Working in Canada (Toronto) as an EU citizen?
Hiya,
I've been pondering something, and I was hoping someone here might have experience with this kind of thing:
I'm an EU citizen (Austria) and I'm going to travel to North America in the summer. Now I was thinking of staying for a while in Toronto and working in a youth hostel in exchange for accommodation. (I have experience as a hostel receptionist and one of the hostels I wrote to has already told me they'd like to see my application.) This wouldn't be for long, 4 to 8 weeks at the most.
Now, I know EU citizens don't need a tourist visa if they stay less than six months. But it's my understanding that for this kind of thing, I'd need a work permit. Any idea how easy/hard it is to get that?
I have no idea yet if I'll even find a hostel that wants me, but I wanted to ask around before I do something serious like going to the embassy here in Vienna or something. I've looked at a lot of websites, but they mostly deal with long-time srs bsnss work, while this would just be a summer job. Therefore I'd appreciate any kind of help from you wise people. ;)
I've been pondering something, and I was hoping someone here might have experience with this kind of thing:
I'm an EU citizen (Austria) and I'm going to travel to North America in the summer. Now I was thinking of staying for a while in Toronto and working in a youth hostel in exchange for accommodation. (I have experience as a hostel receptionist and one of the hostels I wrote to has already told me they'd like to see my application.) This wouldn't be for long, 4 to 8 weeks at the most.
Now, I know EU citizens don't need a tourist visa if they stay less than six months. But it's my understanding that for this kind of thing, I'd need a work permit. Any idea how easy/hard it is to get that?
I have no idea yet if I'll even find a hostel that wants me, but I wanted to ask around before I do something serious like going to the embassy here in Vienna or something. I've looked at a lot of websites, but they mostly deal with long-time srs bsnss work, while this would just be a summer job. Therefore I'd appreciate any kind of help from you wise people. ;)