cinker
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OK. Probably the question has been asked a 1000 times. I am 58 and have my own house. I am a Mechanical Technician and Manager by trade, live in Ontario Canada.
In the next 2 years I am looking at full timing i.e. South in the Winter, North in the Summer. I think I will need to work to pay the rent, gas, food etc. but have never worked by having to move from job to job. Are jobs, getting / earning money straight forward? How does one go about it i.e. Canadian and working in a different state in the states.
Are there books to read, psychiarists to see ? :-)
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Galvorien52
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If you're talking about workamping, you might check out the forum for that. If you're talking about working say 6 mo in the US you probably need a work visa, but that's easy enough to find out about. Good luck!
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DianneOK
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Moved from Fulltiming
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cinker
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DianneOK wrote:Moved from Fulltiming
OK. Great. Sorry, didn't realize there was a workamping forum. Right spot.
thanks
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Jayco-noslide
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I think jobs are fairly hard to get in the South in winter; not so hard in the West in summer. A lot depends on how much you need to make and how badly you need it. Workamping has been a great way for us to have some adventure and supplement out income for the past 7 years but the jobs really don't pay enough to provide badly needed income and there are no paid benefits, such as health insurance. We clear about $5000 for 10 week in the summer working near Glacier NP which is very helpful but not a real income.
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Kirk
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The catch will be that for a person who is not a US citizen to take a paid position in the US you will need to have a work permit from the US consulate. I strongly suggest that you check with the nearest office as soon as possible. I do not know exactly what you have to do, only that there are few Canadians who work for pay, at least in my experience.
There are some agencies where they use volunteers who receive an RV site and utilities in return for their help, which do accept Canadians. I am not sure just what is required, so if considering that, I suggest you start to apply for that early also. The consulate office might be able to help some with that as well. I do know that at least at times the Texas state parks and the National Wildlife Refuges have had some Canadian volunteers.
I suspect that it would be much less difficult to find a volunteer position than for a paid one. You could help us a great deal here if you would come back and post what you learn, once you have talked with the consulate office.
Good travelin! ........Kirk
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