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hey,

Im not a student and dont have any qualifications, im 18 years old and want to go work in the states at a resort. Can i get a Visa? or do u have to be a student?

Hey bro, I was in the same situation a few years ago. I went through a company called educating adventures its a new zealand based company which is sweet and have been working season in tahoe since. I know the visa applications are closing really soon so get emailing resorts asap!! I know squaw valley, northstar and heavenly (lake tahoe, california) resorts give our H2B visa's. This is the visa you will be wanting it means you can work at the resort just doesn't allow you to have more than the one job legally. Theres loads of other resorts which give them out but I know from talking with my boss at Squaw that alot of resorts are cutting back. Good luck mate and get emailing

aw dope bro!! cheers. having 2nd thoughts tho, mainly because of the drinking age, wud be shit not been able to go out and get on the piss and meet people, so thinking canada now, have you worked in canada before? any tips on getting jobs?

Peace

dude, don't let that change your mind. Tahoe gets loads of sun amazing snow has so many resorts real close to chose from. There are house parties every single night it seems. Iv been underage 3 times now and bought a fake id you can see about this in my comment to your other post. You will be getting drunk 4-5 times a week its awesome + if you do sus an id loads of bars will believe it

cheers for the info bro! turns out that place is only taking on ski/board instructors this year which is shit as! so gonna have to cruiz to canada instead, but shud be all good! gnna cruiz dwn to cali in the spring for some time off so shud be dope!

Peace

I got a job in breck, co by just applying direct to the resorts in may, most of the employment pages will tell you if they will here internationals through the h2b visa programme, great times, there are lotsa people under 21 in these towns so you should be able to still have a great time. I have seen lots of info on jobs in canada on the lonely planet thorntree forum in the past could be worth a look. Have fun