Laurent
@loloieg
Canadian expat in Australia
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About me
Canadian
Speaks Fran莽ais, Anglais, Italien
Registration: 23 June 2005
Formalities once granted the WHM visa
sorry for the delay... no i've never been in australia but i am very interested in going there for one year. I am kind of passionated by australia. That is why I know some things about australia :) good luck Read More
Formalities once granted the WHM visa
Hi, I guess WHM visa means working holiday visa, right ? - Since it is a one-year visa, I really think that you would need a return ticket, but I do not find anything written about that. Generally, when you have a WHV, airline companies offer ... Read More
Working in France
Hello Mike, I am a french guy expatriated in Italy... I will try to answer you :) It is true that the level of unemployment is quite high but for 1 or 2 years it continually decreased... But in the same time, some jobs are available... it is the ... Read More
Oslo by loloieg
Hello, Bonjour, next week I will go to Oslo for my job... however I will have 2 or 3 days to traveling around... So I need your help to know what seeing in 2 or 3 days in Oslo in order to have a good overview of Oslo and to take beautiful ...
Le premier aller retour que j'ai fait 脿 Oslo s'est malheureusement 茅court茅 ... mais cette fois j'y retourne pour 1 mois et demi du 20 avril au 3 juin. C'est pas trop cool 莽a ??? :cool: Aur茅lie, tu pourras peut etre me servir de guide un des week ... Read More
Expat wife living in Dublin by Hillary
I am new to this site. I am an expat wife living in Dublin. We move about every year or year and a half to another country. I just found out yesterday (after being told that we were moving in January) that we will be here another year. The problem ...
Hi Hillary, I just moderated (removed) your cel phone number of your previous message. This is not because it is forbidden... but I think it is a better thing for you to not "publish" your phone number on a forum.... In order to communicate your ... Read More
Finding an accomodation in Oslo by loloieg
Hello, I will probably go to Oslo for 2 months to work... but I'm wondering where I can find accomodations for long term stays (like 2 or 3 months), because for this time, I am pretty sure that it is impossible to rent a "classical" flat... Do you ...
Thank you Kez ! Actually I will go to Oslo from around the 20th of April until the 3rd of June. But everything is not confirmed yet... Things would be clearer in 1 or 2 weeks (well, I hope so !!) By the way, I found the website of SiO, The ... Read More
Finding an accomodation in Oslo by loloieg
Hello, I will probably go to Oslo for 2 months to work... but I'm wondering where I can find accomodations for long term stays (like 2 or 3 months), because for this time, I am pretty sure that it is impossible to rent a "classical" flat... Do you ...
Actually, I already check a bit on google.... and I found an apartment (a studio all furnished)... but it costs 900 euros per month !!! It is a bit huge (sic) because I have to pay in the same time the rent of my flat in Italy.... Probably Aurelie ... Read More
Finding an accomodation in Oslo
Hello, I will probably go to Oslo for 2 months to work... but I'm wondering where I can find accomodations for long term stays (like 2 or 3 months), because for this time, I am pretty sure that it is impossible to rent a "classical" flat... Do you ... Read More
french student around the world... by LN
Hi there! I am a french student just enjoying the wide range of opportunities to discover the world, so after a year in a university lab in Australia, an industrial placement in Germany (4 months), I am now living THE experience for european ...
What a question !! The name of course !! :lol: and maybe something else ;) Laurent Read More
french student around the world... by LN
Hi there! I am a french student just enjoying the wide range of opportunities to discover the world, so after a year in a university lab in Australia, an industrial placement in Germany (4 months), I am now living THE experience for european ...
Finally, you found this website / community.... welcome among us LN :D Your are moving too fastly !!! How long will you stay in Delft ?? And what do you study there ? see you Read More
Oslo by loloieg
Hello, Bonjour, next week I will go to Oslo for my job... however I will have 2 or 3 days to traveling around... So I need your help to know what seeing in 2 or 3 days in Oslo in order to have a good overview of Oslo and to take beautiful ...
Merci d'avoir r茅pondu aussi vite Aur茅lie, c'est gentil. Maintenant je verrai bien ce que je ferai une fois sur place... Horten est surement tr猫s joli mais pour cette fois, je crois que je vais rester sur Oslo. Peut etre une prochaine fois puisqu'脿 ... Read More
Oslo
Hello, Bonjour, next week I will go to Oslo for my job... however I will have 2 or 3 days to traveling around... So I need your help to know what seeing in 2 or 3 days in Oslo in order to have a good overview of Oslo and to take beautiful ... Read More
Gruss dich/ Hello from the Part Time Ex-Pat by pmandel
Greetings all, Every year at about this time I expatriate myself from Seattle to my husband's home town in the Austrian Alps. Since we haven't been able to settle on where to live, we really do live both places. We get the best - and the worst - ...
Hello Pam, your situation seems very good ... but it points me out some questions (just some small technical questions) Do you live half a year in Seattle and half a year in Austria (or it is less equal ?) ? Do you have two homes ? With two ... Read More
Living in Oxford by loloieg
Hello everybody, next year I will move on Oxford for 3 or 6 months for my job (the dates are not established yet) ..... That is weird : I will be a second degree expat (expatriate from my expatriation country) :lol: In this way, I would appreciate ...
Thansk a lot Chiri. I appreciate to know where are the nice parts of the city ... but could you tell me what part of the city should I avoid ... it is better to know before than later, especially when I look ads on the internet ... see you Read More
Cost of living in European countries by Julien
Hi everybody, I thought it could be interesting to start a topic about the cost of life in the European countries. We already began to speak about cost of life in others posts, I thought it would be interesting to gather everything in one unique ...
Hi, I live in Lecce, South of Italy, small ciy with around 150 000 people... - accomodation : 500 聙 per month for 50 sq.m very close from the centre (2min walking) - public transortation : 0,80聙 for a single ticket - 4聙 for a 6 courses ticket - ... Read More
Living in Oxford by loloieg
Hello everybody, next year I will move on Oxford for 3 or 6 months for my job (the dates are not established yet) ..... That is weird : I will be a second degree expat (expatriate from my expatriation country) :lol: In this way, I would appreciate ...
Thanks for the answer, I took a look at these websites and they seem usefull .... the links you gave are for London but it is easy to find for other cities. On the University website ... they tell that you should expect to pay between 300 and 450 ... Read More
Living in Oxford
Hello everybody, next year I will move on Oxford for 3 or 6 months for my job (the dates are not established yet) ..... That is weird : I will be a second degree expat (expatriate from my expatriation country) :lol: In this way, I would appreciate ... Read More
Movies and books relating life in a foreign country by Julien
Hi, We've all seen Sofia Coppola's "Lost in translation", and I think expatriates liked it :) Would you advice other movies or books which relate life and experiences in a foreign country? Thank you, Julien
If I remember ... there are answers in other posts ... but wathever ... let's do it again I know a book that was adapted in a movie : Fear and Trembling : A Novel ("Stupeur et Tremblements") - book from Amelie Nothomb - 1999. Fear and Trembling - ... Read More
Working Holiday Visa by loloieg
Hey guys, I'm wondering if you know the Working Holiday Visa (WH Visa) ??? :o What a good invention !! isn't it ? For now and for french people, there are 4 possible destinations : Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. The principle is to get a ...
ok ok For WH Visa in Australia, there are 19 countries http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/visiting_whm.htm : - Belgium - Canada - Cyprus - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Hong Kong - Italy - Japan - Malta - ... Read More
Working Holiday Visa by loloieg
Hey guys, I'm wondering if you know the Working Holiday Visa (WH Visa) ??? :o What a good invention !! isn't it ? For now and for french people, there are 4 possible destinations : Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. The principle is to get a ...
it is not only for french people ... but it is not available for everybody ... it depends on agreements between countries. For example, Australia signed agreement for a WH Visa with about 20 countries ... this means that people from these 20 ... Read More
Working Holiday Visa
Hey guys, I'm wondering if you know the Working Holiday Visa (WH Visa) ??? :o What a good invention !! isn't it ? For now and for french people, there are 4 possible destinations : Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. The principle is to get a ... Read More
(Job in Japan) Is it an interesting offer? by Julien
Hi, I have found a job offer in Nagoya, Japan, I think I am suitable for the job, and I'd like to know if you think it is a good offer. > It's a job in IT (technician/engineer level) > The employer pays the visa and the accommodation > The salary ...
Julien, if you want, you can watch the film "Stupeur et Tremblements", french film realised in 2002 from the book of Amelie Nothomb (same title). This is a story of a belgian woman who get a one year contract in a japanese company in Japan ... She ... Read More