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Hello again!!!
Me and the Fiance (soon to be wife) Might decide to stay in Colombia to live out our lives but before we can do that i would need confirmation of a good job down in Colombia so we could make a living.Bogota would be best but any help would be appreciated!

She Would go to college from her parents pocket so thats taken care of but since i dont need a visa down there i would like to just pickup a stable job something English speaking that i dont need any visa for. I am just getting out of the Marine Corps and have not gone to college but i am loyal and learn quickly.

I know some spanish not a whole lot but would take classes at night and work during the day or vice versa. if anyone knows a website to look at or has some jobs they want filed by an american let me know and ill email a resume or anything ya ask.

Any help would be appreciated in this matter as me and the Mrs just wanna live our lives and not be burdened by anything!

Thanks for the replys
Jake Johnson Email Jarheadjdj at hotmail.com

By Shadowknight on Sep 9, 2007, 16:05 in Friendly Talkzone.

RAAAY says on Sep 9, 2007, 16:49:

Jake.......two quick questions...
you say......" i dont need a visa down there " Why is this ?

......" pickup a stable job something English speaking " How much do you expect/want to earn ??

.........Its useless to argue with ignorance

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Shadowknight says on Sep 9, 2007, 18:09:

Well i dont need a work visa down there to get a job from what ive been reading or could get paid cash and also i have read that people have taken on private students and earned a good living just by teaching them but i would like a regular job, now my fiances parents own about 6 resturaunts and they say a normal employee gets about 1 mil pesos a month so id like to recieve a tad more lol.

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Gator says on Sep 9, 2007, 18:24:

Don't know where you received the information about not needing a visa. You were incorrectly informed.

Your best bet and the quickest would be a "spouse visa." You would need permission to work on the spouse visa and you can NOT get a separate work visa (just like the USA-you can only have one visa at a time).

Without decent Spanish skills, way past "Una ma cerveza, por favor." Your job prospects are Slim and none and Slim just left town.

"Credidi pretio parvo emere et magno vendere tibi in animo fuisse!" .

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RAAAY says on Sep 9, 2007, 18:39:

Gator is right...........as he usually is................I asked the questions because you give the impression in your post that you have a different perception of life here, than what is actually the reality.............................without proper documentation to allow you to work........without the ability to speak Spanish...........without a skill or profession that is in demand...........????

I don't mean to be a spoiler.........and I am not a negative person............but .....................you say...." just wanna live our lives and not be burdened by anything! "

Given your circumstances.....!! ..........you are going to need to get really lucky.
All the best.

.........Its useless to argue with ignorance

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pedro (☼Travelguide writer) says on Sep 9, 2007, 19:31:

Imagine what jobs would be offered to an immigrant in the USA if they didn't speak any English. Unless you get lucky, teach English, or start your own business, that is the kind of prospects you have. And those manual jobs pay crap wages in Colombia.

You might be able to get fiancee's parents to use the palanca and find you a job through contacts. Then get ready to eat shit whenever your employer asks you to. Because you know you couldn't find an equivalent job if you got cut from that one.

que nota!

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jinksmiester says on Sep 10, 2007, 15:38:

Perhaps an american man whore could make a good buck under the table...ja ja ja....just a kiddin ya...

A man is not old until regret takes the place of dreams

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brainchild says on Sep 10, 2007, 17:42:

I'd like to move to colombia, marry a beautiful woman, find a job that doesn't require me to speak english, get paid millions of dollars, and never work more than five minutes a day. Any tips?

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RAAAY says on Sep 10, 2007, 17:46:

You any good at gardening...??

.........Its useless to argue with ignorance

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BAQ says on Sep 11, 2007, 09:34:

SON, stay in the marines, your DREAM of living here without problems and burdened by anything is just that, a dream

Semper Fidelis !

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Tinto (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Sep 11, 2007, 11:42:

Are you fresh out of the Marines as a young guy - say mid 20s - or are you retiring from the Marines after 20 or 25 years?

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