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[TOBrian]

Dear Anyone Who Can Shed Light,

My girlfriend and I live and teach in Tokyo at the moment. We will be visiting the Uruguayan Embassy to get some Visa answers. But I wonder if someone can tell me what to expect. We both have Canadian passports and teaching experience. What are the difficulties in aqquiring a Uruguay working visa ? As well, what can I expect in terms of finding full time work and accomadation there. Can anybody help me with these answers? I am so in the dark with this idea at the moment. My research has just began. I appreciate any helping hands.

Peace and regards...

TObrian

[john_n_carolina]

do a search on "montivideo" or something....

or, try and contact this person "MisterBrownPants"?

he/she is living in Montivideo and can help

don't expect to save a lot there, unless you have a Canadian Teaching Certificate or something...then, you might be able to get into one of the 3 or 4 private highschools they have there....

[TOBrian]

Thanks for the direction John. To tell the truth, I have one more year of lolligagging around until I have to go back to Toronto. So saving is second to interesting lessons and culture soaking. I appreciate your time.

TObrian

[naturegirl321]

Ok, first, in general, unless you work at an international school or are married to a national, work visas are hard to come by.
However, lots of people work under the table. There are few and far between adverts for Uruguay, in fact, I've only seen a couple in five years.

Try contacting misterbrownpants she's been there for a while.

I did see a posting, I think it was onon esljobfeed.com I think.

Try also paginasamarillas.com and look for Uruguay.
Or just show up, that's a good way to get a job, you can see what the shcools look like as well.

[john_n_carolina]

--- Institutos de Ense�anza ---

Michigan Institute

Rinc�n 918, Maldonado - Tel: (042) 252539
Institutos de Ense�anza
Aprender idiomas es f�cil !!

MONTEVIDEO



--- Idiomas - Ense�anza ---

Alliance Francaise

E-mail: [email protected]
Blvar. Gral. Artigas 1229, Montevideo - Tel: (02) 400 0505 - Fax: (02) 400 0505
Idiomas - Ense�anza, Institutos de Ense�anza
www.alliancefrancaise.edu.uy

Anglo Uni�n

Juanic� 3655 Bis, Montevideo - Tel: (02) 506 1651
Idiomas - Ense�anza
www.anglounion.com

** Uruguay Clasificados **
http://www.volt.com.uy/HomePage/volt/index.html

[john_n_carolina]

...there's three i know of...probably more...i put down "Alianza Francaise", because i thought coming from Canada, you probably know French?

The French Alliance would probably take you if you are 'intermediate' level with a decent accent.

...the other "AngloUnion" ...looks pretty decent also, check out their website.

[john_n_carolina]

actually, found a bunch more:


Colegio y Liceo John F. Kennedy

E-mail: [email protected]
Pilcomayo 5140, Montevideo - Tel: (02) 613 3800 - 613 3334
Colegios y Liceos
Educaci�n Inicial - Primaria - Secundaria - Bachillerato extra edad - Ingl�s avanzado - Pilcomayo 5140, Tel: 613 3800 - 613 3334 - Pilcomayo 5135, Tel.: 613 0842 - www.kennedy.edu.uy




Escuela Madre Paulina

Carmelo de Arzadum 6023, Montevideo - Tel: (02) 309 7077
Colegios y Liceos
Inicial - Primaria - Ingl�s - Comp. - Canto - Cateq.




Life School

E-mail: [email protected]
Canelones 1069 y Paraguay, Montevideo - Tel: (02) 901 5954 - 900 7178
Colegios y Liceos
Educaci�n inicial - Preescolar y primaria - Con el ingl�s de la Alianza - www.life.edu.uy





--- Idiomas - Ense�anza ---

Brighton Institute

E-mail: [email protected]
Cufr� 2932, Montevideo - Tel: (02) 209 8797
Idiomas - Ense�anza
Ingl�s




Dickens Institute

21 de setiembre 2744, Montevideo - Tel: (02) 710 7555
Idiomas - Ense�anza
Ingl�s toda edad - Profesorado - Empresas - www.dickens.edu.uy




Executive Enghish Institute

R�o Negro 1370, Montevideo - Tel: (02) 900 6355
Idiomas - Ense�anza
English for communication - Hable ingl�s en 4 meses - Programas de intercambio en el exterior - www.executiveuruguay.com.uy




Kent Institute - Ingl�s

Jos� Ellauri 704, Montevideo - Tel: (02) 710 5669
Idiomas - Ense�anza
Ex�menes internacionales




London Institute

Joaqu�n Su�rez 3110, Montevideo - Tel: (02)203 3409 - 200 2428
Idiomas - Ense�anza
Ingl�s - Portugu�s - Bachillerato nocturno - Caramur� 5609 Tels.: 601 3383 - 600 7950

[naturegirl321]

from the yellow pages, I presume? I must saying, working for a school, rather than an istitute, has its pros, paid vacations, no night classes, but you DO work hard.

[naturegirl321]

[john_n_carolina]

i think all of those i put up are 'institutes'...there's probably more. he said he's coming from Tokyo and only looking for 1 year.

TOBrian, you should just get a tourist visa, and do border runs to Argentina. unless, one of these institutes will convert your tourist visa to a work visa once you get there.

[misterbrownpants]

montevideo its hard to find work. but if you look hard enough you will be able to come across something.

[naturegirl321]

The Colegios and Liceos are schools. Is Berlitz in Uruguay? Sorry to hear that Guildford went under.

What about privates?

[WhisperTrail]

I have a friend who lives in Piriapolis. He moved here from Santo Domingo, DR and has had problems breaking in to the Uruguay teaching scene. He wrote an article for me about it here

Entrance to Uruguay is easy and it is a wonderful country. It helps a lot to have connections here. Business is done by association

[Manaus]

When I was studying in Montevideo (wow, almost 6 years ago), there was a Berlitz.
I volunteered at Alianca the English school and there was an American working there - but I don't know what kind of visa he had.
Good luck!

[Gringo Greg]

When my wife and I checked out Uruguay, there wasn't a lot of teaching work, but the visas were easy to get. We qualify for PR just with our income from the US.