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lov2travel
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 Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:53 am Post subject: Coming to Wroclaw tomorrow, searching for work |
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Hey I'm looking for some specific advice on places to find work here in Poland. I recently finished a trip (becaues I've run out of money) and am coming back to Poland tomorrow since I met quite a few great people while I was there and it was my fave country that I visited while traveling.
I'm coming with 2 years teaching experience in Korea under my belt and a 100 Hr TEFL Certificate. I'm from America so am looking for some visa sponsoring. What are my odds in Poland? Can anyone recommend a good place? Also, is it easy to start freelancing or finding any other type of work while I'm looking for work as a teacher?
Thanks
Oh..one last thing. What are the overhead costs like for beginning teaching (visa, etc) that I may have missed? |
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lundjstuart
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| Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Advice: GO back to America and save some money because you'll go broke trying to set up here! |
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lov2travel
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Haven't been to America in 3 years and it's far more expensive to fly back than to keep going with what I have. If I can't find work in Poland then I'll look at alternatives such as Thailand or possibly even return to Korea.
Thanks for the input |
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lundjstuart
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| Since you're coming to a country that is on holiday for the summer, you won't be able to find work if you're a newbie. Good luck! |
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lov2travel
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:01 am Post subject: |
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| I'm contacting Hostels for work exchanges |
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stasiu of liberty
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What determination! Keep us posted on your progress!
Keep your chin up! ...and do your chinups! |
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lov2travel
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Master Shake
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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| lundjstuart wrote: |
| Since you're coming to a country that is on holiday for the summer, you won't be able to find work if you're a newbie. Good luck! |
Truth be told, he's absolutely right. Many of us freelance teachers struggle to maintain even a part-time work schedule over the summer - if we aren't going home or on vacation, of course.
Some of the more well organized schools do hire teachers in June for the coming academic year, so it is worth knocking on some doors and handing out resumes NOW. Do it before everyone takes off on vacation in July.
Good idea about doing a work exchange in the hostels. I met an Australian guy last year who'd been doing this for several months. He worked/lived at Nathan's Villa in Krakow.
Set up costs may include for you:
- 800 zloty (approx) to apply for a residency card (i.e. a visa). Your future employer may pay this for you, if you're lucky.
- The cost of doing visa runs to a non-Schengen zone country every 90 days. (60 zloty each way to L'viv, Ukraine if I remember correctly)
- A deposit of 1/2 or 1 month's rent which your landlord will likely require you to pay.
That's all I can think of right now. |
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lov2travel
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:50 am Post subject: |
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| Correct me if I"m wrong but does the Schengen Visa pretty much make it impossible to do Visa runs? I've heard that it's 3 months in, 3 months out. I'm an American |
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spiral78
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You're correct about that. The visa run situation technically ended in 2009. However - it has sometimes been applied on a case-by-case basis in some countries: any recent visa/border run success/failure stories for Poland, guys?
Oh, by the way, sure you're not looking for an au pair job, OP  |
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Master Shake
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:33 am Post subject: |
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| lov2travel wrote: |
| Correct me if I"m wrong but does the Schengen Visa pretty much make it impossible to do Visa runs? I've heard that it's 3 months in, 3 months out. I'm an American |
Technically, you're right. But in reality this '90 days in, 90 days out rule' is not enforced.
You leave Poland before your 90 days are up and return. The Polish immigration authorities treat the new entry stamp in your passport as your initial date of entry. This gives you more time to find work and prepare your visa application.
This has worked for me and countless others (I'm American too The most recent visa run success story I recall is from 2010. I have never heard of a visa run failure story. |
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hrvatski
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Yeah I have US buddies who have done numerous successful visa runs to the Ukraine, should tide you over until you marry one of the locals  |
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lov2travel
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:26 am Post subject: |
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| Oh, by the way, sure you're not looking for an au pair job, OP |
Why Spiral, are you needing a babysitter? I can take you for walks in the park even. 
I'm glad to hear about this visa run loophole. I'll use it to the most of my advantage |
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spiral78
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Thanks. The schnauzer's fully capable of walking himself. But the thread on the other forum got pretty bogged down in child-care suggestions, as naturegirl made sure to follow up thoroughly on that angle, so I was just checking if you're genuinely interested in them 
I had a clue that border runs might still work in Poland, so good to know that's unofficially still an option. I think the Czech guys-in-uniform are a bit tougher overall. The German ones are for sure!
Good luck, lov2travel. |
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sparks
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| Ummm... I wouldn't get too excited about this "loophole". Everyone has their own experiences and stories of course. I have been asked for my residency card at the Warsaw airport when leaving for the States. They looked through my stamped-up passport and wanted to see the last entry stamp. I whipped out my res. card and they shuffled me through the gate no problem. I definitely wouldn't take the border run stories as rule. You never know when or where someone will look at your stamps more carefully. Applying for my latest residency card I needed copies of ALL passport pages to attach to the list of documents. You never know when you will need to show your history of travel in and out of the country or when it could come back to bite you. |
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