Participating to Work and Travel with a close friend is an option preferred by most participants. Participants see traveling with a friend to a country they do not know as a safer way than to go alone. Is it possible to work in the same place with a close friend?

Yes, in Work and Travel, you can even work in the same place with your close friend and do the same job. No problem so far. But your criteria must be suitable for the job you want. The most important of these criteria is the level of English.

E.g; For the waiter job, advanced English is required. If your English is advanced and your friends’s is intermediate, it may not be possible to work in the same job. However, you can work in different jobs in the same company. While one of you is a waiter, the other can work as a busser, host or dishwasher in the same restaurant or café. The other criteria is your date of departure to America.

If your departure date to the USA is different and you want to work in the same job, this time the employer’s latest recruitment date comes into play. For example, if the employer says that the last time I accept students is on June 20, if one of the participants can go to America before June 20 and the other after June 20, then unfortunately is is not possible to work in the same job.

In short, after meeting your criteria in Work and Travel, you can work with your close friend at the same job or workplace and experience an unforgettable summer in America and collect wonderful memories.