Timeline for Can a German citizen use tax-free shopping in Germany if he has a 6-month work visa outside the EU?
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| Apr 21, 2016 at 0:08 | comment | added | Patricia Shanahan | The official information is also available in English. | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 23:13 | comment | added | Relaxed | @HenningMakholm Neither interpretation fully makes sense, we already established the description is BS. And the three-month threshold is also completely beside the point when considering non-Schengen visas. I really think it's a confusion or lazy translation as you are also required not to stay longer than 3 months in the EU to benefit from this exemption. The question remains when considering the actual criterion (ordinary residence outside the EU), does a six-month stay under a US J1 visa count? | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 23:12 | comment | added | Freddy | @HenningMakholm I know. I find this very misleading. I think it is (1or2)AND3. Since why would a out of EU passport holder hold also a out of EU visa? | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 23:11 | comment | added | Freddy | @Relaxed Ok, thank you for clarification. I plan to leave the purse handbag as a present in the US and will not take it back to Germany after 6 months. So it depends what the Zoll/Customs considers what my residence is, right? It is interesting to know, how a J1 Visa is considered. | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 23:10 | comment | added | hmakholm left over Monica | @Freddy: Under an "or"-interpretation, the program would be available to everyone over 18 irrespectively of their residence, as well as to minors with non-EU residence or visas. That sounds highly unlikely. | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 23:08 | comment | added | Relaxed | Note that if you return to Germany after the six months, you might have to pay VAT again and possibly duty too. There are exemptions for people moving to Germany from another country, but you need to have owned the goods in question for a certain amount of time (for example for cars, it's one year IIRC). | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 23:04 | comment | added | Relaxed | Freddy, I also found Global Blue's description confusing in this respect and was going to answer that to @HenningMakholm. But it does not matter, the actual eligibility criteria, per the official site, is ordinary residence or Wohnort in German (neither having a visa nor permanent residence are actually required). | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 23:04 | comment | added | Freddy | I updated the question with my Visa information. It is a J1 Visa and I am going to stay in the US for that amount of time. | |
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 23:02 | comment | added | Freddy | @HenningMakholm I thought there must be only one requirement fulfilled because if all the requirements need to be fulfilled it is almost impossible for US Americans to use Global Blue on vacation since they don't need a visa. | |
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 23:01 | comment | added | Relaxed | Incidentally, in the Schengen area, a visa valid for longer than 3 months is usually a long-term visa and people who have such a visa from an EU country are not eligible for tax-free shopping in the EU, which might be the source of the confusion. But US visas work differently, visitors visas can be valid for up to 10 years and stays on a visitor visa can also last 6 months. And I doubt the German customs would accept a B-visa as a proof of foreign residence. | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 22:57 | comment | added | Relaxed | Global Blue might be a bit self-serving in their description, it's not only a matter of staying longer than three months abroad, you must have your ordinary residence outside of the EU as described on official sources and you will need to convince a customs agent of that (as you need a stamp from the German customs). | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 22:56 | comment | added | hmakholm left over Monica | Do you satisfy the first requirement -- permanent residence outside the EU? Where is that? | |
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 22:44 | history | asked | Freddy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |