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Why are us Brit's excluded from so many working holiday visa schemes?
I was chatting with an Aussie friend of mine last week who's off to Canada on a working holiday visa scheme soon.
How come those guy's (and gal's) can get working holiday visa's in so many countries (soon to be America too i hear), and the British are denied such opportunities?
What's going on?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I've worked in the US before, though illegally as the elusive J1 visa is a nightmare to get unless you are a student. Same goes with Canada, UK nationals need to be a student to get temp work visa's.
I've spent considerable time in Thailand, though didn't need to work due to the countries fantastic cheapness (unlike many travellers in that part of the world I did try to get under the skin and experience the culture a little).
Are you on the "Jet" scheme in Japan at the moment? That gov. programme is hugely over subscribed and competition is fierce.
Australia doesn't really appeal...
I into experiencing different cultures, though it feels like i'm being denied the opportunity (sob)...
Come to think of it it was a lot of hassle. Jimmy is not really 100% with his answer, I can see where hes coming from but it is hard to get into the UK LEGALLY. My boyfriend is Japanese and he said that it is nearly impossible... however, if he just turned up at Heathrow without a Visa he could probably find his way in to the benefits system without too much trouble...
Come to Japan Beamer!
If you are skilled you could get a very good job (engineering, or a similar speciality) but I believe that again the competition is fierce, but you can apply for a full working visa and apply to a company before you come out saving loads of unnecessary stress, the company would probably sort your visa and pay for your trip and future accomodation as well !! (I wish Id paid more attention at school!)
Luckily for me I have a great boyfriend here so I dont need to worry too much about looking for a job but I will probably take a part time job cleaning or working in a kitchen, I dont mind because its such an awesome place to be! (If you dont mind being stared at all the time)
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