CaptainSplod

I admit that I'm certainly no genius when it comes to Work Permits and the like - it all seems so very complicated and I'm not really sure that anyone knows all the ins and outs of all the rules and regs.

That there might be certain rules and/or interpretations that mean being able to work without having to have a WP - I think I'll leave that one to the experts. I've always been told that if you work, paid or unpaid, then you have to have a WP.

Whatever, it looks like things are finally rolling for you - and good luck with the job!  
Are you supplied with textbooks, etc - or do you have make it all up as you go along?


The rest of us are still playing the waiting game - and we're absolutely sure that the application forms are being processed as speedily as possible.  

Cheers  

Splod

What I think?

I think that if it were a European country that asked (nay, begged!) for foreigners to assist at schools - and then basically totally ignored them thereafter, then it would end up in the newspapers and on tv: heads would roll - and very quickly, too.

Here, you can wait and wait and wait and.......eventually things will get done, but not before you're sufficiently frustrated , annoyed    and have probably given up on ever hearing anything.

'Twould be interesting to know how many of these NES applicants have in the meantime changed their minds, moved, found a different job - or just gone to another country/back home.


Luckily - although I'm retired. I'm busy - and the day doesn't have enough hours in it for me to do all the things I want. If the program is delayed by weeks or even months, then there are plenty of other things to do.......

Cheers  

Splod

I rather doubt you "scared anyone away" by insisting on a WP - the many application forms are still being looked at.......things take time in this country

Splod

Well, good luck, Daxter!!  

Nice to hear that you had to do very little at the interview - and certainly the working hours are a real dream!!
Does the school have a curriculum - or are you left to manage things on your own without any books or proper plan?


I can only imagine that most other schools will attempt to squeeze more hours into the contracts, if they possibly can - which has definitely been my own experience, (so far).

Good luck with "assisting" - but please do be careful if you're working without the correct papers.
Hopefully, they'll turn up very quickly!

Cheers  

Splod

That all sounds very complicated, Plopmeister!  

The school can employ you directly? Well, I guess you'd still need a work permit for that, wouldn't you, so I can't really see that you're any/much better off?  Are you starting work now - or are you still waiting for this and that to fall into place?

To cap it all, we're hearing that the new project will last until September - and that the NES school contracts will be for a (soon) maximum of 4(?) months.

For those of us that insist on a work permit and any other official paperwork to be in place before work actually starts - plus perhaps having to change one's visa status - it seems that it'll all hardly be worth the effort in the end, what with the way things go so slowly, here.

The possible contract period is shrinking by the week - and by the time all the paperwork is in place, there might just be a month or two left to assist in the classroom.....

Cheers  

Splod