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Looking for my place
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Location: Portland
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 Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:06 pm Post subject: Best country for Gringa girl and her novio |
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Ok, so here is my situation. Canadian girl. Tons of ESL experience with TESL certificate, M. Ed and in a few months will have my B.Ed. Have Venezuelan b friend currently living in Spain. Since I do not have a E.U passport, moving there has tons of challenges. Venezuela has so many problems right now that living there would not provide any kind of quality of life. Getting married and living in Canada is an option, but one that would still take a great deal of time and one I would like to postpone for much later in the future. We both really thrive in Latin countries and would love to return. My question is this.... Where can we go where we can both find decent jobs and live comfortably. I would like to find a job in a private or international school but would he be able to find work without a work permit? (He is an electrician and has restaurant management experience.)
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naturegirl321
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Location: home sweet home
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| Come to Peru. Working under the table is done. HOwever, don't be expected to get a lot of pay. DO you both speak Spanish? |
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Justin Trullinger
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Location: Seoul, South Korea and Myanmar for a bit
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Venezuela has so many problems right now that living there would not provide any kind of quality of life. |
Depends on what you're into, I suppose. I know a lot of people who love it there just now.
But on to your questions- Some countries in Latin America have reciprocal visa agreements, which would make it fairly easy for him to get a visa. Check with consular web pages.
If he were your husband, a lot of international school positions would get him a visa- but as an unmarried couple, you're subject to discrimination on this. Most won't.
Electrician work for a Spanish speaker would be easy to find in most of Latin America, and badly paid. Restaurant work would take more time to make connections, and might not be so badly paid.
Best of luck,
Justin |
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Looking for my place
Joined: 09 Sep 2005
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Location: Portland
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Thanks for the tips. To answer to both posts.... he is Venezuelan so yes he speaks Spanish and while I understand a lot I could no way work in a job that required me to function on my Spanish speaking abilities.
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| Venezuela has so many problems right now that living there would not provide any kind of quality of life. |
I have already spent a year living in Venezuela. I loved it with all my heart and would love to return but all of my Venezuelan friends say that economically it is getting worse everyday and they themselves are thinking of gettng out..............
Thanks for the advice and keep it coming.  |
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misterbrownpants
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:21 pm Post subject: itsnot that BAD.... |
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hi there i am a canadian that came to Uruguay in 2002 and then came back in 2005 and got married and had a baby.. and i was able to find a good job.. teaching 17 hours a week and making more than my husband does in 40 hours of work a week. If only icould work FULL time
but.. i think that if you have opportunities to live in Ven. do it! No one is saying for you to set up camp anywhere.. like us. we are living in Uruguay right now.. which is also a pretty poor country.. but we are living comfortably, my husband is a construction man and i teach english.
we have a house and always have food on the table. what else do you really need??? We dont have a SUV or anything like that.. but we are doing pretty well.
We also were thinking of immigrating to Canada.. but it is kind of difficult and im not sure we are ready to make that kind of committment right now (to put all of our eggs in one basket forever...)
My husband doesn't speak much english and would make it difficult to go to Canada and find a decent job.. and i have no idea whatkind of job i would do back home either.. i finished university.. but am "lost" as to choosing a profession...
It is quite easy for Canadians to go to Spain..and find really good work... and if your hiusband has a EU pasport.. and is already there.. even better.
there are also some good jobs all over LA and the MERCOSUR. and esp. if you have a teaching degree.. mind you the pay is good for here but in canada it may not be that great.
i dunno? i started and rant and got lost |
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bejarano
Joined: 12 Sep 2006
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Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: itsnot that BAD.... |
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| misterbrownpants wrote: |
hi there i am a canadian that came to Uruguay in 2002 and then came back in 2005 and got married and had a baby.. and i was able to find a good job.. teaching 17 hours a week and making more than my husband does in 40 hours of work a week. If only icould work FULL time
but.. i think that if you have opportunities to live in Ven. do it! No one is saying for you to set up camp anywhere.. like us. we are living in Uruguay right now.. which is also a pretty poor country.. but we are living comfortably, my husband is a construction man and i teach english.
we have a house and always have food on the table. what else do you really need??? We dont have a SUV or anything like that.. but we are doing pretty well.
We also were thinking of immigrating to Canada.. but it is kind of difficult and im not sure we are ready to make that kind of committment right now (to put all of our eggs in one basket forever...)
My husband doesn't speak much english and would make it difficult to go to Canada and find a decent job.. and i have no idea whatkind of job i would do back home either.. i finished university.. but am "lost" as to choosing a profession...
It is quite easy for Canadians to go to Spain..and find really good work... and if your hiusband has a EU pasport.. and is already there.. even better.
there are also some good jobs all over LA and the MERCOSUR. and esp. if you have a teaching degree.. mind you the pay is good for here but in canada it may not be that great.
i dunno? i started and rant and got lost |
Hello,
So the spiel about teaching English in Uruguay (a bit of a bleak spot by all accounts) is urban myth?
Is there a lot of demand for English language teachers in Uruguay? I wouldn't mind living there for a year or two. Could you tell me more about working there, visas, pros and cons etc?
Cheers!  |
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