What are my options for moving to Regensburg?

Hi,

Just looking for some advice as to the options available to me. I am an Australian who at the moment is living and working in England under a 2 year working holiday visa. I met my girlfriend last year in Australia in my last semester if study (PE teaching). The UK visa was easy to get and since England is a lot closer to Germany than Australia is I came. I have spent the last 3 months living with my girlfriend in Regensburg, I love her and love the place and would really like to get back there. How can I do this? What options are available for me to stay in Regensburg for say the next 2 years? (my girlfriend will finish her studies in this time).

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If you are a qualified teacher why not look for work in one of the international schools in Germany. You may not find anything in Regensburg but it could be a lot closer than UK.

You can get a working holiday visa for Germany too. It only lasts one year though, and you can't work for one employer for longer than 3 months. If you're a qualified teacher, then you could likely do a short course on how to teach English and then get a job pretty easy. I don't know how it would work with getting a work visa for such a thing though.. maybe you could use the working holiday one to begin with.

thanks for the advice guys! the international schools requires 2 year teaching experience and 2 year contracts but i'l keep trying, a job at these schools would be perfect. i think i will def get the working holiday visa starting next year some time and while im here in Sheffield i think i will try and do a teaching english course, any recommendations for the best people to go through with these courses?

A native english speaker can get english teaching work in Germany with or without a TEFL qualification and if you are already a qualified teacher you probably don't need to spend all that money being trained to write a lesson plan. Just invest in a good grammar book and put off difficult questions until the next lesson when you have had time to look up the grammar.

Search this board and you will find a few discussions on this topic but the most important thing to bear in mind is that most of the ELT work in Germany is freelance. This means you don't have an employer contributing to your health insurance or pension and your income is variable.

If you are thinking seriously about TEFL have a look here.

http://p219.ezboard.com/belt

See also 20 year old Australian seeks work in Regensburg for a few ideas.

Thanks guys will follow your advice, cheers