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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It might be that she has a particular immigrant in mind. Maybe it is a relative of a friend or a former au pair. If you can prove you tried to find an American to do the job but can't find an American to do the job you can help someone with specific skills to get a green card. 
A relative did this in California. They loved their nanny who overstayed her visa. They wrote an outlandish job posting exaggerating what the nanny did. Like she occasionally cooked Jewish food, ran with the dog (because she liked running), knew how to play tennis and soccer, spoke Spanish, etc. The ad required the person to do all these things and more that were specifically crafted to things the nanny knew how to do. No one applied for the job. The nanny got her green card[/quote]
I’m calling BS on this unless they committed fraud. [/quote]

It’s not fraud.

Crafting a very, very specific job posting and then not getting any (qualified) responses due to how specific it is is actually common in the nanny community.  That’s why we always recommend that employers list everything they want don’t and the rate they can pay, then reevaluate if the response was lower than expected.  It’s the best way to convince prospective employers that the duties and rate aren’t commensurate.

In the above type of situation, there are very few people capable and willing to do the job, because it’s tailored to a certain person.  Knowing how to play two sports is implying that the person hired will play them with the kids, but it’s just an implication.  Running with the dog is totally acceptable, even if it’s an add on that the current job holder voluntarily started doing.  Ability to cook certain types of food is common, with the actual percentage of cooking being lower than 100%.  Speaking Spanish as a native language is actually the easiest to find of the four listed qualities.  That post is non-discriminatory (don’t have to be Jewish to cook Jewish food, could be born anywhere and still have Spanish as a language in childhood home), and if there aren’t any applicants other than the current person who needs a visa renewal or green card?  Exceptions get made.[/quote]

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