I just accepted my first international teaching position and am waiting for my visa It seems as though obtaining a work visa can be an issue, at times Is it as difficult to obtain as I'm beginning to think? Are people often denied work visas, and if so, for what reasons? May be to broad a question, or naive, but I'm starting to get a little paranoid since I resigned from my job of 10 years in my home country Thank you in advance

If I made $120,000 per year I wouldn't be considering leaving. The highest paid in my school district don't even make that much. After 10 years I make about 50,000 and I work for one of the highest paying districts in my state.

Thank you for the replies.

I'm actually on the other side of the US from New York, PsyGuy.

I do have another route I can go - applying for licensure in another state where one of my parents live. That way I would have a valid license at the time of recruitment. Just wasn't going to do that if I didn't need to.

I've had my heart set on teaching overseas for awhile and things are finally falling in line personally for me to be able to go, so I just don't want anything to stand in my way.

I am currently licensed in my home state - ECE and Elem. K-6 self-contained. I have been teaching for 10 years. I'm half-way done with my masters and plan to take next year off to complete it. My license is up for renewal in the fall of 2013 and requires my masters by that time, so I wasn't going to renew it until I was finished (I won't be teaching, so it isn't an issue). However, I will be completing it after the normal recruitment time for the 2014/15 school year. This may be a silly question, but is this going to completely mess up my chances of finding an IT position?