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[clifton10]

Hi, I am a 49 year old EFL teacher from the USA who is currently in China and has recently submitted a cv/resume of myself to Angloenglish in Warsaw. Now, my two questions are: 1) Does anyone on the forum work for or has heard of Angloenglish? Second, since I'm not from the European Union, what do you think the chances of my getting an interview with them are? Oh, one more thing, I heard that living costs in Warsaw are high, so my question on that is, would the salary in the Polish capital take me further(financially) than, say, London or Los Angeles?(I've lived in Southern California for about three years). I would love to go to Europe(especially for the women!). Any realistic comments would be welcomed. Thank you and good night from China.

[cezarek]

Rents are quite high in Central Warsaw. Though schools that offer accommodation aren't usually the best, and most schools now recruit locally.

I've never heard of Angloenglish - where in Warsaw are they based and how much are they offering?

[Master Shake]

[lundjstuart]

The EU is not a place for American's and anybody else that needs a visa!!

[gibon]

[simon_porter00]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8603580.stm

I wonder how long it'll take the old cronies in charge of all this in Poland to get their heads around this and make the appropriate changes?

[sparks]

I wouldn't exactly say that getting a visa to stay inside Schengen is straightforward. The old "Americans don't need a work visa" has been dealt with a lot on here, it's kind of a Catch 22. Don't need a work visa but do need some sort of job to get a visa or residency card. Basically, it's either tie yourself to school or open a business. No way around it without a passport.

[wojbrian]

[dynow]

wojbrian wrote:

[spiral78]

A Schengen visa for an American citizen is quite straightforward to get as the thousands of Americans in Europe could no doubt testify.

Absolutely true. However, it's only good for 90 days - then you have to leave the entire zone for 90 days to restart it.

As for a residence permit being sufficient for work as well - yeah, I guess it's likely - at least it's true in the Czech Rep. Because I have permanent residency, a separate work visa is not needed (there - I can't speak for Poland).

But obviously you've got to do whatever it takes to get the residency permit - and that may be less straightforward than just asking for one.

I got mine through marraige....dynow, another route?

[Qaaolchoura]

[spiral78]

You're right - you don't need to apply and there won't be any documents involved - just the stamp in your passport when you enter the zone. It's automatic, essentially.

I'm an American with a US passport, and separate documents allowing me to live in the Czech Rep and live/work in the Netherlands. I don't show anything except my passport unless asked (I travel a lot) and in the past 18 months, I'm ALWAYS asked
Even once on a bus.
At train stations.
Every airport.

I promise, I look respectable - but scrutiny of the 90-day rule seems quite tight these days!

[Master Shake]

[spiral78]

They knew. They can smell it

[scottie1113]

I'm an American in my third year in Poland with my residency card, valid this time for two years. I have never had a work permit. Don't need one as an English teacher. I can't imagine what wojbrian did to get his one year ban.