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PaulSal · Joined: 18 Apr 2013 Posts: 20

Hello All,

I had been in recent email discussions with someone from:
Vancouver Language Center in Guadelajara Mexico.

It appears that there is some interest in moving forward with a job offer.

I received an email today indicating that I would need to have a Work Visa.

They said that they would need me to send $100 in order for them to forward me an Work Authorization Letter. I was told that this is what I would need to bring to the Mexican Consulate in my city.

Does this sound correct to send money in order to receive this letter?

Has anyone heard of or had dealings with this school?

Thanks in advance!

Isla Guapa · Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 10:02 pm Post subject:

I don't know anything about this school, but it strikes me as odd that they would want you to pay for a Work Authorization Letter. After all, you are the one who will be paying for the work visa, or have they offered to pay for it?

PaulSal · Joined: 18 Apr 2013 Posts: 20

They are not being very clear about that.

They indicated that the Visa would be FMM.

But I thought that Mexico did away with the FM type visas?

I thought that they now utilize Visa Temporal with Work Authorization.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

VLC is certainly an above-board organization, but that's puzzling that they would ask you for the money. As far as I know, there is no fee applied by INM to a school to have a job offer processed. You'll have to pay a $30 some-odd dollar fee at the consulate though.

PaulSal · Joined: 18 Apr 2013 Posts: 20

Thanks for that advice. Scanning an Authorization seems easy enough.

All the sketchiness that goes on in that country has got me perplexed.

I dont mind doing all of these things, Certificates/Degrees signed/sealed/apostiled and jumping through hoops all for a part-time job that pays around $5 an hour

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

The new(ish) visa policies have proven troublesome and costly to a lot of schools. Even the largest international schools here have struggled to accommodate the change.

PaulSal · Joined: 18 Apr 2013 Posts: 20

The VLC guy pretty much said that they will not hire anyone that does not have the Work Visa. He says before they could hire without it, but now it's "impossible".

I know the school where I received my training does allow it's graduates to work for them on a contingency basis, and assists those graduates in obtaining their Visa.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

kona · Joined: 17 Sep 2011 Posts: 188 Location: USA

I can attest that the VLC in Guadalajara is a legit organization to work for (paid peanuts but they treated us well). Don't know how things work nowadays with the new visa labor laws...