Eurotrip?

[Claws of Perdition]

So I want to make a trip to Europe most likely staying in Germany but travelling around, the following possibilities have arised;

*Go there during the summer and cram in as much music and scenery as possible
*Stay there for a few months and try and find some work.
*A little of column A a little of column B
*I find where Maren lives and dont leave

Im swaying towards trying to find some work and stay there for as long as possible.

As many of you are local to this area and many of you have travelled what are some suggestions, good places to go, tips on finding some work overseas etc.

 

[KILL TULLY]

I would love to hear about the "finding some work" thing, because I will go do that asap.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

I'm going there in september until mid-october, though its highly likely i'm gonna stick around and try and get a job. Hopefully with Cisco, my buddy thinks he can do it.

 

[snow2fall]

*I find where Maren lives and dont leave

:zombie:

 

[Jim LotFP]

I thought this was going to be a thread about the greatest movie ever, Eurotrip.

 

[lizard]

my buddy went to Germany as an 18 yr old and got a job at the Paulaner Brewery!!

make sure you read up on whatever current laws there are regarding employment tho.

don't know if this is the most recent, but:

Since January 1, 2005, immigration to Germany is governed by a new Immigration Law. For the first time Germany has legislation to control immigration, and to limit it effectively.

But immigrating to Germany as a non EU-citizen is only easier in a modified way, because the government decided to continue to limit recruitment of foreign employees. In particular, this applies for unskilled or semi-skilled employees. In order to obtain a work permit there must be a justified individual case or a public interest in that employment. In other words, access to the German job market is generally only possible when there is a lack of German or foreign privileged manpower.

This means that without a concrete job offer there is almost no chance of getting a residence permit without family relations. Hence, prior to everything else, the applicant must find a job!

Thereafter, the prospective employer has to announce this engagement to the employment center (Arbeitsagentur). The “Arbeitsagentur” only agrees with issuing a residence permit, if there is no German or otherwise privileged foreign employee available for this employment.

There are exceptions, in particular, for highly qualified employees. These are, e.g. scientists with specialized knowledge, teachers or scientific assistants in peculiar position as well as other specialists and employees with professional experience with an annual income above a certain level. (Currently at least 83.700 € p.a.) Highly qualified employees might immediately receive a permanent residence permit (“Niederlassungserlaubnis&#8221.


pretty restrictive, but with reunification and the problems it brought plus europe's continuing problems with immigrants and their pissy attitudes, its understandable.

 

[Claws of Perdition]

Damnit! I really wanted to work over in Germany too, looks like i need to find somewhere else as im not a scientist or anything.

I heard UK is quite expensive and i dont really want to go there anyway unless it is to see MDB.

Will have to think of other alternatives if that law is correct might go look it up, thanks Liz.

Edit: 1000th POST!!!!!

 

[radiobabe]

:zombie:

Hmm he doesn't know that i can fence ...

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

meh, he could still probably take you sandy.

 

[snow2fall]

meh, he could still probably take you sandy.

I seriously doubt it.

 

[MajestikMøøse]

I'd show up just to get my ass kicked by sexy women!

 

[Disgustipated]

I'm currently on my Eurotrip.

 

[Night Mare]

I seriously doubt it.

As do I, and I have never met Sandy.

 

[JayKeeley]

*Stay there for a few months and try and find some work.


Im swaying towards trying to find some work and stay there for as long as possible.

Yeah, I was going to say, if you want to find work then you might want to stay there longer than a "few months" otherwise I'd just go with column A.

Also, if you work, you can just keep travelling around. Not sure what kind of work visas you'll need though unless you only do "cash in hand" type work, like punting at the sailor docks or pulling some old grannie's weeds.

 

[Claws of Perdition]

I looked up at getting a German work visa but i need to have atleast $4800 saved and a return flight ticket so that makes it like $8500 i need

Need to look into it heaps more if i got something like that i can stay for upto 12 months which would be awesome.

 

[Reign in Acai]

You rock for doing this bro. Good luck with it.

 

[JayKeeley]

Just get a euro pass train ticket and hit the road. You'll need less than $4800 to surive a long summer in Europe (May - Sept).

See as many countries as you can, time permitting, without rushing yourself.

And then, when you decide which country you liked the best, you can go live there for several months the following year with some $ in the bank.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

i know where i'm staying though i'd love to go see austria in the winter! and perhaps a trip to footbalm's house

 

[Nico]

JK, is the UK part of the European Union? I've got dual citizenship (Swiss parents) and I've been trying to figure out whether I'd need a visa to get around Europe, and I'd really like to see the UK.

 

[Night Mare]

Yeh I am a dual citizen too, might be living on the other side of the world before long
See ya there Matt, haha.