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Delahoya · Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 34

Do the same rules for American re working visas apply to Aussies as well? I have read through post of the threads in this discussion board but would like a clear cut answer...hopefully from an Aussie??

Thanking you all in advance Smile

Alex Shulgin · Joined: 20 Jul 2003 Posts: 553

Delahoya · Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 34

Thanks Alex Smile

Parents aren't British born so thats ruled out. However, I rang the embassy and was informed I don't need to go back to OZ....I can simply send my passport over and a week later the visa will be issued. I think sending the passport from DHL in Berlin strategy would be the way to go.

The Embassy did ask for a promise to work form the employer??? Am I correct to assume the following:

-Go to Poland
-Complete Celta
-Find work
-Have the employer provide all relevant documentation required by the embassy
-Apply for visa

So this means that employers wont be put off due to the fact that my working visa would be issued a week or two after I am employed???

Cheers Smile

gregoryfromcali · Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 2:28 am Post subject:

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gregoryfromcali · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:41 am Post subject:

Beware of schools which offer you a "soft landing."

The schools with the most desirable jobs don't usually have any trouble finding good teachers.

So if you have found a school which is willing to offer you a full-time position, pick you up from the airport and house you, then you have to wonder why it is so hard for them to find good teachers.

It could be for a number of different reasons. Unfortunately until you get there you won't know what that reason is.

The best way to find a good job is to go to Poland. Then if a school offers you a job you can go to see the school and town for yourself. One year is a long time to spend in Radom. Wink

Although it may take longer to find work, you may find yourself a better opportunity once you're actually in Poland that you won't find on the internet.

gregoryfromcali · Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:46 am Post subject:

4. Returning to the subject of visas.

Again it's a hassle to get a visa but don't let it stop you from coming to Poland.

If you're from outside of the EU, you are probably going to have to get a visa on your own.

Now that schools can hire EU citizens without having to deal with visas you may find that your school may be completely clueless about what you need to do.

Don't panic. There's an immigration office somewhere near you, you just have to go down there and tell them you want a visa.

Thus the paper chase begins.

Unfortunately one of the things you may have to do is fly back home to get your visa from the Polish consulate in your own country.

It seems that some people have found a way around this one and I'm sure if you look around on this board you'll find people talking about that.

The thing that I did was I got a job and then I went home for Christmas and got my visa then.

Afterwards it wasn't a problem to renew it in Poland, but it was annoying as they want every single document you can think of.

Different schools have different ways of handling the visa issue some legal and some illegal.

Personally I think the best thing to do is find a job and then tackle the visa issue afterwards.

Where there is a will there's a way.

Besides you'd be surprised how difficult it can be to leave Poland after just 1 year. Who knows you may be there for a long time, when you think of it that way paying for an extra flight home was probably well worth it.

I know it was for me.

the new guy · Joined: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 127

gregoryfromcali · Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:13 pm Post subject:

In no particular order...

- My fiance.

- The ability to travel through out Europe by living in the heart of Europe.

- Being able to see and experience the places I read about in history books.

- Krakow, which is still my favorite city in Europe.

- Great Czech and Ukranian beer which is easy to find in Poland.

- Lots of long vacations as a teacher.

- The flea market in Bronowice.

- Hardworking students who appreciate a good lesson.

- My British mates.

- And the North American ones too. Wink

- The spring time.

- Living in a foreign country which is still traditional in a lot of ways.

- The slower pace of life.

- The Salami, bread and pierogi.

BindairDundat GotdaTshirt · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 63 Location: DC

svenhassel · Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 188 Location: Europe

i get the jist of some of your post but most of it is quite confusing.

your use of grammar is interesting, where do you hail from? pitcairns?

perhaps you should spend more time with native speakers.

BindairDundat GotdaTshirt · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 63 Location: DC

Svenhassel, ever the smart, I have little doubt you're able to trade significantly on that with the use of your language. I don't know you at all. However you don't strike me as the kind of befuddled individual, and with that remark on my grammar, you are obligingly coming behind.
I am a native speaker, American, a Princeton graduate and if my English and the way I write or speak my mind cannot compete with the page you are on in the latest Harry Potter's installment, I strongly suggest you to finish high school, take an English composition online course this weekend, and become this forum's lackey.
Oddly, I'm quite amused by your knowledge of geography -Pitcairns? I had to look it up- but you seem to expose yourself as a figment. And if you claim yourself a teacher without qualifications, or just another native speaker about to broom himself out, might as well change your trade and do become a self-serving hatter before more words go to the bathroom on your head.

Kymro · Joined: 19 Oct 2003 Posts: 244

Bindair, do you imbibe psychotropic substances Question

I'll have to hand it to you, you are by far the most entertaining poster to have popped up in a long while.

Bindair, you rock.

gregoryfromcali · Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:28 am Post subject:

BindairDundat GotdaTshirt · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 63 Location: DC

Thanks, Kymro. For a moment I thought the wagons were starting to circle after my retort to the curious nature of a cabal of Svenhassels. I left them on simmer, they should be coming to a boil rather nicely now.
I tend to be more resilient in the morning with Starbucks. Any other substance wouldn't subvert my inflammatory and giddy teeth.

GregoryfromCA, you are right about Poland. Time over there was unforgettable. But I left with the intention to come back. I admit the money put me over. And since I don't have my name on a letterhead, like Kymro does, I ought to pursue and hanker for the post where I can make and save some money at the same time.

gregoryfromcali · Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:08 am Post subject:

Fair enough.

People I have known who taught in Qatar seemed to spend most their time in compounds and the word itself puts me off.

But I'm curious.

How does teaching in Qatar differ from teaching Poland?