employment/visa advice sought
Hello all and welcome to my first post on what appears to be a very helpful website and community.
Here's my situation (any advice is appreciated):
I'm an American. My long-time girlfriend has been working for a Swiss company in the US and just got transferred, for one year, to their Lucerne office. I want to live with her while she's there, but am not sure how I can legally (and gainfully) do this.
I'm two years out of college, with solid work experience in publishing and marketing. I also have done a significant amount of freelance writing for large magazines.
I've tried to look for jobs, but it seems hard for an american to get work there, because of all the work permit requirements.
I think I may be able to support myself through freelance writing for American publications (although this theory has yet to be tested.) Of course, if I do this, it doesn't seem that there's any kind of Visa that would simply allow me to live in Switzerland for a year. I'm fairly confident that I could live illegally and not be caught, but am not entirely comfortable with that notion. If I did do this, I would be happy to any sort of under-the-table work, but don't know how much of that is available.
Oh yeah, I don't speak German.
Any advice?
Last edited by raph; 12.08.2006 at 00:01.
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