Dear Phet,
greetings to you, Aod and the whole family; thanks for your e-mail and for your investigations.
I'm fine, thank you; but busy with the garden/house, meeting (old) friends ; e.g. there was a Jubilee meeting at our church on 19th because of our 50/51- year- 'celebration' of our 'confirmation' in 1965 – we also watched the old photos of 'way back, then'. „Oh dear: a lot of (very) young people“; at the meeting, I recognized most of the 'boys', but only few of the 'girls'.
Visa-application for your mother: what I found out is similar to what you found, e.g.: no agents!
Plans for Aod's trip to Germany: probably 3 weeks in March/April next year when i plan to take her back after a (3-week-) stay in TH, in March.
So, maybe we can do the application shortly before the trip or earlier; in that case you must probably help us.
I plan to get the necessary documents (copy of my passport, Invitation Letter/Sponsorship, ticket for Aod, health insurance for her stay) and take them to TH in October; maybe we can even go to the German Embassy and check matters beforehand.
Please inform your mother, which I will also do, that we agree on how to handle the application and that we will probably be successful.
Good luck with your job, I hope you still like it.
Greetings
Jochen