Will

I'm interested in moving to Europe but don't really know what I need
in the way of travel visas or work visas. Can someone enlighten me as
to what I will need in order to live and work in another country. I
have a passport and access to a plane ticket...that's about it.
Thanks in advance! --Will

Miguel Cruz

Will wrote:
    > I'm interested in moving to Europe but don't really know what I need
    > in the way of travel visas or work visas. Can someone enlighten me as
    > to what I will need in order to live and work in another country.

You need a job before you go. Your employer will arrange a work visa.

miguel
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Peter L

"Will" wrote in message
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    > I'm interested in moving to Europe but don't really know what I need
    > in the way of travel visas or work visas. Can someone enlighten me as
    > to what I will need in order to live and work in another country. I
    > have a passport and access to a plane ticket...that's about it.
    > Thanks in advance! --Will

Assuming you hold a US passport (posting from Charlotte, NC?), you'll need a
work visa, probably from some company that has offered you a job at the
country where you want to move to.

John

also check where your parents (and yourself) were born, it might get you
some visa freebies.

John.



"Peter L" wrote in message
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    > "Will" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > I'm interested in moving to Europe but don't really know what I need
    > > in the way of travel visas or work visas. Can someone enlighten me as
    > > to what I will need in order to live and work in another country. I
    > > have a passport and access to a plane ticket...that's about it.
    > > Thanks in advance! --Will
    > Assuming you hold a US passport (posting from Charlotte, NC?), you'll need
a
    > work visa, probably from some company that has offered you a job at the
    > country where you want to move to.

Nicola Marzolino

Unless you are going to the UK, I would start leaning the language of the
country you are interested in. As a tourist you can get by with English but
living and working in another country will mean knowing the language.


"Will" wrote in message
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    > I'm interested in moving to Europe but don't really know what I need
    > in the way of travel visas or work visas. Can someone enlighten me as
    > to what I will need in order to live and work in another country. I
    > have a passport and access to a plane ticket...that's about it.
    > Thanks in advance! --Will

Ulf Kutzner

Will schrieb:
    >
    > I'm interested in moving to Europe but don't really know what I need
    > in the way of travel visas or work visas. Can someone enlighten me as
    > to what I will need in order to live and work in another country. I
    > have a passport and access to a plane ticket...that's about it.

Your aim is immigration, not travel.

Regards & F'up2, ULF

Mark Hewitt

"Nicola Marzolino" wrote in message
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    > Unless you are going to the UK, I would start leaning the language of the
    > country you are interested in. As a tourist you can get by with English
but
    > living and working in another country will mean knowing the language.


This advice applies to moving to the UK too! ;-)

Mxsmanic

Will writes:

    > I'm interested in moving to Europe but don't
    > really know what I need in the way of travel
    > visas or work visas.

You must find a job in advance (before actually moving to Europe), and
your employer must fill out papers in order to get you a visa and work
permit. Allow about 12 months _after_ you sign a contract before you
actually move.

    > I have a passport and access to a plane ticket...
    > that's about it.

That won't suffice.

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Evelynvogtgamble

Will wrote:
    >
    > I'm interested in moving to Europe but don't really know what I need
    > in the way of travel visas or work visas. Can someone enlighten me as
    > to what I will need in order to live and work in another country. I
    > have a passport and access to a plane ticket...that's about it.
    > Thanks in advance! --Will

As has been said here before, it depends upon where you are moving
FROM. From the U.S., unless you have a job with a U.S. company overseas
before you leave, the chances are evidently pretty slim of being allowed
to stay and work there. Now, if you're independently wealthy, and can
prove you'll never become a "ward of the state", it's probably
possible. We have some Americans in this newsgroup who either have
already moved to Europe or are about to do so, but they obviously
anticipate enough retirement income so they need not worry about work
restrictions.

Deep Floyd Mars

Will wrote in message
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    > I'm interested in moving to Europe but don't really know what I need
    > in the way of travel visas or work visas. Can someone enlighten me as
    > to what I will need in order to live and work in another country. I
    > have a passport and access to a plane ticket...that's about it.
    > Thanks in advance! --Will

Europe consists of dozens of countries. Did you have one in mind?
---
DFM

Thomas Peel

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" schrieb:
    >
    > Will wrote:
    > >
    > > I'm interested in moving to Europe but don't really know what I need
    > > in the way of travel visas or work visas. Can someone enlighten me as
    > > to what I will need in order to live and work in another country. I
    > > have a passport and access to a plane ticket...that's about it.
    > > Thanks in advance! --Will
    >
    > As has been said here before, it depends upon where you are moving
    > FROM. From the U.S., unless you have a job with a U.S. company overseas
    > before you leave, the chances are evidently pretty slim of being allowed
    > to stay and work there. Now, if you're independently wealthy, and can
    > prove you'll never become a "ward of the state", it's probably
    > possible. We have some Americans in this newsgroup who either have
    > already moved to Europe or are about to do so, but they obviously
    > anticipate enough retirement income so they need not worry about work
    > restrictions.

I guess as a last resort he could marry a European.

Tom

Greg Byshenk

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
    > Will wrote:

    > > I'm interested in moving to Europe but don't really know what I need
    > > in the way of travel visas or work visas. Can someone enlighten me as
    > > to what I will need in order to live and work in another country. I
    > > have a passport and access to a plane ticket...that's about it.
    > > Thanks in advance! --Will

    > As has been said here before, it depends upon where you are moving
    > FROM. From the U.S., unless you have a job with a U.S. company overseas
    > before you leave, the chances are evidently pretty slim of being allowed
    > to stay and work there. [...]

Make that: "...unless you already have a job with a company overseas...".
It makes no real difference if the job in question is with a US company, a
multinational, or a European company. In my case, I found a job with a
Dutch company.

That said, it is true that it is extremely difficult for non-EU nationals
to simply show up in Europe and fine legal work (with a few exceptions,
such as the "working holiday" visas in the UK for young people from
certain Commonwealth countries -- and I believe that even these must be
arranged prior to arrival in the UK).


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Surreyman

Mxsmanic wrote in message
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    > Will writes:
    > > I'm interested in moving to Europe but don't
    > > really know what I need in the way of travel
    > > visas or work visas.
    > You must find a job in advance (before actually moving to Europe), and
    > your employer must fill out papers in order to get you a visa and work
    > permit. Allow about 12 months _after_ you sign a contract before you
    > actually move.
    > > I have a passport and access to a plane ticket...
    > > that's about it.
    > That won't suffice.

In the nicest possible way, don't you need a bit of information, too? Where
in Europe and why? It's as different as Alaska/Hawaii (plus the equivalent
of an entirely different foreign language per State!).

Surreyman

Mxsmanic

Surreyman writes:

    > In the nicest possible way, don't you need a bit
    > of information, too?

That would help, of course, but it is not far off to state as a general
rule that simply flying to Europe and working there is not a very
practical project. It took me a year just to move to Europe, and around
five years just to get fully established on the Continent, and I had the
full support of a large multinational corporation to help me.

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Barbara Vaughan

Will wrote:
    >
    > I'm interested in moving to Europe but don't really know what I need
    > in the way of travel visas or work visas. Can someone enlighten me as
    > to what I will need in order to live and work in another country. I
    > have a passport and access to a plane ticket...that's about it.
    > Thanks in advance! --Will

Getting a work visa in Europe is about as easy as it is for a European
to get a work visa in the US. That is to say it's very difficult. If you
are a student there are some joint cultural exchange agreements that
will allow you to work for a short time, but this isn't going to allow
you to "move to Europe". If you would like to try a student work
exchange, ask at ISIC on your local campus.

Other than that, probably the easiest way to get a job in Europe is to
get a job in the US with a company that has major operations in Europe.
Then make sure that you master the language that's spoken in their
Europe office. Then make it known that you would love a transfer to that
office.

If you have some special unique skill, you might be able to get a job
with a European company that needs that skill. However, the company will
have to go through a tedious bureaucratic process to justify to their
government why they're hiring a foreigner, and will have to demonstrate
that they couldn't find anyone in their own country who had your skill.
They have to really want you badly to go through all that.

Barbara