HI!
I AM A UK BORN TEACHER, MATURE WITH 7+ YEARS TEACHING EXPERIENCE TEACHING IN CHINA 2010 MADRID 2010-2012 MOSCOW 2012-2013 CANARY ISLANDS 2013-2017.
I AGREED A CONTRACT WITH LANGUAGE LINK MOSCOW TO ARRIVE IN JULY. AS I LIVED IN THE CANARIES I WAS OBLIGED TO TRAVEL TO MADRID TO COLLECT MY WORK VISA.
THIS I DID - ONLY TO FIND THAT LANGUAGE LINK MOSCOW HAD MADE A HUGE MISTAKE WITH THE INVITATION LETTER,RENDERING IT USELESS!!!
THEREFORE, ITS JULY ,40C, I AM IN A CHEAP HOTEL WITHOUT AIRCON - AND NO PLACE TO STAY, AND NO VISA!!!
AFTER REMONSTRATING WITH ROB JENSKY AT LANGUAGE LINK MOSCOW I WAS ASSURED THAT THEY WOULD COVER ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS I INCURRED
IF I WAS TO WAIT IN MADRID FOR A REPLACEMENT INVITATION TO ARRIVE FROM MOSCOW!
THIS I DID, PAYING FROM MY OWN POCKET A FURTHER 400€ IN HOTEL EXPENSES (NON-AIRCON)
ON FINALLY ARRIVING IN MOSCOW 2 WEEKS LATE, THE RECEPTION I RECEIVED WAS BEYOND BELIEF!!
A MAFIA-TYPE THUG PICKED ME UP AT THE AIRPORT AND DROVE ME 2 HOURS ACROSS MOSCOW TO THE ROUGHEST AREA I HAD EVER SEEN (REMEMBER I LIVED THERE 2012-2013-WINDSOR SCHOOL - GREAT ORGANIZATION!)
DUMPED ME OUTSIDE THE MOST INCREDIBLE "CRACK-DEN" OF A PLACE - THREW MY SUITCASES ONTO THE PAVEMENT - AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE OFF!
WHEN I FINALLY GOT HOLD OF LANGUAGE LINK MOSCOW TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS SITUATION THE MANAGERESS ALEXANDRIA SIMPLY LAUGHED!!!
IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT LANGUAGE LINK MOSCOW WERE A MAFIA RUN SHOW, AND i LEFT ON THE NEXT PLANE - TOTAL COST TO ME ABOUT 1,700€
AVOID THESE PEOPLE - ANY LETTERS CONTESTING THIS ARE RUBBISH!