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Hi, my name is Isabelle, I’m french canadian (Montreal, Quebec), I eventually (jan.2007-march.2007) want to go in CR to learn spanish for 1 month and after I want to work as a nurse or in the canopy in Monteverde as a guide or maybe both a the same time !!! Why not ?!
Do you know some spanish schools ?
Is it possible to work in CR for 2 months ?
Where I can work like a nurse, do they need nurses ???
Is it easy to rent an appartment at low price ?
So many questions…
I hope you can help me !!!
Thanks, Merci, Gracias !!!
IsabelleHolla Isabelle,
Don’tknow about the tour guide possibilities.
As for a nursing job, I have some current info..
We plan on moving to CR this summer. My wife is a retired nurse and clinical psycholgist. We ask a knowledgeable person about her doing some part-time councelling in the small town we are moving to.
They told us that it would not be possible without getting licensed in CR and then only if it could be shown that her work was not available to be provided by a Costa Rican person.
If you want volunteer your services, it seems to be much easier. Our original question to the informative person was my wife’s volunreering her services to our small town clinic, but our answer missed that point and addressed only the licensing and working for a living issues.
Another issue was raised about speaking Spanish very well being a requirement for even volunteer work.
If your status in CR is a student, tourist, or pencioner your are not allowed to work for wages. You can own and/or manage your own business, but even then, you must live from the profits of the business and not from a salary.
Ben Jackson
Thank you for your quick answer !
It’s seems to be difficult to work as a nurse in CR…
Maybe I’ll take only some spanish classes and enjoy the sun…
I hope you will enjoy your new home in CR, and good luck to your wife, I hope she will be able to do some volunteer work there.
Thanks again,
Isabelle
isabdion@hotmail.comIn the tourist industry I have run into all kinds of people working at resorts and B&B’s. At one place at the beach we were served by a young lady from Oklahoma (US) and overheard a conversation of another server in German. Both young ladies were multilingual and I think this was the key to their employment.
I do not know the rules but the fact that you speak French and English may make you a good candidate for working in the tourist industry as they need both and although there are many English speaking Ticos I suspect there are few that speak French. This would put you in the category of there not being a Tico to fill the job. This may be your legal “in”. Check with the local tourist places and emphasize this point. They may have a job for you.
Note that working in the Tico economy you will earn Tico pay. It is not much compared to what we are used to in North America. However, it would give you a great opportunity to practice your Spanish.
The general rule for non-citizens is that you may not compete with Ticos for a job. That is, you cannot work for wages. You may start a business of your own and you may work for yourself, however.
Thank you all for your advises.
Do you know (if I find a job…) if I need a visa or some other paper to work 2-3 months in CR ?
Do I have to find a job before asking for those papers if needed ?
Thank you again for your help,
Isabelle
isabdion@hotmail.comHi Isabelle, I am an ex-Montrealer, living in Toronto who has bought a home in Monteverde (and is becoming a pensionado) and will be moving to Monteveerde before the end of this year. I am also planning on becoming fluent in Spanish. My home needs interior work, which I will be completing once I live there.
****Unfortunately I will be in Montreal sometime in October 2006 to see my recently departed Mothers grave site, one last time before I move to Costa Rica****
Currently my Monteverde home has 2 bedrooms and is in need of lotsa work – bathroom, etceteras….
It is just above the hill from the Spanish language school – and the students go to Moon Shiva for evening entertainment….check out Monteveredeinfo.com
You are welcome to stay in one of the empty bedrooms – the house has nothing except for walls, 2 small bedrooms, a bathroom in need of help, a kitchen that needs work and a short roll down the hill to the language school… or a gentle walk using another road.
Email me if you wish:
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