Hot answers tagged working-holiday
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Having spent some time in the country, my suggestion would be Singapore. And here are my reasons:
Consistent weather throughout the year with most of the rainfall concentrated in a few months. At first it might feel too hot but air-conditioning in housing, public areas, shopping centres, public transport et al is ubiquitous and you generally don't have to ...
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There's an important distinction between leaving the US temporarily, and leaving permanently, which is as much as anything dictated by you returning to your place of residence.
If you are in the US under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) and you leave the US for a few weeks to visit Canada (or Mexico) with an intent to return to the US then you are deemed to ...
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Work visas aren't going to be given on arrival anywhere (I'd be highly surprised if they did). You'd be dealing with a lot of issues regarding taxation, potentially taking jobs away from local people, and benefits (or the lack thereof) - and Governments are starting to get really finicky about actual work visas as it is. Getting work visas, even ...
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The French Consulate web site says the working holiday visa takes an average of 2 weeks, but 1 week is generally ok. We have an applicant of our Ski Jobs France program applying tomorrow, so will let you know the latest processing time. The quickest time this year has been 3 days, but it does vary.
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You've got a relatively specific criteria in your question, so I'll do my best to answer it.
I would recommend the following destinations based on my personal experience:
Palawan, Philippines: Not only does it fit your criteria, it's also home to a couple of the UNESCO world heritage sites. The underground river in Puerto Princesa is really amazing to ...
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This is a pretty broad question, but I will give you some answers of my experiences:
Kenting - Taiwan. Not exactly the cheapest (of SE Asia), but a nice place with good beaches. Internet access is abundant and it is warm in winter, while not hot. People are super nice. http://www.tealit.com/article_categories.php?section=travel&article=kenting
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I might do my volunteering AFTER I arrived at my target city. And then walk in to the site of my choice.
The director of an institution has a choice of two volunteers, both of whom are foreign, and speaks English better than the local language: Someone who has called or emailed him or her, leaving a message, or someone who's sitting in front of him/her, and ...
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I find googling often yields annoying companies that want to charge you to volunteer. However someone gave me this resource for South America that is amazingly detailed and covers just about every option or country you could think of in that area of the world. Hope it's of interest / benefit:
http://www.volunteersouthamerica.net/
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I think this is subjective, but .... I'll give one suggestion. Argentina:
Ocean - with whales in Puerto Madryn, you can sit on the hostel balcony and watch them in the sea.
Warm - deserts in the west, warm weather in most of it, and rainforest in the north-east.
Wifi - almost everywhere - every hostel and most restaurants and cafes have it.
Great food - ...
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The formal name for this program is International Experience Canada. There is essentially nothing about it on the Canadian Border Services Agency site, other than explanations of how you can bring your possessions with you when you arrive. The Citizenship and Immigration Canada site wasn't much better but it turned out that was because the program has a site ...
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There's precisely one case that I'm aware of: if you're a citizen of a country that has signed the Svalbard Treaty -- and you probably are, since signatories include most all of Europe, the US, Canada, India, China, Japan, Australia etc -- you are "allowed to become residents and to have access to Svalbard including the right to fish, hunt or undertake any ...
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First, in Europe (at least in France) you need specific visa to work, such as the Work & Holiday visa.
As for the possibility to travel and work in other Schengen countries while holding a Work & Holiday visa, it seems that it's not allowed, according to this page (in French).
To be precise, Schengen countries offer more freedom to other Schengen ...
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I was going to answer, but not being Australian apparently I can't ;) However I can at least look up some more details for you.
The French Consulate in Sydney has a link that states 15 days at least. And judging by other visas I've applied for, I'd cynically expect that to be 15 working days. At least.
As an aside, I'm annoyed I didn't use more youth ...
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Does your friend know they can work while here on a student visa? Once their course has started they can work to 40 hrs a fortnight or maybe more, depending on their visa subclass. (See Permission to Work Arrangement for Student Visa Holders)
However, if they want to stay on after their course they'll need a Working Holiday Visa as you suggest and since ...
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From the VWP description page
VWP travelers who have been admitted under the Visa Waiver Program and who make a short trip to Canada, Mexico or an adjacent island generally can be readmitted to the United States under the VWP for the balance of their original admission period. See the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ...
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A seeming oasis of paperwork-free work possibilities is Georgia, a country not yet well established in the minds of travellers and tourists from the west, located between Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the Black Sea.
Now it doesn't answer the letter of your question but I believe it answers the spirit. If not to the original asker then certainly ...
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I've obtained several distinct work visas in Germany, all were post arrival visas. I'm an American citizen, who visited as a visiting professor, but I thought most visa waiver partners qualify under most jobs that grant work visas.
You might find other German speaking or Scandinavian countries follow this rule as well, but always check with the consulate, ...
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You're not mentioning where you are going, specifically. Websites like what you are searching for do exist, for some regions and locations, but focus on that region or location only.
So, where are you going?
Also, as has been pointed out, you're typically much better off, looking for a volunteer position after you've arrived at your destination.
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I'll try answering, but it will mostly be questions. As you answer these questions for yourself you may be in a better position to make a decision.
First, whose idea was this?
have you been offered a job in a ski resort?
did you read something about working in a ski resort and think "that sounds fun!"
do you know someone who did it and you want to do the ...
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My wife was a very nervous traveller as a young adult. She was brave for her first long flight but seemed almost more worried for later flights. She could travel but it wasn't easy.
Eventually, she was alone on a rather rough flight seated next to someone more even frightened than herself. The other passenger had the extra difficulty of not understanding ...
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Working holidays don't require you to return to your home country. There's a lot of You can apply for a new D-type at the consulate of the country you're being hosted in (i.e. find the German consulate in the Netherlands to apply).
Wikipedia has a bunch of well edited scenarios for applying, perhaps you can use that as a loose guideline until you can call ...
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