On Wednesday morning two co-workers and I had a 9 am meeting at the Czech Embassy in Dresden to apply for our one-year work visas. This was great since you technically are only allowed 90 days in Europe as a 'tourist'. I arrived on 6th August, meaning I have until early November to get a permanent work visa. In order to apply for the work visa you need a number of documents, including a work permit from a certified employer. So, in order to have this work permit you need a job. Luckily, I have a job, a great job, that has helped me throught this long and complicated process of paperwork and pleasing the Czech office workers.
With less than a month left on my 'tourist' time, I am lucky to have made it to Dresden, Germany on Wednesday to apply for my work visa. They informed me that after the foreign police finishes my 'background check' that I will be able to pick up my official work visa (to cover the temporary stamp I now have in my passport) in a few weeks.
IJV not only helped with all of the paperwork but they also PAID for the work visa! I am extremely lucky to have such a cooperative and legitimate school to work for because there are a lot of places that don't even tell you where to begin.
I am thankful that all of it is over, especially since the process began at 2:30 am Wednesday morning when my alarm clock didn't go off... but I woke up at 2:53 am, threw some clothes on and was out the door to catch the 3:03 am tram that left my apartment so I could make the 3:30 am train that left Prague for Dresden. Talk about an early morning.
Since IJV arranged substitutes for our classes that day, Melissa, Tyler and I decided to stay for lunch and explore the city. Dresden is beautiful and I even got to use some of my sparse German vocabulary! Very impressed by the reconstruction of the city after it was completly bombed in 1945, it's clean public transportation, and of course their efficiency.
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