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You have just graduated or currently
pursuing a course which required practical training? Then it might be just the
right choice for you to apply for an internship/training in an industry. An
internship whether paid or unpaid will equip students with practical experience
in the working world and also helps students in deciding whether they want to
really work in that profession or they should switch with some other job. Thus,
an employer certainly looks out for any internship or practical training the
student has undergone during his career and this part keeps you apart from
other students who virtually did not had the taste of the job world and the commitments
accompanying it.
How about an internship abroad? Not only
does it sound good but it has many advantages. Students get experience working
in an alien environment and also meet potential employers and can create links
and contacts which will be useful throughout their life. You work in a team
having members from different communities and countries and you learn to cope
up and try finishing your work on schedule. With lots of facilities and
research opportunities abroad you get a lot of hands on experience and maybe
your employer might hire you for a full time work load if impressed.
Let’s get started then-
There are many types of internships:
· *Paid Internship- You will be given a monthly stipend, an experience
certificate and you won’t be charged anything
· *Experience/Voluntary Internship- You won’t be charged
anything but you won’t be getting any stipend. You will get an experience
certificate
· *Training Internship- You will be charged for the training and
the certificate program.
Step 1:-
First you can apply for internship either on
your own or through a professional company. Obviously if you apply through a
professional company there are some advantages and disadvantages. These are:
Advantages-
· *You just have to send your Resume and state your needs and
this company will start processing
· *Company will find a professional employer for you. In the
sense “find” it means they will get you an interview call and you just have to
prepare and attend for the interview
· *If you clear this interview and your employer is ready to hire
you then you have to pay this company a visa fees and they will process your
visa along with the employment letter provided by the company.
· *Thus, your work is only to interact with this “company” and
follow their simple instruction
Disadvantage-
· *The disadvantage is, for performing all the above tasks for
you, they will either charge you money or will take a commission of 10-15% of
your internship income.
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These companies are mostly company specific.
For example if you want to apply for an internship in Germany the companies are
- IAESTE(International Association for the Exchange of
Students for Technical Experience), AIESEC,
ELSA
etc.
For USA, CIEE is quite famous and you have
to find a CIEE
representative in your country and apply through them. For Australia "Australian Internship" is most preferred.
If you are applying on your own then the
only way is to get to an employer’s company, checking out career sections and applying
directly for any open positions in internship jobs along with your resume.
Since the job is abroad you will have to attend either a telephonic interview
or a Skype interview.
After your position is sanctioned in the
internship then you will be given an employment letter with details about the
internship
Step 2:
This step is common. If you have applied
through a professional company then they will apply the visa for you. Else,
you have to apply for Visa on your own.
The Visa process changes for each country so for now going to the steps only for
European countries (Germany) is mentioned.
Note-
If you don’t require any visa then you can
straightway start your internship abroad. For example , students living in European
Union don’t have to apply for visa for any kinds of internships anywhere in the
other European countries.
Bear in mind that the VISA processing takes
place 6-12 weeks so apply as soon as you get the offer letter.
Documents Required-
·
Application
form
·
Passport
(min validity of 12 months)
·
2
photographs (35 mm X 45 mm)
·
Demand
Draft for visa fees
·
Letter
from the local employer (if working and Bonafide if student)
·
Letter
from the host company
·
Mark
sheets, if still studying
·
Health
insurance coverage
·
Declaration
of authenticity of documents submitted
Along with this you have to fill the
application form for the internship. There are two kinds of application form
for Germany. If your stay is less than 3 months then you have to use the
following application form
If your internship is more than 3 months
(>90 days) then you have to fill in the below application form
You will have to pay a VISA fees preferably through
a Demand Draft which you can download here
Fill in the Health Insurance form which you
can download here. It should cover your whole medical insurance cost of
your stay Germany.
http://www.india.diplo.de/contentblob/3244174/Daten/87513/Visa_Tourism_Health_Declaration_downld.pdf
An authenticity letter which states that the
information provided by you is Genuine is to be filled.
All these documents has to be filled up and
sent to German Embassy of your country. Bear in mind that these forms also
changes from country to country and you have to download these forms from the
German embassy’s site in your country.
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