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ramesh_elury
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by ramesh_elury » Tue May 02, 2017 12:52 pm
Hi good day,
I am ramesh. I am Indian.
I am planning to move to lisbon (portuguese) along with my spouse and kid for job and want to apply for PR.
Can anyone tell how are the job opportunities for an IT professionals like me with 6years of experience in ITES sector.
Also please let me know what are the prerequisites for applying the visa and so.
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secret.simon
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by secret.simon » Tue May 02, 2017 4:03 pm
Why are you looking at moving to Portugal? Do you and/or your family know Portuguese?
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CR001
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by CR001 » Wed May 03, 2017 1:27 pm
ramesh_elury wrote:Hi good day,
I am ramesh. I am Indian.
I am planning to move to lisbon (portuguese) along with my spouse and kid for job and want to apply for PR.
Can anyone tell how are the job opportunities for an IT professionals like me with 6years of experience in ITES sector.
Also please let me know what are the prerequisites for applying the visa and so.
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tmonaghan
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by tmonaghan » Wed May 10, 2017 10:07 am
Well good luck with your job search in Lisbon... I spend three years there from 2012 and 2015 and could not find anything unless you spoke Portuguese. I managed to find a job in IT as a Tech Officer for a French bank where I worked for 1.5 years. I was lucky to have found that job because they did not require me to speak Portuguese. I earned on average 970 EURO net per month. The Minimum wage is 300 EURO per month. It was hell! I even had to leave Portugal for six months to work in czech republic for IBM because I had run out of savings and could not find work.
Since I moved back to the UK in January 2015; my salary has increased to 29K a year for exactly the same sort of jobs...
Make yourself ready for a bumpy ride because you going to have to rely from your savings until you can find a job that will pay you peanuts. Portugal is in crisis economically so it will be the worse mistake you could make when moving to a country like Portugal. The other example would be Greece! Stay away from these countries...
I hope you can speak Portuguese as it will increase your chances to find a job quicker but be ready for the average salary of 1000 Euro net a month. You have a family? Good luck man!
