How can I get into college if I am not an english speaker?

Best european city to get a job as an English speaker?

• me and my friend wanted to move to Berlin in September to live for a year and get a job and absorb the culture. After looking i've heard its quite hard to get jobs in Berlin? are there any cities in Europe that are better to get a job as an English speaker? like maybe a good city in Holland? we chose Berlin because i love the city so we dont really want to settle for somewhere.. boring.. any help on Berlin would be good and/or any other city!

• Answer:

  Where are you from? If you're not European, it will be difficult to get a job here and you'll need a visa that allows you to live and work here before you come. The easiest ways to move are through a student visa or an elective residence visa, but you would need to prove you can support yourself without working. Getting a visa that allows you to live and work here is not easy to do at all. You can't just pick up, move to another country and look for a job. For example, it would be illegal for you to either live in or work in the countries in Europe (or elsewhere) without obtaining a visa that allows you to live and work here before you come. Right now, the economy is not good and there are not many jobs available. The best opportunity is probably in the healthcare field. EU citizens have the right to live and work freely within the EU, others cannot automatically live and work here. My direct experience is with Italy where I've been living for the past 12 years. The site for visas here in Italy is: http://www.esteri.it/visti/index_eng.asp . The site has links to the application, the additional information you need to supply in order to get the visa and where to apply. It also includes education visas which are somewhat easier to get than work visas. A work permit is separate - you cannot apply for that yourself. The company has to apply and they have to be able to demonstrate that there is not a viable EU candidate for the job. As a result, jobs for foreigners including Canadian or US citizens are pretty much restricted to people with special education, knowledge, or experience ... and you would have to be able to speak the local language. Right now, as noted above, the best bet would probably be something in the healthcare field. When I moved here, it was through a transfer of the job I was already doing in the US to the Italian office. Even so, it took 8 months to put all the paperwork in place to apply for a visa. It's useful to check the expat sites for information about living and working in the places you might be interested in: http://www.expatsinitaly.com/ http://www.escapeartist.com/ http://www.expatica.com/ One additional note on visas. If you are Canadian citizens, there is a working vacation visa that you could apply for that would allow you to stay over 90 days and work in a limited capacity.