Wanting to move but need some advice...I have read how hard it is to get a visa but what about the job situation? Even interested in the outer parts...in the country but still within driving to Paris. Thanks!
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Employers look for citizens first, and only if they can't find anyone qualified then they will look for foreign applicants. It's the law. So it won't matter what part of France you seek employment.
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A friend of mine worked in Paris for about 3 years, he didn't have to find a job, the company he worked for sent him there. He had grown up in French Canada and spoke French fluently.The problem is that Canadian French is slightly different then the French they speak in France, so they had him pegged as a foreigner almost immediately. Because of that, most of them made it extremely difficult to work with them, and did just about everything they could to make his life miserable. He was ever so glad when his boss told him he could come home. You have been warned.
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It's hard for Americans to get work in Europe. You will have to be a Citizen first, which is hard to get as you know. Then for your competition, not only will you have to compete will Parisians you may have to compete with any person from the 27 EU countries as the EU has a policy. Any person that is a citizen of any of the 27 EU states is granted to live and work freely across the European Union, and Paris is a popular place for work. Good luck anyways! It's still possible even though it's hard.
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Not easily. Yeah, you need a visa. What do you think you can DO?
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The only way you can get work in Paris if you don't have a password from an EU country is if you can get a job with a company in the US and they transfer you to their office in France. For example, an American friend of mine got transferred to Paris with Morgan Stanley, and another got transferred over with Deloitte Or you need to have skills that are in demand and they can't find enough EU citizens to fill the job - usually specialized science, engineering and medical fields. So if you are a brain surgeon you wouldn't have a problem. Or if you were a PhD chemist, nuclear physicist, etc. Or if you get a degree at a French university, you can get a post-study visa that allows you to stay and work for 2 years
