Hello, British gentlemen! I would like to ask you a question: What would be a best way for a foreigner to get a part-time job in britain for about two months? Me and my wife want to make some money and get better at language, but I simply have no clue where should I begin. Do you think it would be possible to get a job with my CCNA 1 and hi-school focused on networking? What else would I need?

Have a read of our Border Control website, from what I can see you are ok to work in the UK if you come from Poland, Czech Republic and a few other places from that area of Europe :

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/eucitizens/workerregistrationscheme/

There was a worker registration scheme but that finished last year.

I would contact the British Embassy in your country (normally located in a capital city) and ask them though just to make sure the information on our Border Control website is 100% accurate (Most likely will be).

A big part of it is making sure they know where you are and when your Visa runs out make sure you go back home or you could get in a lot of trouble. We do get a fair few immigrant workers where their Visas have run out and they dont go back home, they do get caught and shipped back but then it is difficult for them to come back even for just a holiday.

What visa? He is from EU, he does not need any bloody visa.

Due to some EU law i think we have an almost open doors policy to the EU. However double checking with the embassy isnt a bad idea.

Fenixp will just need a passport since he is European, but he can stay in the UK as long as he likes.

You could be disappointed. The job market in the UK is terrible at the moment & it's really rare for companies to be hiring that short term. We have large unemployment rates, a lot of businesses falling apart and even rubbish minimum wage jobs are in demand.

The UK isn't part of Schengen, and special laws were put in place when the former GUS nations joined the EU. At least in Germany they are no longer valid, don't know about britain though.

nobody ever needed stinking visa tough. even before Czech joined EU (but not immediately after collapse of communism). There were work restrictions but they are not visas

heck. you don't even need a passport to get on plane to london...

To my astonishment this is true, it's funny how the U.K. press seem to focus far more on how dreadful the U.S. economy is instead. Propaganda at it's most efficient I guess.

Your best options would be to find other Czech people living in Britain and ask them for help, and also to register with at least one employment agency (more is better). I think the hardest aspect of this is going to be finding reasonably priced accommodation for your stay.

actual debt is 3xGDP (once you factor in the nationalised banks and if, you know, the conservatives actually started collecting taxes from big companies rather than waving off 3BILLION quid tax debts -.-) You'll end up doing pub work... no seriously pub and labour work are the majority of jobs out there high tech jobs have thousands of applicants each (trust me 4 years of looking with CC's and MSCE's and I've only had 5 interviews >.<)

BTW, have you considered Ireland? They also have a lot of IT industries, and they also speak (kind of) english. I was there before the big crash, so things might have changed.

I really don't want to offend any brits here, but I liked Dublin a lot more than London. (Though I've only been in London for short periods).

You are fine with just a passport so long as you are Czech, that is only for countries which joined in the last enlargement. So if you're Bulgarian or Romanian then you will need a visa. You're biggest problem will be the short length you want to stay.

You're English seems to be very good so you shouldn't have a problem with language, at least written (some accents can be hard to understand :P I'm looking at you, Scots). Classes are very cheap and there are a lot of them in London. I have a friend how managed to find one for £10/week.

Flats are difficult to come by and you might have to stay in a hostel a week or so. It might even be easier to live in a hostel, you can get small rooms that you can share with another couple and these generally cost a bit more than renting, but not much if you can find a good deal. Letting Agencies generally don't accept international applications, even those from the EU so you will have to find a private landlord. This isn't too hard but something for just two months isn't going to be that easy.

You might want to wait till June, as students leave the City and there are usually a lot of short-term rooms available. Loot is an excellent site for finding private, legit lenders, I've included the link.

You should check the jobseekers sites, there are often a lot of technical jobs but temp ones are hard to come by. Gumtree is your best bet for general jobs, or the government website. I've included a bunch of links below.

If you are working in Czech then it might be a good idea to apply from the there and fly to the UK for the interview. This can be expensive but its better than living in a hostel for a month without any job prospects. And if you're picky about what jobs you want you might have a long wait :S Either way I would advise you to have about £1,000-£2,000 saved, best to play it safe.

The job market is difficult everywhere so you shouldn't let that deter you, just keep a cool head because it's always tough to find something right, even in good times. If you're willing to take the first thing that comes along then you shouldn't have a problem.

Edit: My finance is a Java Developer from France, she moved to the UK and it took her 3 months to find a job, she did turn down a couple offers because they didn't offer her enough money :) French people [shakes fist]. And when her friends come to visit they bitch about how France is so much better, but buy so much stuff that they have to get another suitcase...happened three times :) Apparently Primark and TKMaxx are shopper Meccas.

http://www.loot.com/
http://www.gumtree.com/
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/index.htm
http://www.reed.co.uk/
http://www.job-seekers.co.uk/

At least you're finding new and exciting ways to cut costs like privatising local police forces!