Hello!
Me (27yrs) and my husband (32yrs) are thinking about moving to Mauritius (from Finland) maybe after a year or so, and we would like to know what the general work and house situation is over there?
We would like to rent a 1-2 bedroom apartment/house, we still don't know where, but we would appreaciate having some kind of price range on those houses, depending on the location. Does electricity, gas and water include in rents?
My husband is in IT-business (has been all his life). His work is mainly managing, e-commerce, developing, IT-support etc. (but not any kind of software related work) what kind of work situation do you have there for people like my husband? What kind of salary are we talking about for jobs like those?
I on the other hand do not have any specific work area which I would like to be involved while living there.. I am willing to do almost any kind of work (wash dishes, cleaning, work in a bar/coffee shop, pick fruits etc. etc.) Do you have need for people like me, who can and will do all kinds of jobs, in Mauritius? How much does those jobs pay?
What kind of work areas are in need of employees at this point/in general?
We were thinking about saving money before moving there just in case we don't find jobs right away. What do you think, is 5-6 months reasonable period of time to find jobs, if we would save that much money first?
Do salaries get paid once a month, or often?
How much money do you reckon we should have per month, so that the both of us can live a normal life, eating out once in a while (please give out the total sum for the both of us, in MUR)?
How much does Internet connections cost in Mauritius? Is the price a lot different, depending on nortn and south for instance? What kind of options do you have on those, especially speed interests me?
What about working visas? Is it hard to get one? I still haven't looked around for it, so I'm asking you now, can we just apply for one visa and both work with that, or do we both need our own working visas and how much does those cost?
If you have good website links on visas, rent houses, jobs and other kinds of "every day" sites which can help us get to know Mauritius better, please let us know!
Love,
Maiju