« Last post by younghopeful onToday at 02:42:30 AM »
Hi Hi!
I just thought I'd throw in my two cents as well.
I studied abroad in Spain for a grand total of two years. I had the same idea that I had to do the same thing with the whole getting a background check from the police station in order to get a new visa. But all in all, I didn't have to do it and my consulate accepted a background check from the department of law enforcement for my state.
I went through the Miami consulate and they're practically chillax about everything. So you should have no problems at all.
« Last post by kirstysara onYesterday at 08:30:57 PM »
I was 1216 and was placed in La Rioja. However, I already accepted a placement in Madrid through BEDA. There are people who decline their placements! I hope someone else enjoys that placement! Good luck to everyone who's waiting to hear.
Just hoping that other people in this thread have had better luck than me in the end.
After I applied incredibly early to both programs and requested to teach adults in Granada with a friend, BOTH programs have placed me alone, in the wrong city, teaching teenagers. To add insult to injury, CIEE just put me in the (only) other high school in the same tiny city of Guadix.
Still trying to understand what I did wrong in my applications--is it a keyword density thing? Should I have used the word "Granada" 20 times in my essays instead of 15? Did I need more experience than just a few months of teaching and a CELTA certificate?
Moral of the story: If you're actually set on a city, you'd better have a backup plan. These program placements are random and the people who work for these programs have no reason to care if you actually get the things you requested. There are always plenty of other desperate Americans hunting visas where you came from.
« Last post by summergal1616 onYesterday at 02:53:46 AM »
mar_etxea first years have been being placed since April 30. The highest number I've seen as of today is 1296 on the Auxiliares facebook group.
If you are admitida you are all set to receive an assignment but it may not be for a while, or at all depending on how high the inscrita number is. Unless there are more positions this year or a lot of people decline, you would probably know sometime in the summer (probably August if going by last year's timeline) about being placed.
There's no official word on how many placements there are this year, but on the group on facebook someone said they talked to someone involved with the program in DC and they said there would be around 1600 placements (for North Americans)...don't know if that includes renewals or not or if that's an accurate number. I think it will be around the same as last year with around 1800 final placements.
I hope that helps a little, if you have some time with the deadline of your other program maybe wait and see how far they get? Best of luck!
« Last post by mar_etxea on May 16, 2013, 10:46:19 PM »
so out of the people who have gotten places, are there any first years yet? IM DYING TO FIND OUT!
also, does anybody know how many actual positions there are in total? they sent out a weird e-mail saying that all people with admitido status will receive assignments, did i completely misunderstand?
im number 2030 and am waiting anxiously, and the deadline to reply to another program i got accepted in is soon but id rather go to spain
« Last post by palmtree61189 on May 16, 2013, 10:52:21 AM »
I studied abroad in Chile in 2010 for more than six months, applied to the auxiliar program in 2012 without even being aware that such a regulation existed. No one said anything to me about my study abroad experience, received all of my background checks without a problem, and I have been in southern Spain since September of last year.
I went through the New York Consulate. I don´t think you will have a problem.
« Last post by bulgaro on May 16, 2013, 12:21:51 AM »
OK let's revive this thread. So # 1115 here and I just got placed in Murcia!
At this point I don't know if I should be content or not, anyone here that is familiar with this part of Spain that can shed some light on that province? Would be greatly appreciated!
Also other Murcians out there feel free to connect!
« Last post by mantler on May 15, 2013, 04:03:01 PM »
San Francisco. Even during my study abroad year my official residence remained California, so I didn't ask for a background check from Spain... and it didn't seem to me that I should need one from the country that I'm asking for a visa from, but who knows? I'm going to ask some of my fellow auxiliares in the same situation what they did...
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