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Complete the application form as fully as possible. While it is useful for us to have your passport number and referee details they are not immediately crucial to start processing your application.

Please call us or email us if there's anything you would like to discuss. Our Phone number is 1 888 839 3535 in the USA or 1 877 921 9666 in Canada. Our basic package includes food, accommodation, insurance and the support of our staff at home and at your destination.

A deposit of $295 American or Canadian Dollars is required with your application. We will immediately acknowledge receipt of your application and deposit payment.

If you'd prefer not to apply online you can also apply through our brochure or over the phone.

Myprojectsabroad

Myprojectsabroad is our online system, which allows you to log on to your own dedicated web page. Here we'll keep you up-to-date with the organization of your placement. We'll send you regular e-mail updates to tell you when there's something new on your page. If you don't have an e-mail address or easy access to the Internet, or just prefer to have hard copies sent to you don't worry; we still send information by post on request.

What happens next?

As soon as you are accepted, our Travel Team will contact you about FLIGHTS. We recommend that you allow us to book your flights. Click HERE for more information about our recommended travel service.

Within fifteen working days we expect to write to welcome you formally on to our program. At this point we will send you your MyProjectsAbroad login name, password and instructions by email. You can use these to access the following information on your own dedicated web-page:

  • General information about your destination, along with information about Projects Abroad staff, offices etc.
  • Information about your insurance cover
  • Our teaching ideas booklet (if you've applied for teaching)
  • An invoice for the balance of our fee, payable three months before departure (or immediately, if there are less than three months to go)
  • Our formal terms and conditions
  • An 'Everything You Need to Know' chart about traveling in the developing world
  • A questionnaire for you to fill in and return, so we can match you to your job

Visa information, if it applies to you, will also be uploaded onto your dedicated MyProjectsAbroad page, or sent to you, usually between one and four months before your departure. This time-frame depends on embassies and application deadlines.

About a month before your departure, we will upload or send you full information about your particular placement.

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Amendments & Cancellations

If personal, academic or other circumstances turn out to make travel impossible at the time planned, placements can normally be deferred without cost or for a minimal charge. Please call us to discuss your situation.

Amendments, cancellations or part-cancellations must be notified in writing. Unfortunately, charges for these are unavoidable. Our charge for an amendment is normally $90 plus any costs incurred by us. If the total cost is going to exceed $180, we will provide you with a quotation before proceeding. Cancellation charges depend on how far in advance of your originally preferred departure date we have been informed in writing:

  • Notice of 3 months or more - $100
  • Notice of 2-3 months - One third of total cost
  • Notice of 1-2 months - Two thirds of total cost
  • Notice of less than 1 month - No refund

Please note that if you have made your final payment, cancellation insurance will be available in defined circumstances

Please remember - we're not responsible for everything.

If you choose to take part in one of our programs, we cannot allow for every eventuality. You will be choosing to travel far afield to places that can be both exotic and unpredictable. Lifestyles and conditions will be different from those you are used to - not necessarily worse but different. Please be prepared to cope with the unexpected, with local customs and shortages; with the vagaries of weather, travel and mankind in general. Common sense and good humor will see you through most things.