Can I get home with an expired visa?
I'm from Vancouver but I'm currently working in France as an au-pair (live-in nanny). I was issued (by the Canadian government) a student visa, valid for 3 months. When I arrived in France, I was supposed to apply for a residence permit/carte de séjour, which I did. However, I've been here since Oct. 2008 and now it's mid-May and I still haven't got my residence permit. My flight home is in 3 weeks. Am I going to have problems flying out of Europe (I'll be flying out of Luxembourg and then Amsterdam) with an expired visa? It's not my fault that it's taken so long to process my application. If anyone has any info or advice, it'd be much appreciated. I've tried contacting the Canadian government, but I haven't got a reply yet.
Other - Europe - 2 Answers
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You must contact your embassy ASAP! No visa is very big trouble for you. I do not think you will be permitted exit until you have a valid visa. Do not wait. Contact the consular now!
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You will be just fine, it is not a big problem. Your student visa was not issued by the Canadian but by the French government. The country you are *visiting* is the one that grants you a "permit" to stay/study. However you will *not* have any problems leaving France or the Schengen zone (see: Luxembourg, Netherlands) with an expired visa. It will of course be noted that you overstayed, and this will now have consequences for future visa applications. You will be allowed to go back to your own country, of course, but you will probably receive a "ban" for some time after you return home. You will not be allowed to return to the Schengen zone for some time (from months to several years).
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
how to save money on a eurotrip
how to save money on a eurotrip?
so next summer, i'd love to go to europe with my dad for 3-4 weeks, specifically to french-speaking regions so i can practice my french (corsica, monaco, france, belgium, luxembourg, switzerland, etc.) and maybe even stop in london for a couple days for the olympics (although, please excuse my ignorance, i have noo idea how that works). i have relatives who live in la rochelle, france, and an exchange student who lives in bordeaux who we could stay with, but other than that, how can we save money? i'm thinking the hotel rooms and transportation are really going to make it expensive. any ideas?
Packing & Preparation - 5 Answers
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Don't be too lavish. Please spend money for necessary things.
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dont spend too much. budget your daily expense
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Europe is generally very expensive you need to be basic about certain things try not spending too much on the hotel as most of the time you will be out shopping or sight seeing and just going to the hotel to sleep (i presume) secondly try to choose joints for eating that are affordable as good as the restaurants look from outside they may not have value for money so you can actually enter a supermarket and grab a decent bite for one meal and the other meal you can pop by in a near by cafe every second shop is either a restaurant or cafe so you will get an idea where you can grab a bite from thirdly try and book your train tickets and air tickets in advance to get the cheap fares esp for the trains thalys and eurostar have offers for early bookings and the rides are very very smooth all the best and enjoy yourself
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I assume you are not European, if so, you will be able to get an Eurail pass, not an InterRail. The man in seat sixty-one has a good site with lots of information for you: http://www.seat61.com/ You 'should' read the page on France, the page on rail passes and maybe just roam around the site to see if there is something else you like to see. On the France page, (click on France in the bar on the left) you will see 'how to buy tickets' in the heading of the page, and How to travel from the UK to France, that info is as good for you as for people who start out in England. If you do decide for a rail pass, it is likely that a 3 countries Eurail Switzerland, France and Benelux will do. The UK is never included. Booking all your train travels early is likely cheaper but less flexible. On the French railway site you can book for all TGV trains as well as the Thalys and Eurostar, that are the high speed trains, and booking early you can save 50 to 90% of the price of tickets bought on the day of traveling. For cheap places to stay use one of the hostel booking sites, they also do cheap hotels and bed and breakfast kind of places. If you do not mind sharing a room with your dad you will often find hotels as cheap as two beds in a dorm in a hostel, but sometimes you will pay less when you go to hostels. France is a country to eat out, but hostels will allow you to do (part of) your own cooking. Cooked lunches in restaurants are often way cheaper than dinners, so if you want to eat out and still want to save money, go out for lunch and cook your own dinner. If you want to see some of the top games of the Olympics, you will have to apply for your tickets very soon, but often there will be sports that have games with tickets for sale when it is almost time for start.
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Bonjour. Cheap Hotels: Formule 1, B'nB (Bed and Breakfast, that is the name of the hotels company) Cheap supermaket: Aldi, Lidl, Leader Price, Netto, Ed Transports: City bus and subway aren't expensive. Trains prices are decent. Plane: forget it! All of that is for France only (but you can find some of these companies over Europe).
so next summer, i'd love to go to europe with my dad for 3-4 weeks, specifically to french-speaking regions so i can practice my french (corsica, monaco, france, belgium, luxembourg, switzerland, etc.) and maybe even stop in london for a couple days for the olympics (although, please excuse my ignorance, i have noo idea how that works). i have relatives who live in la rochelle, france, and an exchange student who lives in bordeaux who we could stay with, but other than that, how can we save money? i'm thinking the hotel rooms and transportation are really going to make it expensive. any ideas?
Packing & Preparation - 5 Answers
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1 :
Don't be too lavish. Please spend money for necessary things.
2 :
dont spend too much. budget your daily expense
3 :
Europe is generally very expensive you need to be basic about certain things try not spending too much on the hotel as most of the time you will be out shopping or sight seeing and just going to the hotel to sleep (i presume) secondly try to choose joints for eating that are affordable as good as the restaurants look from outside they may not have value for money so you can actually enter a supermarket and grab a decent bite for one meal and the other meal you can pop by in a near by cafe every second shop is either a restaurant or cafe so you will get an idea where you can grab a bite from thirdly try and book your train tickets and air tickets in advance to get the cheap fares esp for the trains thalys and eurostar have offers for early bookings and the rides are very very smooth all the best and enjoy yourself
4 :
I assume you are not European, if so, you will be able to get an Eurail pass, not an InterRail. The man in seat sixty-one has a good site with lots of information for you: http://www.seat61.com/ You 'should' read the page on France, the page on rail passes and maybe just roam around the site to see if there is something else you like to see. On the France page, (click on France in the bar on the left) you will see 'how to buy tickets' in the heading of the page, and How to travel from the UK to France, that info is as good for you as for people who start out in England. If you do decide for a rail pass, it is likely that a 3 countries Eurail Switzerland, France and Benelux will do. The UK is never included. Booking all your train travels early is likely cheaper but less flexible. On the French railway site you can book for all TGV trains as well as the Thalys and Eurostar, that are the high speed trains, and booking early you can save 50 to 90% of the price of tickets bought on the day of traveling. For cheap places to stay use one of the hostel booking sites, they also do cheap hotels and bed and breakfast kind of places. If you do not mind sharing a room with your dad you will often find hotels as cheap as two beds in a dorm in a hostel, but sometimes you will pay less when you go to hostels. France is a country to eat out, but hostels will allow you to do (part of) your own cooking. Cooked lunches in restaurants are often way cheaper than dinners, so if you want to eat out and still want to save money, go out for lunch and cook your own dinner. If you want to see some of the top games of the Olympics, you will have to apply for your tickets very soon, but often there will be sports that have games with tickets for sale when it is almost time for start.
5 :
Bonjour. Cheap Hotels: Formule 1, B'nB (Bed and Breakfast, that is the name of the hotels company) Cheap supermaket: Aldi, Lidl, Leader Price, Netto, Ed Transports: City bus and subway aren't expensive. Trains prices are decent. Plane: forget it! All of that is for France only (but you can find some of these companies over Europe).
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Teach English in Western Europe as a career
Teach English in Western Europe as a career?
Should I just get my Bachelor's in English Literature and then TESOL certification and look for a job? What about getting a Master's in TEFL? is it worth getting right after the Bachelor's or should I wait until I have a few years of teaching experience before getting it? I want to teach in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Sweden or Norway. I'm actually a citizen of France and not the USA even though I've lived here since the age of 9 (so working in the EU won't be a problem)! I'm 22 and currently pursuing my Bachelor's in English Literature. Help me out am I going about this the right way or could I be doing it better? Any helpful tips or interesting forums or websites? Thanks in advance
Teaching - 6 Answers
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In general you'll need a degree and a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certificate to get a visa and work. The TEFL certificate can be taken either in-house or online at your own pace which is a much cheaper option (see http://icalweb.com). Having a Masters will probably not make much difference initially. If you go for a higher level job then you may well find a Masters useful, but at the same time they will also look for experience. So I'd personally suggest getting a first degree and then some experience and then seeing where that takes you.
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I wouldn't do an MA just yet, you won't get paid any more in Europe (it might help you out if you want to teach in the Middle East or Japan though). Make sure your TEFL certificate is either the CELTA or Trinity TESOL. They are the only independently accredited and internationally accepted courses. Most schools in Europe will only consider teacher with these qualifications, mainly as they contain 6 hours observed in class teaching practice with real students. Many language schools across Europe offer these specific courses for new teachers. Good luck!
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Hey, Great to see you're interested in teaching in Western Europe. To find jobs in Europe you will need to have a TESOL/TEFL certificate of at least 120 hours. You wouldn't need a Masters to teach English, so it wouldn't probably be worth doing in order to teach in Europe. For more information about teaching abroad, you might want to download a free copy of TEFL Uncovered: How to Teach Your Way Abroad with TEFL - it'll give you loads of advice and help on the courses that are available to you. http://www.onlinetefl.com/contact-tefl-team/tefl-ebook.html Also you may want to check out i-to-i's Chalkboard, which is an online community dedicated to TEFL. There are loads of members on there who are teaching abroad, so you'll be able to get lots of help and advice. You can take a look here: http://www.onlinetefl.com/tefl-chalkboard Hope this helps you!
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You might also want to take the CAE since you weren't born in an english speaking country. An MA woudl help as well down the road, but you could get started with just a BA. Here's a good place to start, http://tefltips.blogspot.com
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Finding the right school or university in Switzerland can be quite a daunting task. Switzerland is one of the best places in the world to receive a very broad education. Also Switzerland speaks 3 languages officially (French, German and Italian). Of course English is nearly considered a national language due to all the finance that takes place in Switzerland. A great place that offers advice on Swiss private schools and universities is a Swiss company called SIEPS SA (http://www.sieps.ch). They can also assist with housing, translations, account payments, general business and administrative tasks. Also if you are a student and need to provide financial guarantees for housing, SIEPS will provide personal and corporate guarantees on your behalf! SIEPS also has an excellent jobs networking database where you can post your CV and motivational letters online and best of all it is completely free!
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I taught ESL to get through university in Switzerland. In the early 2000s there were jobs everywhere but the economy and a massive saturation of the market (both of new schools and of teachers) has made it harder to survive now days as a teacher. I have a friend and former colleague who barely scratches by in Paris. I am told the situation is pretty rough in Germany as well. Meanwhile back here in Switzerland, you can at least still earn a living. Salaries start at about 25 CHF an hour and go up to 60 CHF an hour in some schools. Next to no one will hire you full time though, you will always be by the hour in most countries. Don't listen to hopeful newbies who are 'negotiating' or 'talking with the union' about this. They have been doing that for 20 years. They will be doing that 20 years from now. If you intend to teach ESL a degree in English, ESL or TEFL helps. A CELTA strengthens your hand exponentially, a DELTA will take you even further. (You can get these in a month studying full time.) It does help to be in Switzerland because there are also private schools and univeristies all over the place, so if you tire of teaching ESL you can switch over to teaching high school English Literature. On that note, if you really want to get into the big bucks, you can do a masters at the University of Geneva and be a substitute ESL teacher in the public system. That pays 60 CHF an hour and positions you for openings to teach high school ESL when you graduate (you must have a Masters). High School ESL pays in the environment of 8k to 10k per MONTH. Seriously. Look it up.
Should I just get my Bachelor's in English Literature and then TESOL certification and look for a job? What about getting a Master's in TEFL? is it worth getting right after the Bachelor's or should I wait until I have a few years of teaching experience before getting it? I want to teach in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Sweden or Norway. I'm actually a citizen of France and not the USA even though I've lived here since the age of 9 (so working in the EU won't be a problem)! I'm 22 and currently pursuing my Bachelor's in English Literature. Help me out am I going about this the right way or could I be doing it better? Any helpful tips or interesting forums or websites? Thanks in advance
Teaching - 6 Answers
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1 :
In general you'll need a degree and a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certificate to get a visa and work. The TEFL certificate can be taken either in-house or online at your own pace which is a much cheaper option (see http://icalweb.com). Having a Masters will probably not make much difference initially. If you go for a higher level job then you may well find a Masters useful, but at the same time they will also look for experience. So I'd personally suggest getting a first degree and then some experience and then seeing where that takes you.
2 :
I wouldn't do an MA just yet, you won't get paid any more in Europe (it might help you out if you want to teach in the Middle East or Japan though). Make sure your TEFL certificate is either the CELTA or Trinity TESOL. They are the only independently accredited and internationally accepted courses. Most schools in Europe will only consider teacher with these qualifications, mainly as they contain 6 hours observed in class teaching practice with real students. Many language schools across Europe offer these specific courses for new teachers. Good luck!
3 :
Hey, Great to see you're interested in teaching in Western Europe. To find jobs in Europe you will need to have a TESOL/TEFL certificate of at least 120 hours. You wouldn't need a Masters to teach English, so it wouldn't probably be worth doing in order to teach in Europe. For more information about teaching abroad, you might want to download a free copy of TEFL Uncovered: How to Teach Your Way Abroad with TEFL - it'll give you loads of advice and help on the courses that are available to you. http://www.onlinetefl.com/contact-tefl-team/tefl-ebook.html Also you may want to check out i-to-i's Chalkboard, which is an online community dedicated to TEFL. There are loads of members on there who are teaching abroad, so you'll be able to get lots of help and advice. You can take a look here: http://www.onlinetefl.com/tefl-chalkboard Hope this helps you!
4 :
You might also want to take the CAE since you weren't born in an english speaking country. An MA woudl help as well down the road, but you could get started with just a BA. Here's a good place to start, http://tefltips.blogspot.com
5 :
Finding the right school or university in Switzerland can be quite a daunting task. Switzerland is one of the best places in the world to receive a very broad education. Also Switzerland speaks 3 languages officially (French, German and Italian). Of course English is nearly considered a national language due to all the finance that takes place in Switzerland. A great place that offers advice on Swiss private schools and universities is a Swiss company called SIEPS SA (http://www.sieps.ch). They can also assist with housing, translations, account payments, general business and administrative tasks. Also if you are a student and need to provide financial guarantees for housing, SIEPS will provide personal and corporate guarantees on your behalf! SIEPS also has an excellent jobs networking database where you can post your CV and motivational letters online and best of all it is completely free!
6 :
I taught ESL to get through university in Switzerland. In the early 2000s there were jobs everywhere but the economy and a massive saturation of the market (both of new schools and of teachers) has made it harder to survive now days as a teacher. I have a friend and former colleague who barely scratches by in Paris. I am told the situation is pretty rough in Germany as well. Meanwhile back here in Switzerland, you can at least still earn a living. Salaries start at about 25 CHF an hour and go up to 60 CHF an hour in some schools. Next to no one will hire you full time though, you will always be by the hour in most countries. Don't listen to hopeful newbies who are 'negotiating' or 'talking with the union' about this. They have been doing that for 20 years. They will be doing that 20 years from now. If you intend to teach ESL a degree in English, ESL or TEFL helps. A CELTA strengthens your hand exponentially, a DELTA will take you even further. (You can get these in a month studying full time.) It does help to be in Switzerland because there are also private schools and univeristies all over the place, so if you tire of teaching ESL you can switch over to teaching high school English Literature. On that note, if you really want to get into the big bucks, you can do a masters at the University of Geneva and be a substitute ESL teacher in the public system. That pays 60 CHF an hour and positions you for openings to teach high school ESL when you graduate (you must have a Masters). High School ESL pays in the environment of 8k to 10k per MONTH. Seriously. Look it up.
Monday, August 1, 2011
R&S:Did Winston Churchill Believe in a Worldwide Jewish Conspiracy
R&S:Did Winston Churchill Believe in a Worldwide Jewish Conspiracy?
Winston Churchill, believed that a group of "international Jews" was striving to take over the world. On February 8, 1920, the Illustrated Sunday Herald (published in London) ran an article by Churchill. Its title: "Zionism Versus Bolshevism: A Struggle for the Soul of the Jewish People." It Reads:- ".....This movement among the Jews is not new. From the days of Spartacus-Weishaupt to those of Karl Marx, and down to Trotsky (Russia), Bela Kun (Hungary), Rosa Luxembourg (Germany), and Emma Goldman (United States), this world-wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization and for the reconstitution of society on the basis of arrested development, of envious malevolence, and impossible equality, has been steadily growing...... It Goes On To Say:- .........the same evil prominence was obtained by Jews in the brief period of terror during which Bela Kun ruled in Hungary. The same phenomenon has been presented in Germany (especially in Bavaria), so far as this madness has been allowed to prey upon the temporary prostration of the German people. Although in all these countries there are many non-Jews every whit as bad as the worst of the Jewish revolutionaries, the part played by the latter in proportion to their numbers in the population is astonishing." the leading Churchill bibliographer, Frederick Woods, has pronounced the article genuine, listing it in his authoritative A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill... Is It True Or Is This A Fabrication?
Religion & Spirituality - 2 Answers
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Yes, and he ended up working for them. A bunch of Jews called the Focus Group financed Churchill throughout his wilderness years. He is admired now for warning about Hitler when most British politicians were receptive to him, Churchill was a puppet and the worse traitor this country has ever had. http://www.fpp.co.uk/bookchapters/WSC/Waley_Cohen.html http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2950456033771784327# EDIT: Here's some sources for your quotes: http://www.historiography-project.com/images/19200208churchill.gif http://www.historiasiglo20.org/pioneers/churchill.htm
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Yes, and they're still trying, look at wall street.
Winston Churchill, believed that a group of "international Jews" was striving to take over the world. On February 8, 1920, the Illustrated Sunday Herald (published in London) ran an article by Churchill. Its title: "Zionism Versus Bolshevism: A Struggle for the Soul of the Jewish People." It Reads:- ".....This movement among the Jews is not new. From the days of Spartacus-Weishaupt to those of Karl Marx, and down to Trotsky (Russia), Bela Kun (Hungary), Rosa Luxembourg (Germany), and Emma Goldman (United States), this world-wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization and for the reconstitution of society on the basis of arrested development, of envious malevolence, and impossible equality, has been steadily growing...... It Goes On To Say:- .........the same evil prominence was obtained by Jews in the brief period of terror during which Bela Kun ruled in Hungary. The same phenomenon has been presented in Germany (especially in Bavaria), so far as this madness has been allowed to prey upon the temporary prostration of the German people. Although in all these countries there are many non-Jews every whit as bad as the worst of the Jewish revolutionaries, the part played by the latter in proportion to their numbers in the population is astonishing." the leading Churchill bibliographer, Frederick Woods, has pronounced the article genuine, listing it in his authoritative A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill... Is It True Or Is This A Fabrication?
Religion & Spirituality - 2 Answers
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Yes, and he ended up working for them. A bunch of Jews called the Focus Group financed Churchill throughout his wilderness years. He is admired now for warning about Hitler when most British politicians were receptive to him, Churchill was a puppet and the worse traitor this country has ever had. http://www.fpp.co.uk/bookchapters/WSC/Waley_Cohen.html http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2950456033771784327# EDIT: Here's some sources for your quotes: http://www.historiography-project.com/images/19200208churchill.gif http://www.historiasiglo20.org/pioneers/churchill.htm
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Yes, and they're still trying, look at wall street.
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