Trainees come .. trainees go

We had a very cool last week, enjoying the last days with our trainees Michelle and Lulu ... they prepared for us a really nice surprise, a good bye party with mexican food ... it was something new for us, spicy food and traditional dances ... at the end of the party we realized that it's was sad moment, because our trainees are leaving Cluj ...

On Sunday morning Michelle left Cluj Napoca... it's pretty strange this feeling we had... we got so used with her here in Cluj, that is quite difficult now to realize her home is not here... she has to go back home...looking back, we were so happy that we shared so many experiences together... trix, peninsula, sighisoara, partyes,LTS 2006, NPS 2006... Michelle you left for sure a print in our souls!!!have a happy life back home, enjoy every moment, and don't forget that you have friends out here, in another corner of this little world...

Yesterday in the aftrenoon we said good bye to Lulu at the airport, another strange feeling ... eventhough she staid in Cluj only 3 month, we got to know her and we spent some cool moments together ... we also wish her a happy life full with friends ...

But!! my dears, right now we are very happy because in 2 days will arrive in Cluj a new trainee : Emma from Peru ... we are very excited to meet her and to show her our LC, ou city and our organizational culture ... we will write a new page in our history ...

What is reception for AIESEC Timisoara?

HEI you get out my street!!:))

Well, in my first post on this blog..I could say a lot of words...but I don't want to take much of your studying ...

I wanna share with you what reception means for us in Timisoara...not about systems, activities or plans...but about feelings...

I am proud to say that AIESEC Timisoara is made of a bunch of students who like to hang around with internationals. You won't have a problem if you just appear here and you have no where to stay...There will be persons hosting you and taking you out...
Why?
Because one of our values is appreciating diversity. We as a team are so very different and we like to take advantage of the uniqueness of every perspective!

That is why we appreciate having internationals around!
As now there are no trainees yet in Timisoara,
We welcome you trainees to come and visit us!
You will not regret it!
We really do a great reception:)

Cheers,

Ancush, Timisoara

some pictures from Timisoara!

Reception weekend in Timisoara!

Hey, you all trainees in Romania
Check this!!

http://receptionweekend.xhost.ro

Enjoy!

Experience sharing about visa application

Hi all,
I'm Michelle Chen from Taiwan, and I'm the current trainee in Cluj-Napoca.(I have to emphasize my family name "Chen" because there's another trainee Michelle Lee in Bucharest.)Before coming to this lovely land Romania, it indeed took me a while to get the visa.And in order to prevent the same situation from happening to the future trainees who would like to discover this fantastic country, I think it'll be a good idea for me to briefly share my visa experience here for your reference.

Here are the documents I'm required to offer and how I prepared them:
1.Invitation both from AIESEC and the company:
AIESEC Cluj-Napoca prepared them for me, and there was not problem with this part.

2. The insurance certificate:
I was asked to offer a six-month certificate.

3. The financial statement:
the officials didn't say how much money I should have in my account, so I provided one with around 5,000 euros, and it was ok.

4. The criminal record:
I provided one when applying, but before they issued me the visa they asked me to offer another one, which they said I would need when I prolong my visa in Romania. But actually no one requested it when I extended the visa here.

5. The employee's leaving certificate:
I don't know if you can ignore this if you're still a student or you don't have official working experience before. Anyway my ex-company made one for me.

6. The rental contract:
Originally the AIESEC emphasized that they'll offer me free accommodation in the invitation, and it was said that in normal situation it should be ok. But unfortunately I was still requested to provide the rental contract, and my first application for visa was rejected because the monthly rental amount put on the contract was too low (only 0.6 euros per month). Therefore I strongly recommend the trainees who are requested to provide the rental contract to find out what's the lowest acceptable monthly rental amount should be put on the contract before signing it. The second time we made the contract with 30 euros rent per month, and then I got the visa.

Besides I want to remind you to pay attention to the visa type and the number of entries.I think the AIESECers will tell you that you should apply for the D/AS type visa. And as for the number of entries, I don't know why but I got the one-entrance visa, and I couldn't change it to multiple even when I prolonged my visa here. So pay attention to the number of entries when applying for the visa or you might be able to travel to other countries during your traineeship. (But of course, there're also many places worthy visiting in Romania!)

Above is my simple sharing about visa experience, and I hope it will somehow be helpful for future trainees. Actually I also prolonged my visa a few weeks ago since I enjoy my traineeship here very much, and I'll post another article to share the experience of extending visa after I get the residence permit in August!

Best Regards,

Michelle Chen (Taiwan/Cluj-Napoca)

Reception Weekend AIESEC Sibiu

Here are some memories from the Reception Weekend in Sibiu

Proud member of NEXT TEAM

hello ,

I'm really happy that you started posting on this blog. Hope the trainee will appear soon and will share with us their @Xperience.

have a cold day,
Alex

Dracula

Dracula - the real story

hey.. people..

here is a great video about Dracula and about Sighisoara...
enjoy
your friend Romeo

Some things about Romania

Hey everybody. I am Alina and this is my first post on this blog. I always say the first time is always special. So if it's your first time in Romania let's make it special :).
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