I'm for California and since I've been going to a French cooking school i always thought about moving to France to better train myself. but i thought moving to Italy or Greece would be really cool too. anything you thing you think i should know or consider... or just your thoughts in general?
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We,, if you've been planning and thinking about this trip to France for a long time and you've been going to French cooking school, then you already know a lot about the culture so it won't be that hard for you to move there, but Greece and Italy is a different story cause you've just been thinking about it and you haven't been doing anything special to plan for it.
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Whatever you do it's essential to learn the language first
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In theory it is a lovely idea, France is the tradional home of fine cuisine, Italy the home of home cooked food, and Greece also great good also with recipes handed down through the generations of family However I may burst the bubble a little bit with the practicalities Basically immigration laws have tighted up generally over the last 5-10 years due to large influxes of immigrants and movements of people within the EU Therefore unless you hold an EU/EFTA passport it is very difficult. The same as it is difficult/impossible for a European to move to the US/Canada, the opposite is also true You will either need to be (a) self-employed and show evidence of a thiving business (b) a highly skilled migrant with skills/experience which are in demand in Europe (and usually already receiving a high salary in your domestic country) or (c) sponsored by a company - and this is only normally done in the case that they cannot fulfil the job from the pool of labour within the EU or that you have specialist knowledge/experience Also in principle you will need to speak the language of the country you work in (although there are exceptions to this if the company is an International one whose working language is e.g. English) There are small differences but there generally the policies are very similar and restrictive for all EU countries, but I do not know about the non-EU ones. The best thing to do in order to get accurate info including viability & time is to contact the embassy of the country you are interested in. They can provide you the official information Maybe you could enrol at a cooking school in one of the countries and spend some time there as a student as a student visa is easier to obtain. This would also look great on your cv to take home! Nothing like learning French cooking in France (same for Italian & Greek) I wish you much luck
