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[Caractacus]

Hi, I'm currently teaching English in Montevideo and one of my bosses has offered me work teaching busines english that due to my timetable I'm unable to take.

If you're in the city and wanting some hours, please contact her. She's friendly, reliable, doesn't try to exploit people or anything. Ask for 200 pesos/hour.

Her name is Alicia Barbitta, her company is Focus Ingl�s Empresarial (www.focus.edu.uy) and her email is [email protected].

Cheers

[jimsaruff]

Thanks for the tip.

You've made Uruguay sound like quite the place to be!!!

What type of visa, and lasting how long, does one operate under?

[jimsaruff]

Thanks for the tip.

You've made Uruguay sound like quite the place to be!!!

What type of visa, and lasting how long, does one operate under?

[Caractacus]

When you first arrive you can work on the tourist visa (90 days), just popping over to Buenos Aires every 3 months to renew it.
I did this for the whole of last year without a problem. Now I've got a couple of employers it's easy enough to organize a 'c�dula' which is a Uruguayan work permit. Although if you intend to sort this out eventually, it's a good idea to get a police check from your home country and bring it with you, since you need one for the last 5 years when you apply for the c�dula.

[jimsaruff]

Thanks for your time and the info.

Do you think that '5-year background check' needs to be from any particular agency? State or national, or what?

What do people do? Just ask the local precinct for a 5-year report?

Thanks again for your time.

[Caractacus]

I think it needs to be a police check. In the UK where I'm from that's who did it for me.

[naturegirl321]

[Caractacus]

Yes your employer(s) need to support your request for a cedula, and yes you do need to get the police check first legalized by the Uruguayan embassy in your home country, and then translated in Uruguay and legalized again - quite the long process!