tipitoe
Polish expat in the USA
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About me
Polish
Registration: 23 February 2018
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Catch-22 by GuestPoster0341
Dear Team, Jason Christensen here, Ph.D. in Slavic Linguistics. I'm CELTA-certified too. Spent two years in Poland ending in 2001, then spent a decade thereafter getting an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Slavic Linguistics, focusing on the Russian and ...
I suggest you check out this YouTube channel. It's called Jasmine T TV. She is an American, living and working for some language schools in Poland. She might give some pointers. Read More
Being convincing to an employer in the USA by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Finding a job in the USA is no easy feat. From applying for a job all the way to job interviews, the etiquette can be different abroad. Specially job interviews, that can already be pretty daunting, can feel even worse when set in ...
Interview sometimes is a strange process. You can accidently say something that may diminish or increase your chances. However, one of the most important factors is that you must have a conversation with an interviewers. They trying to establish ... Read More
Polish Citizenship Validation - Passport by tessaszw
Hi, My Mum isAPolish and my Dad is half (grandad is polish) I was born in London and would like to apply for a polish passport. Is it correct that I already have citizenship but would need this validated? I don't speak polish, would that be ...
It is correct. You are Polish citizen already. The rule states that one of the parents or both grandparents have to be Polish citizen. I suggest that you contact Polish embassy in UK and ask about the procedures. You will have to provide a ... Read More
Documents for confirming citizenship by sectionone
Hello, I would like to get Polish citizenship. My grandfather (deceased) was born in Germany and had Polish citizenship. His father was born in Poland and also had Polish citizenship. As did his father. In the past year I've been on a ...
The question is whether he renounced his polish citizenship. In normal situation he would have to write a letter to the Polish President declaring that he gives up his citizenship. I really doubt that he did that. In 1968 large number of Jews were ... Read More
Moving to Poland from Australia for work by lenners
Hi, I am considering moving to eastern europe for work purposes. The countries I'm looking at are Poland, Hungary or Czech Republic. I am a mechanical engineer (machinist and maintenance), and am curious to know if there are many jobs available ...
It's hard to give someone good advice about how to learn foreign language. As you noticed a lot of things do not make sense in Polish language and if try to memorize all the proper forms of words you will eventually hinder your communication ... Read More
Moving to Poland from Australia for work by lenners
Hi, I am considering moving to eastern europe for work purposes. The countries I'm looking at are Poland, Hungary or Czech Republic. I am a mechanical engineer (machinist and maintenance), and am curious to know if there are many jobs available ...
This might be a long shot, but some companies may have a need for English speaking person even though they are not multi cultural. It really depends on what capacity they may need someone. Plus, in most cases people at managerial level can ... Read More
Moving to Poland from Australia for work by lenners
Hi, I am considering moving to eastern europe for work purposes. The countries I'm looking at are Poland, Hungary or Czech Republic. I am a mechanical engineer (machinist and maintenance), and am curious to know if there are many jobs available ...
It's hard to give specific city recommendation, but pretty much every major city in Poland would have some kind of medium of big size factories/companies. I would do my research for jobs in Warsaw, Krakow, Wroclaw, Poznan, Gdansk. Most of machinery ... Read More
Why Poland? (work/study/migrate) by tipitoe
Hello everyone, Why did you decided to work/study/migrate in Poland? Why are you planning to work/study/migrate in Poland? As someone who was born in Poland and grew up behind the iron curtain, I'm little bit surprised by the level of ...
Thank you for replying to my post. This is mostly curiosity on my part and its is most likely the first question that you will be asked when you arrive to Poland. I'm far from judging anyone who wants to better his or her life. So I wish you all ... Read More
Why Poland? (work/study/migrate)
Hello everyone, Why did you decided to work/study/migrate in Poland? Why are you planning to work/study/migrate in Poland? As someone who was born in Poland and grew up behind the iron curtain, I'm little bit surprised by the level of ... Read More
Moved to US and cannot find a decent job? by aratliff
This is what happened to me so that it can be a lesson for someone else. I am originally from Russia, moved here at the age of 29 so I already had 2 college degrees from my home country. When I would submit resumes to different places, I would ...
Hello everyone I decided to join this forum mostly because of this topic. I came to US at age 25 and it has been more than 25 years since my arrival. I was studying history ta university at my home country (Poland). Some of you may be discourage ... Read More