Two friends and I are recent college graduates, after working 1 year towards our careers we plan to pack up and move to Europe for 6 months. We plan on (attempting) to find simple jobs and work 3 days per week. Our free time will be used for traveling Europe and enjoying whichever city we choose to live in. Is 6 months a long enough amount of time for the move to be worth it?
Moving to Europe for 6 months
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- 1 Am I in an unsafe Parisian neighborhood?
- 2 Italy-Locarno or Stresa
- 3 Student Traveling 2 weeks in France, Italy etc
- 4 PARIS: apartment for a family of 4. Could use your help.
- 5 Paris to Basel on EuRail pass
- 6 12 days, 3 couples, one week in London Sept 2013
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TR Provence, Israel, Switzerland, Italy..April 16 a day of AA infamy
- 8 Clifden Ireland, farm or stable lodging
- 9 Train tickets
- 10 Should we stop in Basel on our way to Zurich.
- 11 How to get from Nice to Cinque Terre by train
- 12 Swiss visit - Mürren for Berner Oberland and Chur? Sargans? for Engadin hub
- 13 First Timer - Itinerary Help - Europe tour for 22 days
- 14 Cuenca or Toledo
- 15 please HELP--so confused!!
- 16 Rhine/Mosel River Itinerary
- 17 Trains in Italy
- 18 Train from Naples to Sorrento
- 19 charming small French city for weeklong stay?
- 20 jungfraujoch mid june
- 21 3 LADIES - NAXOS OR PAROS AS BASE FOR 7 DAYS
- 22 Train from Amsterdam to Bruges
- 23 Beatiful place near Aix-en-Provence or not too far from St Paul de Vence
- 24 Venice Hotel near Cruise Terminal
- 25 I Need To Vent!
Not generally possible - Assuming you don't have European passports.
Most of Europe is in the Schengen zone and you are only allowed to stay 90 days w/i any 6 month period. And you would not be allowed to work during your stay.
Now, you could stay 3 months in Schengen and up to 6 months in the UK . . . but again you would not be allowed to work.
Oh - didn't notice you tagged your thread for Sweden. Sweden is part of Schengen, so what I posted definitely applies.
What kind of a passport do you have? If US you can stay only
90 days in Schengen and you can't work - for the UK 6 months - but no working.(Anyone who employes you will have a LOT of legal problems. And how do you work in Sweden unless you speak Swedish?)
Suggest you provide more info - your nationality and if you have investigated the rules for travel in the EU for someone of your nationality. (For some people with parents whoo were born in the EU it may be possible to get an EU passport - which might allow you to stay longer and possibly get a job. But for that I would contact the embassy of the country in question to be a correct answer.)
What nytraveler said about European parents is true -- But I'd guess if that applies to one or more of you, the likelihood that all 3 of you fit that description seems pretty remote.
Jobs are thin on the ground pretty much everywhere in Europe even if you qualify for them. Part time jobs are even thinner on the ground.
Whilst I wish you well in your attempts I really have my doubts that you could all three qualify to work in Europe and all three find part time jobs, in the same place, for the same three days.
There are plenty of unemployed people here looking for work too.
Line up jobs that you can do remotely from the states. Like writing, blogging, graphic design, programming, etc. Or, try teaching English.
One idea is you find a nice US corporation who wants something doing by recent graduates in a subsidiary. Job sharing might work. I've seen people take on numpty-HR jobs like finding appartments for visiting execs or making sure exec's kids get to school on time.
Alternativley, I understand American Presidential hopefuls can spend time bringing the faith to Europeans so maybe become a Mormon????? There must be similar blags for other faiths.