lunes, 30 de abril de 2007

What I've been waiting for

from "Education Advisor @ the Spanish Embassy"
to me
date Apr 30, 2007 2:37 PM
subject Correction: List - Auxiliares Norteamericanos

Dear applicant,

You are in the provisional list of applicants who have been awarded the grant requested for the North American Language and Culture Assistant Program in Spain 2007-2008.

You have been assigned to the Community of Madrid.

Please, fill in, sign and return the enclosed form (no forms will be accepted without signature), by May 11th. You can do it in two ways:

1. By fax to: Programa de Auxiliares de Lengua y Cultura Norteamericanos;
FAX: 202-728-2313

2. By E-mail, as a response to this E-mail:

A - You can fill in the form manually, scan it and transform it into a PDF document.

B - You can fill in the word document, insert your signature electronically and send it.

C - PLEASE, rename the document to be sent in as in this example:

Smith_John_Acceptance_07

We would like to thank you for your participation in the program and hope to hear from you as soon as possible.

Best regards.
Education Advisor
The original notification had me posted in Andalucía (my third choice), while the form to be sent back stated Madrid. This was of course followed by a phone call (no luck) and and then an email trying to figure out my actual placement.

Smiles (and relief) all around as I reread this second email. As is stated, I have until May 11th to decide, so I have a little under two weeks to really think about it before I spread the news.

miércoles, 18 de abril de 2007

What a relief

From the NALCA website:
Las solicitudes recibidas en el plazo del 16 de abril, recibirán notificación a finales de abril. Las recibidas en el plazo del 11 de mayo, recibirán notificación durante los quince días posteriores a esa fecha.

Applications received by April 16th will receive notification by the end of April. Applications received by May 11th will receive notification within two weeks following the deadline.

New thread started for 2007/08 applicants

http://www.expatriatecafe.com/forums/index.php?s=8e164c0b0c8031bfbb034b590dc9fd2b&act=ST&f=3&t=1841&st=0&#entry7236

miércoles, 11 de abril de 2007

Timeline (so far)

* February: Discover program, thanks to ielanguages.com

* mid-March until rest of the month: Decide to apply; submit online version of application. Pick (in order of preference): Madrid, Basque Country, Andalusia. Work on essay. Hustle to get recommendations, transcripts, diploma, certificate of health, background check. Mass photocopying. Forget to get background check notarized; goes back to CBI to get it accomplished, then to the Secretary of State for the apostille.

* April 02: Send application, leave out delivery confirmation. Pretty confident it will get to Spanish Embassy by proposed deadline of April 16.

* April 10: Find out, through the potential applicants forum on Expatriate Cafe that the deadline has been extended to May 11.

Hm.