Has anyone here done it (without it having to do with school)? I very much want to, but I am really scared of all the little things I don't know. There are the larger issues, like language barriers, as well as the more practical ones, like how to get your pet and all your stuff across the ocean and into a foreign land.
Does anyone have any advice or resources that could be helpful in the future?
For pets, if you do a google or ask.com search, you'll come up with some pretty good articles on it. I don't really have much info. on employment and visas and such, because the people that I know who have moved internationally have had duel citizenship, had married someone from that country, or were students.
I have flown a dog cross-country, though. There are a lot of things you have to be aware of. Most airlines have rules about the minimum and maximum temperature that it can be when flying a pet if it has to go through Cargo. If it's small and going as carry-on, those rules change. They also have regulations for size and types of crates that can be used. It's best to check with the specific airlines. Also, non-stop flights are usually best. If you have a layover, and the pet is in cargo, it will be more traumatizing and lengthen the time before the pet can get out. Plus, if your layover is in a different country than your final destination, you won't be able to take the pet out of the airport without going through customs and security again, and if it's a country that requires quarantine, you won't be able to take it out at all.
Internationally, there may be vaccine and even quarantine rules. Each country has different policies on this. These are things you can find out on-line, but it's probably best to verify them before you travel.
If it weren't so complicated, I'd be living in Paris instead of NYC.
Unless you go for school, like SOMMS said, you need work sponsorship. It's costly and time-consuming, so unless you're in international finance, consulting, etc. it's very difficult to get sponsorship.
Without a work or school visa, you can usually stay up to 3 months- for Western Europe, at least.
It's just that I've always wanted to live abroad, but always thought that it would be too difficult or that people like me just stayed in their own country and never lived elsewhere. But why shouldn't I be able to live in Italy if I want?
Shut up, katygrace! I'll never leave LoLo with you! You'll mistreat her just like you do now, only worse. You know she hates you. All that cuddling and purring is only so she can get close to you and figure out your weak spots. Watch out.
And, cookie, you're always welcome to come with me. We'll have a BWW field trip!
Yay! We can all get a place together in the Italian countryside and each create one song for a brilliant musical about a group of crazy message boarders who pick up stakes and move to Italy.
Mine will be a comic song about a guy who thinks he speaks Italian because he studied it five years ago and the garbled conversation he has with the natives.
Uomo: Ti piace il burro? Io: No, ma grazie. Non mangio carne.
Hey, SG! Your cat just called. She's typing up her Dear Mom letter as we speak.
Calvin, I once saw a magazine article that included, in my opinion, the two most important phrases for traveling to Italy: "Your mind makes me breathless," and "Your pecs are like sculpted Carerra marble."
Actually, a LOT of foreign countries offer foreign teacher sponsorship. London, for whatever reason, is encouraging of American teachers to teach...English! Obviously, the Asian countries do the same(I looked into Japan and an acquaintance was actually working in Korea).
