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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A few comments as someone who used to have au pairs:

1.  You agree with them in advance on their weekly schedule.  So if Juliana is to be believed, she probably was slated to start work that morning at 8 AM.  She could've taken the family's car to run an errand before her shift.  I would be interested to hear if she took the child with her to run the errand.  That would be highly unusual, since the au pair's "off time" means no child responsibilities.  Would be quite suspicious.

2.  Au pairs get a J-1 visa good for 1 year.  Once her year is up (which apparently was now), they can:

1.  Return home;
2.  Continue staying with their host family for another year (called extending); or
3.  Request to extend with a new host family (in which case they interview and hope to "match" with a family).

In the case of 2 and 3, that allows them to stay legally in the US for an additional year.

However, 2 and 3 require (1) the au pair agency to agree to the extension and (2) the Department of State to approve the extension.  I'd be interested in how the agency handled this.  I imagine they wanted her to leave the country right after the murder, or immediately re-match with a different family.  The au pair agencies are pretty hands off, but allowing an au pair to stay in a home where the host mother was murdered seems... a lot, even for them.

Also, what BS that the au pair knows all about some sordid relationship between CB and JR but doesn't recognize his car?!  Sure.[/quote]

I thought this was an extended year with the Banfields? Am I mixing up their aps? So, then would have to rematch? And had applied to extend visa? Wonder what type and on what basis?

Hey, that girl KNOWS from sordid! And she was so in fear she did not call 911, did not go to a neighbor for help, but barged in with small child in tow? Totes plausible. But necessary tall tale to set up their discredited narrative. [/quote]

If she was already in her extension year (i.e., this is her second year as an au pair), then there would be no way for her to extend her J-1 visa. The only way she would be able to stay in the US legally would be to switch to a student visa (difficult but not impossible for Au pairs to do) or get married. Either way, if her visa was up, it makes perfect sense that LE would make a move now to prevent her from going back to Brazil[/quote]

Also she is already under pressure from visa status, opportune time to tighten the screws with a bit of an overcharge.

Her mother claims she recently applied to extend her visa. A poster on here said she was looking for childcare work, isn't that restricted for au pairs? If she had done 1 year with Banfields and was re-matching with Brendan, why would she be looking for other work? To extend her J-1 she would have to HAVE a match, yes? Anyone who knows more re: her current/future match care to chime in?[/quote]

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