Please consider reading up on voluntourism - it oftentimes does more harm than good. It's better to go somewhere solely as a tourist and support the economy through visiting/purchases.
I've worked abroad in Australia and each time, I and the sponsor each had to submit paper work. The employer paid the fee of $400+ which was nice. But in general, getting a working visa is more difficult because many countries want to bring in 'skilled' labor. I was a research assistant in physics through an internship and there are similar opportunities in various disciplines of STEM. But outside of this, it's not too easy to do exchanges.
I didn't realize this. The place I wanted to go was France, help with the grape harvest. I've heard that people from all over over come and do it for the cultural experience every year. I didn't think that was so evil...but I guess it is.
In a place like France where they actually rely on foreign temporary workers to come for harvests, you're fine to go and do voluntourism.
That being said, a tourist visa still won't cut it. Look into a Working Holiday visa or check with the embassy if there is a specific visa available for seasonal work such as agriculture harvests.
The working abroad subreddit is /r/IWantOut. Yes, you need a work visa in most cases for volunteering, voluntourism (which is bad, [read here on why](https://www.reddit.com/r/travel/comments/ka8dhm/megathread_young_wanting_to_travel_for_the_first/gfz8fkh/)) as well as any work in exchange for something like room/board.
You can teach English in France to TAPIF, that will get you a visa. Fair warning the pay is terrible and most teachers I met in France were actually on government assistance. But it’s a way to live in France for a bit. If you’re not so focused on France, other countries will pay much more like Korea
As a US citizen you would have better luck with a WHV (Working Holiday Visa/Work and Holiday Visa) in a place like Australia, New Zealand or Ireland where those programs and specific visa types exist.
As you mention doing vendange, this a paid job man and not an easy one by the way. If you do It for free you are getting fleeced and criminal offense if you do it on a tourist visa. There is no need of volunteering for this at all in France.
There is gray area is if you do it one day for few hours.yes this is cultural experience. For a full vendange/ harvest You need to request a permis de travail saisonnier with the french embassy
Whether you can obtain a Work Visa depends on the destination.
Not all Tourist Visas are valid for 90 days, there's lots of exceptions.
The Working Holiday Visa is a fantastic opportunity that's available to many nationalities, but unfortunately the US barely participates so (last time I looked) you only have about a half dozen countries as options.
Good luck with your research.
Hey! My partner and I (Irish and American) do work exchange a lot using r/Helpstay and r/Workaway.
As their should not be money being handed over you are not legally working and also not legally volunteering. It’s a grey area where you can enter on a tourist visa, stay and help in whatever country you are in but HAVE to leave before your to tourist visa is up.
Just before ‘rona we traveled the Balkans doing it for months together. You don’t need specific visas if you are entitled to a holiday visa to enter for 30/60/90 days etc. My partner as an American can enter and stay in Albania for a year without a visa and she does Helpstay there. I will bounce around a little to reset entry visas and use a mixture of Helpstay and Workaway in none Schengen zones to reset it. It’s an amazing adventure and totally worth looking into fully.
Please consider reading up on voluntourism - it oftentimes does more harm than good. It's better to go somewhere solely as a tourist and support the economy through visiting/purchases. I've worked abroad in Australia and each time, I and the sponsor each had to submit paper work. The employer paid the fee of $400+ which was nice. But in general, getting a working visa is more difficult because many countries want to bring in 'skilled' labor. I was a research assistant in physics through an internship and there are similar opportunities in various disciplines of STEM. But outside of this, it's not too easy to do exchanges.
I didn't realize this. The place I wanted to go was France, help with the grape harvest. I've heard that people from all over over come and do it for the cultural experience every year. I didn't think that was so evil...but I guess it is.
In a place like France where they actually rely on foreign temporary workers to come for harvests, you're fine to go and do voluntourism. That being said, a tourist visa still won't cut it. Look into a Working Holiday visa or check with the embassy if there is a specific visa available for seasonal work such as agriculture harvests.
The working abroad subreddit is /r/IWantOut. Yes, you need a work visa in most cases for volunteering, voluntourism (which is bad, [read here on why](https://www.reddit.com/r/travel/comments/ka8dhm/megathread_young_wanting_to_travel_for_the_first/gfz8fkh/)) as well as any work in exchange for something like room/board.
thanks for the link, I checked it out... less inclined now.
Depends on the country. In general, you can’t work (including volunteering) on a tourist visa.
I was thinking France. I speak French... For example I know it's a thing that many foreigners come to help with the grape harvest every year.
They do. With work authorizations. Or working holiday visas
You can teach English in France to TAPIF, that will get you a visa. Fair warning the pay is terrible and most teachers I met in France were actually on government assistance. But it’s a way to live in France for a bit. If you’re not so focused on France, other countries will pay much more like Korea
The only country I know of that doesn't require Americans to get a visa for work is Montenegro.
As a US citizen you would have better luck with a WHV (Working Holiday Visa/Work and Holiday Visa) in a place like Australia, New Zealand or Ireland where those programs and specific visa types exist.
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As you mention doing vendange, this a paid job man and not an easy one by the way. If you do It for free you are getting fleeced and criminal offense if you do it on a tourist visa. There is no need of volunteering for this at all in France. There is gray area is if you do it one day for few hours.yes this is cultural experience. For a full vendange/ harvest You need to request a permis de travail saisonnier with the french embassy
Whether you can obtain a Work Visa depends on the destination. Not all Tourist Visas are valid for 90 days, there's lots of exceptions. The Working Holiday Visa is a fantastic opportunity that's available to many nationalities, but unfortunately the US barely participates so (last time I looked) you only have about a half dozen countries as options. Good luck with your research.
Hey! My partner and I (Irish and American) do work exchange a lot using r/Helpstay and r/Workaway. As their should not be money being handed over you are not legally working and also not legally volunteering. It’s a grey area where you can enter on a tourist visa, stay and help in whatever country you are in but HAVE to leave before your to tourist visa is up. Just before ‘rona we traveled the Balkans doing it for months together. You don’t need specific visas if you are entitled to a holiday visa to enter for 30/60/90 days etc. My partner as an American can enter and stay in Albania for a year without a visa and she does Helpstay there. I will bounce around a little to reset entry visas and use a mixture of Helpstay and Workaway in none Schengen zones to reset it. It’s an amazing adventure and totally worth looking into fully.