While this is the week of waiting, it's also the week of doctors. I have a whole bunch lined up. I want to get everything imaginable done before I go to France. Don't get me wrong, we're gonna have awesome health insurance over there, I would just prefer to speak with doctors who fluently speak my own language! I can't imagine what it's going to be like over there trying to speak broken French when something ails me.
Speaking of health insurance, you don't need to be married to be under your significant other's plan. We have to sign a document stating we're sincere to one another, but that's it. This is a huge relief considering I won't be able to work while I'm there.
That's right, while all we need is a paper stating we're sincere to one another to be under Jer's health insurance, we need to be married for me to work. This was a huge blow because they originally told us that after 6 months, I would be able to work. Turns out there was a misunderstanding and they had thought we were married which is why they told us that. Since we're not married, I will be going under a "long term visitor" visa, in which I am not allowed to work. I could try to find a job once I'm there that's willing to get a work visa for me, but France is very strict about hiring outside of their country. The company needs to prove that no French person could do the job that they would be hiring me to do. If I had the other visa, this could have all been bypassed.
Considering I'm a veterinary technician with no other schooling, the chances are very slim. The government has a teacher's assistant program but you have to take a test proving you can speak intermediate French and you can't teach for two consecutive years. That means that, if I'm lucky, I'll be able to work for 7 months out of the whole 3 years we'll be there, as each year's program only goes from October to April. The application for the 2015-2016 year is due this January and I doubt I'll be able to pass the test by then which means I won't be working until October of 2016. If I'm lucky.
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Speaking of health insurance, you don't need to be married to be under your significant other's plan. We have to sign a document stating we're sincere to one another, but that's it. This is a huge relief considering I won't be able to work while I'm there.
That's right, while all we need is a paper stating we're sincere to one another to be under Jer's health insurance, we need to be married for me to work. This was a huge blow because they originally told us that after 6 months, I would be able to work. Turns out there was a misunderstanding and they had thought we were married which is why they told us that. Since we're not married, I will be going under a "long term visitor" visa, in which I am not allowed to work. I could try to find a job once I'm there that's willing to get a work visa for me, but France is very strict about hiring outside of their country. The company needs to prove that no French person could do the job that they would be hiring me to do. If I had the other visa, this could have all been bypassed.
Considering I'm a veterinary technician with no other schooling, the chances are very slim. The government has a teacher's assistant program but you have to take a test proving you can speak intermediate French and you can't teach for two consecutive years. That means that, if I'm lucky, I'll be able to work for 7 months out of the whole 3 years we'll be there, as each year's program only goes from October to April. The application for the 2015-2016 year is due this January and I doubt I'll be able to pass the test by then which means I won't be working until October of 2016. If I'm lucky.
We're going to be scraping by, that's for sure, so please support us! Under the Support Us page in the upper right-hand corner of this blog, there is a link to shop Amazon. There is no extra fee for you but we would get a small commission (very small but hey, every penny counts). Please try to think of us and use our link every time you need to shop Amazon.
Thanks for reading and, as always, feel free to comment!
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