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[kah5217]

I'm doing research on various scenarios, as I haven't made up my mind yet about a second term. If anyone can share some experience about their departure, I'd appreciate it.

-Since the visa is only for a year, that means I'd have to switch to a visitor permission, correct?

-What happens to unused holidays? Are you allowed to take them the last few days of the contract, or do they cash them out?

-How long do you have to scoot from the apartment?

[nightsintodreams]

-You do not need to switch VISA.

-You should be allowed to take your holidays, or at least some of them. They will not cash them out.

-One month advance notice is all you need to give.

[kah5217]

My visa expires the last day of the contract. It would be almost impossible for me to leave that same day, especially since I need to use a car to get to the school. How do they handle that?

[nightsintodreams]

How do they handle it? They don't. It's your responsibility to leave the country by the end of your VISA.

But I imagine that if you give them the impression you intend to stay another year, they will happily help renew your VISA in November or December.

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[kah5217]

But what about those who came a little earlier than their contract started but decide not to stay another one- they'd then be working on a temp visa.

[nightsintodreams]

No, my guess is that they'd get them to apply for another one year VISA, but in the case you mentioned you're in, who knows? Perhaps they won't bother.

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