Living OS for a year

[thegurio]

MrsGurio and i were discussing the idea of living in the US for a year and france for 3ish months sometime next year...

What do we need to do so? At this stage we will have to do some work while we're over there, the guys here will cover some of our expenses but not all and if we want to have some play money it's going to have to be that way. Is it easy to find a job over there? I don't have any qualifications as such but will quite happily do most things, MrsGurio does have a few banking related qualifications but all of them are Australian and i have no idea if they are even considered over there. Of course there is also GrommetGurio to consider, although she is only just 5 so its not that imperative that she goes and we could do stuff by correspondence if need be anyway im sure - and she'd get far more of an education in the real workd than at school anyway...

As a rough plan we we're thinking something like 3 months in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Colorado - We have a house there in Estes Park we can stay at for free for however long we want. In France we we're thinking something in the south - that would be the "holiday" type part as i have wanted to stay somewhere there for the longest time! We are both early 30's so I would imagine that would affect our plans somewhat as we aren't considered all that "young" by entry standards...

 

[Dave Noble]

The 1st thing you will need to do is identify visa requirements for working in the countries and determine whether you will be able to get a visa that allows working in the country. Unless eligable for a visa, the whole plan is stymied from the start

The easiest visa for USA for AU passport holders is the E3 visa though you do need to have a job offer in order to apply and you have to meet the eligability requirements. If neither of you have higher education qualifications, it would seem unlikely to qualify though. If one of you qualifies, then all of you can get in

For 3 months in France as a visitor, you can stay for a max of 90 days without a visa, so that should be fine

Dave

 

[thegurio]

The 1st thing you will need to do is identify visa requirements for working in the countries and determine whether you will be able to get a visa that allows working in the country. Unless eligable for a visa, the whole plan is stymied from the start

Yeah that was what i thought - hence the reason i thought i'd ask you guys as you would know best...

The easiest visa for USA for AU passport holders is the E3 visa though you do need to have a job offer in order to apply and you have to meet the eligability requirements. If neither of you have higher education qualifications, it would seem unlikely to qualify though. If one of you qualifies, then all of you can get in

Is there a link for these requirements?(Forget this point - i worked out how to ues Google!)

For 3 months in France as a visitor, you can stay for a max of 90 days without a visa, so that should be fine.

Im assuming that USA would have the same requirements? If so maybe we could just learn to live cheaply for that time and only stay for 3 months?

 

[Dave Noble]

Visa requirements are available at E-3 Visa

If you plan to stay only 90 days and only stay as a tourist then you can ( assuming eligable ) enter the USA on a VWT/VWB

Dave

 

[RB]

MrsGurio and i were discussing the idea of living in the US for a year and france for 3ish months sometime next year...

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In France we we're thinking something in the south - that would be the "holiday" type part as i have wanted to stay somewhere there for the longest time! We are both early 30's so I would imagine that would affect our plans somewhat as we aren't considered all that "young" by entry standards...

Having had a holiday in France this year make sure you are well cashed up before considering a 3 month holiday in France!

 

[auriga]

Well, good luck to you, but I suspect it will not be easy.