I would like an Indian Au Pair

[Anonymous]

I am Indian married to a non-Indian. We are going to get our first au pair this year. Any recommendations on the best agency to get an Indian au pair? APIA have none.

[Anonymous]

I don't know of any agencies that have au pairs from India. It's very difficult for a potential au pair to get a visa.

[Anonymous]

I look with several agencies each year for four years and have never seen one from India. I've seen a few Indian au pairs that live elsewhere though (particularly British au pairs). That might be an option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I look with several agencies each year for four years and have never seen one from India. I've seen a few Indian au pairs that live elsewhere though (particularly British au pairs). That might be an option.

+1 I've seen Indian emigrants in Germany and Italy. Check the agencies.

[Anonymous]

There are South African APs of Indian descent. Check APIA. I've not come across an agency that recruits in India.

[Anonymous]

I don't think India is part of the AP program yet, but PP is right - look for Indian immigrants to Europe. Germany/UK.

[Anonymous]

Just get an Indian nanny
The Indian heritage au pairs that join the program are not from India and are part of another people

[Anonymous]

State department keeps a list of the participating countries for the au pair program. India is not part of the program and none of the other South Asian countries are either.

[Anonymous]

Obviously you probably have some cultural insight given your family heritage but I would throw out the two cautions I received in looking at an Indian AP (she was living in SA). One of my best friends was born and raised in India and cautioned me that it would be unlikely that a middle class girl would be ok with doing household chores, specifically cleaning the kids or her own bathroom. She (the friend) was raised with domestic help and was taught that these types of tasks were beneath her. The second caution was from an LCC who had experience with several Indian APs and found that they were very protected and coddled at home and were not equipped to be the responsible adult in the household. They became easily overwhelmed and quickly homesick.

Just some things to consider...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Obviously you probably have some cultural insight given your family heritage but I would throw out the two cautions I received in looking at an Indian AP (she was living in SA). One of my best friends was born and raised in India and cautioned me that it would be unlikely that a middle class girl would be ok with doing household chores, specifically cleaning the kids or her own bathroom. She (the friend) was raised with domestic help and was taught that these types of tasks were beneath her.

This can happen with APs or nannies from any culture. Some people are just not brought up to do much cleaning in their own homes - possibly due to having 'hired help', or maybe their family overall does not notice the mess or think it is necessary to clean as often as you might, or for some young women maybe their mothers have always done the cleaning and they have never lived away from their family before. This has certainly happened to us. I think the thing is to be extremely clear and very detailed in your expectations, and be prepared to revisit your work agreement/job description if your expectations are not being met.

[Anonymous]

Hello, my name is Bhuvneshwari Chand im 22 years old and Im looking for an au pair job, im graduated in B.pharm and if you want to talk further conatct me email [e-mail]

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I work for the au pair agency and see we have some au pairs that are originally from India available. Let me know if you want more info.

Best,

Hana Kirk
410-903-0402

Culturalcare.com/hkirk

[Anonymous]

contact [e-mail]

the indian Aupair agency. with 100% visa success rate.

[Anonymous]

You can them from Europe.

South African visas to US will never get approved. Anyone from South Africa.

[Anonymous]

Finding the right au pair who meets your criteria and fits in well with your family is hard enough that I would encourage on you to focus on that for the first au pair.