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Sashadroogie · Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:30 pm Post subject: 3-Month Business visas only?

I know there is another thread or two running on this topic, but I couldn't really follow them. In any case, I have just heard that the McSchools are telling their staff that they will only be able to provide 3-month Business visas to teachers from the New Year. No more 12-month Work or Teacher visas.

At least that's the word from the Macs. Anyone else with any info?

BELS · Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 402 Location: Moscow

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For me, I have also been living and working in Moscow region as an EFL teacher. but I am self emplyoyed, have redidency here, and have an entrepeneurs', therefore I don't need a visa. In fact I need a visa to get out of this country:) This is the link where you will find the long term employed experts, So Just ask. This is the famous teachers' folder of expat.ru http://www.expat.ru/forum/teachers-discussion-folder/

kazachka · Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 220 Location: Moscow and Alaska

WOW! So, I guess the Mcschools are not authorised to do WORK visas? If you are American, you are screwed as there is no express service in neighboring countries.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject:

They were. And Teacher visas. But not now, it seems. Yip. Non-UK teachers face a beast of a trip home to get a visa, so bye bye to all them I would imagine. But let's see how things actually pan out..

evelopez · Joined: 11 Mar 2009 Posts: 46

Yes - I've just heard from some of my fellow BKC teachers that they will now be forced to leave the country every three months. Everyone except Americans must go back to their native country. BKC is sending the Americans to Kiev for two weeks. They're reimbursing the Americans $500 for a two week trip. Not sure if you can buy a RT plane ticket, plus food and accommodations in Kiev for two weeks on $500, but that's what they're offering. I'm not sure how much they're paying the non-Americans for a RT flight back to their countries and then back to Moscow.

This is apparently only happening to the teachers who were hired after September, 2009 (I started August 31). I'm told that only the new teachers who were hired in October, 2009 are being affected by this.

jpvanderwerf2001 · Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 1117 Location: New York

I thought that people had to go back to their home countries in order to attain a new visa nowadays? Wouldn't that require Americans to go back to the States to do so? Or was my info way off?

kazachka · Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 220 Location: Moscow and Alaska