Chile Forum

Thanks for that, gringalais. I'm was sort of thinking I'd wait and hope that once I had the visa in my passport I could initiate and issue electronic boletas as my boyfriend does. But as I've just found out that work probably won't be giving me payslips, perhaps the more paperwork the better, particularly as we'll be applying for permanent residency next year!

Good luck, Tommy! I'd be a little sceptical about the electronic signature. Perhaps try emailing the extranjeria or much better, ringing them? Maybe keep it to just that question though...

I am here as a dependent under my husband's visa sujeto a contrato, and it clearly states on my visa that I am not allowed to work here. My kids' school is in desperate need of a english speaking teacher with the ability to teach science and math also, which I am exactly that. My friends (chilenas) seem to think I can work for "boletas", but being chilenas they have obviously never had to deal with visa situations. From reading this thread I am guessing that I need to get some other kind of visa (either sujeto a contrato in my own right or other???), to be able to work? I was not really planning to work this year so don't have my papers together. From experience (having changed my husbands visa sujeto a contrato twice) this is no small undertaking, and when doing it within country I believe i need my degree to be stamped by the university to say it is real, then stamped by the department of foreign affairs in the state my university is, then stamped by the chilean consulate that covers said state. That alone could take months, and given that I don't even have a copy of my teaching degree with me (just a transcript), even without all that running around it could be an nightmare of paperwork.

Questions: Any experience, suggestions for a faster way to get working? The school needs a teacher ASAP, and I'd love to help out for the sake of my daughter's education.

Is it possible to get a visa with a different degree from the area you are working in - I have my engineering degree on hand, though not legalised etc, and lets face it engineers are gods here - clearly I have no idea what I am doing in terms of this paperwork - anyone got other suggestions?