hardwood, heating, and linen and bedcloth
Distance to school: 5 - 30 minutes by train or subway
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
A$ 347
Private Accommodation - bed & breakfast
On top of lodging, breakfast is included; often this will mean that the students help themselves to the food, as their hosts have jobs and will be out of the house earlier than them.
visa

Visa support

We cannot apply for visas on behalf of students. However, the school can supply you with all the documentation you need to support your visa application.

Your letter of acceptance will be sent to your home address by regular mail at no charge to you. If you wish to receive your paperwork by express mail, you will be charged 90 € when you register.

Flights and airport transfer

Please note that we do not book flights for our students. If you are researching airfare costs, we recommend using Kayak.com, a search engine that lets you compare flight options from your home country to Hamburg based on your budget, schedule and preferences.

Travel insurance

Study abroad worry-free with Language International's health and personal effects insurance coverage. When you book a course with us, you can opt to purchase an international insurance plan that covers not only your health care cost but also loss of your personal belongings. You must book your insurance in advance when you register.

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Steinhoeft 5 – 7
Hamburg
Hamburg 20459
Germany

School location

Our language school TANDEM Hamburg is situated in Hamburg’s city centre, on the border between the New Town and the Old Town on the historic Inner Harbour. We are overlooking a canal, the ‘Herrengrabenfleet’, only a stone’s throw from the river Elbe, surrounded by water.
Hamburg’s youngest part of town, the ‘Harbour City’ with the new concert house, the ‘Elbphilharmonie’, and, close to it, the historic warehouse district ‘Speicherstadt’, lie within spitting distance from the school. Walk for a few minutes in the other direction, and you will find yourself in front of St Michael’s church, the ‘Michel’, Hamburg’s landmark. And we have a lot more on offer in our neighbourhood: The old piers ‘Landungsbrücken’, the Portuguese Quarter, the Reeperbahn, historic Deichstraße, the city hall and Hamburg’s inner city – TANDEM is in the midst of it all!

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Questions and answers

Have questions? Get answers from TANDEM Hamburg International Language School staff, Language International student advisors, and past students.

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"We normally collect full fees from the student before enrolling them to your school. However, we have one student who has explicitly asked if he can pay in installments. The student also requires visa supporting documents from your school. Before agreeing to this, can you confirm that you can issue visa supporting documents to the student even if we have not received payment in full?"

Dyan Test, student from USA

Regarding a Visa-booking please note that we do not send any documents to the student before we have received directly from the student to our bank account
If we have received this money we will send the booking confirmation.
Please note that we do not except the payment in installments, sorry.

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"How do you go about handling the visa application of students?"

We handle the bookings for a visa through a diffenret agency. The student has to pay directly to us the security booking fee plus the Express mail fee. After we have received this money we will send the confirmation letter.

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"The student's level is absolute beginner. Is it possible for her to sign up on any Monday? If not, when is the next possible date?"

Dyan Test, student from USA

On the Beginner level you can start only on certain dates.

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"She asked about there being a reduction of fees due to freizugiglitsbescheinigung. I'm not sure what that is, but she said she lives in Hamburg and is an EU citizen since she is a citizen of Italy. Do you know what this could possibly be?"

Sara Faret, student from Italy

No, there is no reduction of the course fee!
Maybe she means the "Integration" course. But we do not offer these courses.

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"1. What is the general time frame for this? Is there an additional delay because you go through another agency? 2. What is visa security fee?"

Mohamed Abd elbaset Mohamed Abu bakr, student from Turkey

1. After we have received the payment from the student on our bank account we will send the confirmation letter at the latest 2 days later.
2. The visa security fee is our processing fee for the work for the work we have with the booking with confirmation letter and the mailing order etc.

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