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| Friday, 14-Dec-2007 17:36 |
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Work permit
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I think it would be a good idea to list out all the documents and the procedure necessary for some one who is not an EU resident to get to live and work in an EU country.
Slovenia is, as far as I've heard, in the middle of the difficulty of getting a work permit. The most difficult are probably the Netherlands, France and Italy. They are the most difficult because you need tonns of documents, documents for those documents and photocopies of every document, and then you wait for months and sometimes years for the papers to go through the bureocracy.
The easiest are apparently Ireland and the UK. I can confirm that the Irish embassy was the nicest embassy I've ever been. They actually wanted to help me, and didn't treat me like bureocrats usually treat people.
So anyway, the Slovenian work permit is in the middle of difficulty, so here's how it works.
First you need to actually find somebody who would be interested in hireing you. This has to go through the Internet, because meeting in person is very expensive and sometimes impossible (if you're unemployed, for example).
So once the company expresses interest for you, they send an invitation letter that you can come for an interview.
To go to the interview, you need a business visa. For that visa, I needed:
- the new passport and the old one, so they can see where I've been going for the past 5-10 years
- the invitation letter
- health insurance for the period of staying
- since at that time my diploma hasn't been printed yet, I needed a certificate saying that I do have a degree. The certificate had to be verified with an international stamp, called the apostille.
It looks like this:
An apostille costs around 20 EUR.
- I needed to fill out a form where I declare the purpose of the visit, how am I going to finance myself, where will I stay
- a financial statement saying that I have enough money to support myself
- since I was unemployed/recently graduated, I needed a parental allowance, verified at the court, that they support me financially
- photocopy of every page of the passport
- two photos
And I also had to schedule an appointment at the embassy around 1-2 weeks ahead. The visa cost 35 EUR.
So once I actually got the job and signed the contract, the procedure for work permit starts.
I need to verify my diploma at Slovenia. My diploma has the equal status of an MSc in Slovenia, which is the only good thing.
- I needed the original diploma with an apostille
- translation of the diploma
- apostille on the translation
- a list of all the grades at college
Since these are all important documents, I've sent them securely with DHL.
After this was done, the company fixed the other relevant papers and I got a social security number and the work permit. They've sent all of this to me with DHL, and then I had to apply for a temporary residence permit.
- signed contract with the company, containing the monthly salary
- invitation letter from the company
- declaration of the place where I will live
- the work permit and a verified photocopy
- declaration from the police station that I haven't been convicted
- an apostille on the declaration
- a translation of the declaration
- certification of my passport at the municipal council
- and another form to fill out
- and this time the visa is 80 EUR
So all in all it cost around 300 EUR and a lot of hours standing in lines, filling out forms and making photocopies of photocopies of originals.
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| Thursday, 13-Dec-2007 13:02 |
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They've started decorating the city for New Year's Eve
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| Tuesday, 4-Dec-2007 16:24 |
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Sausages
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I think I should make an update about what I had for lunch today...
First of all, the obligatory pea soup. You can find the recipee at a previous entry of mine.
My girlfriend's family had cut down their pig so we got some raw sausages for roasting. This is probably one of the best things in the world 
As far as I know, cutting down pigs in your own backyard is forbidden in the EU and most likely in the US as well, so tough luck! 
A complete lunch
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| Saturday, 17-Nov-2007 16:20 |
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First snow
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The snow fell for the first time this year, so let's take a picture...
I haven't been using my old Canon A430 for a while, but I expected it to perform better than this at ISO 200. After half an hour of fixing the grain (and looks like the sensor is full of dirt as well) this is what I got...
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| Sunday, 11-Nov-2007 22:08 |
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Laško pt.2
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On Friday, the whole company went out bowling, with the boss paying everything. 
My bowling shoes
I haven't actually played for like 15 years, so I sucked big time. But I've managed to knock down all the pins in one shot twice
Reka Rečica, meaning "Tiny River river". That's some creative name giving 
In the background is the soon-to-be-finished aqua park
Jagoče, a village next to Laško
Devil on a power central 
Savinja river
This is the proof that not everything is so perfect in Slovenia
We climbed on one of the hills that had a church on top. This place is heavily forrested, we even saw some deers running away
They place these shrines everywhere
Statue of an angel 
This is the church on top of the hill
I actually wanted to go up one of its towers so I can make nice panorama pictures, but apparently the stairs are too old and would break 
A sun dial
And it's even accurate! 
Steep staircases. It actually looks scarier than on this picture
View from below. There's a warning sign saying you're using the staircase on your own responsibility
Some guy with retarded eyes
Pizza. I had this for lunch for about 4 days in a row, but it was pretty good
Returning home. This ad says I can go to Belgrade for 25 Euros, so how come I've paid € 38? 
Train station at night
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| Tuesday, 6-Nov-2007 18:43 |
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Trip to Laško pt.1
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This week I went for a job interview in Laško, Slovenia (I got the job). Laško is a small town of only 6000 people, but it's more industrialized than several larger Eastern European cities. Some of the largest Slovenian companies have their headquarters here.
The town is surrounded by mountains on all sides. So it's actually in a valley.
At the top of the mountain is a cross
Later that evening we went to Ljubljana for a black metal concert. This is the train station at Zidani Most, where we had to switch trains
The band members painted themselves to look like corpses
These guys were probably the most interesting. I've made a video which you can see here
Statue of some guy on a horse
Next day, I awoke to see a creepy duck figure in the twilight 
There was a great place where you can buy cheap beer and play games like chess, cards, nintendo or surf the internet for free
A view of the central part of Laško
There's a fortress at the top of the mountain. It doesn't look like it would be able to defend against anybody. 
Autumn has arrived...
Power lines above the railways. There's a train passing through every 5 minutes
It's a duck! 
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| Wednesday, 31-Oct-2007 18:42 |
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Amaizing, the book I've ordered from Amazon arrived exactly when it was supposed to, instead of two months later like usually!
Reading a book about Chinese history and eating Chinese food
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| Wednesday, 17-Oct-2007 19:40 |
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Looks like someone lost an exhaust pipe
Hotel Bristol
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| Monday, 15-Oct-2007 15:51 |
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A dog sleeping in a shoe box
It's getting cold...
I never knew who that guy on the statue is
Park
Taking pictures of old communist leaders. Underneath the statues is written "Death to Fascism, freedom for the people"
Smog
Begging at highways should be banned
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| Wednesday, 3-Oct-2007 19:23 |
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Autumn harvest
Selling apples by the side of the road
Traffic lights
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