Can an au pair travel to London w/ me for 7 weeks?
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Anonymous
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Can an au pair travel to London with me + baby for 7 weeks? The baby would be about 4 months old. I have a project that will bring me to London. I would provide the Au Pair with her own bedroom in an apartment. Her work hours would remain the same, possibly less than at home. I would get her a transit card and tickets to museums or events that she may be interested in and generally try to make it a nice experience for her. However, I am unsure if this travel is allowed per the Au Pair program. I am still in the phase of researching options. Thanks for sharing any info!
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Anonymous
| What about her visa situation? |
Anonymous
| Yeah, this is totally a visa question for the agency. I suspect it would not be legal, but you should definitely check with the agency. |
Anonymous
| We took our au pair overseas w/ us for a week and it was a pain. We had to FedEx something to the agency, they notarized some form and sent it back. There were definitely limits on how long we could have her out of the country. I can’t remember if they were due to the type of aunpair visa she had or due to her country of origin. I will say, I’d get to know the au pair bf if leave a newborn w/ her. Our aunpair turned out to be awful and would have been dangerous w/ a newborn. She admitted to some pretty serious mental health issues as well as falsifying her childcare experience. I would really consider getting a nanny instead and just giving her extra pay for the trip. That’s what we had always done and it had always worked well. We just thought an au pair would be easier ainve the kids were older. We were wrong! |
Anonymous
I think the au pair program is meant to give the au pairs a cultural experience in america, not bring them back over to europe for 2 months. |
Anonymous
| I can't imagine leaving a 4 month old with someone I didn't get to interview in person. A school age kid who could report if something was off? Sure. Or if you WFH, and can check in often? Maybe. But I'd do everything I could, like finding a job that didn't involve this travel, before I'd take that risk. |
Anonymous
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Going abroad for 2 months for work with a four month old is a little crazy to me op. Are you going to be coming right off maternity leave? You are still recovering and few vaccines have been administered to the baby and baby sleep isn’t usually sorted until 6 months. Your child will only be this needy once in their life I’m not sure what this project is but that is alot to put you both through.. even with my third kid I would not have attempted that.
Regardless you need a professional nanny most au pairs are not even infant certified. |
Anonymous
| I would not trust an au pair with my newborn in a foreign country...but you do you. |
Anonymous
| Bring a family member or friend? |
Anonymous
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They’ll be working in the UK so you’ll need to provide them with a work visa. Also keep in mind that they don’t have a US passport so you’ll need to review the immigration requirements for the UK based on their country of origin, not yours.
You’d be better off using a nanny service based in the UK. |
Anonymous
| What about the baby’s other parent? My friends scheduled their family leave back to back. |
Anonymous
| Thanks for the replies. I will also look into a regular nanny who can travel with me. A UK based nanny service is an interesting idea. |
Anonymous
If she is from Europe or similar she could just come in on a tourist visa. Who is going to know or care if she does a bit of work while there? |
Anonymous
| Travel outside the US is limited to 30 days for the J1 visa. |
Anonymous
| My DH husband took our au pair to Paris with him last fall, they both said it was wonderful. He had our 7-year-old boy with him, got to show him the city. |