Can au pairs return to the country they worked as an au pair in? Please read further

[Anonymous]

Hey, I have a friend who worked as an au pair in Norway, quit and then returned to her home country.

However she now wants to return to Norway and work as an au pair for a couple of months.

Her residence permit (the residence permit issued by the police station in the region she was working) is still valid until November, 2014.

Can she legally go back to Norway and work as an au pair until her residence permit expires?

[Anonymous]

Let her inquire in Norway. We don't know their laws.

[Anonymous]

Regardless do you have any personal experience or information that pertains to this in a more general sense, regardless of country?

I would really appreciate it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Regardless do you have any personal experience or information that pertains to this in a more general sense, regardless of country?

I would really appreciate it

No, but why don't you just call The Embassy of Norway tomorrow?

[Anonymous]

I will, but its an urgent matter I'd like to resolve as soon as possible

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will, but its an urgent matter I'd like to resolve as soon as possible

You really can't resolve it for sure without speaking to someone from the Embassy. I wouldn't really trust an anonymous person on an online forum to say "Yes, its totally fine", and then you find out that it actually isn't.

[Anonymous]

I understand that Anonymous.

Even so I'd still like to know of any and all information that pertains to this particular question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey, I have a friend who worked as an au pair in Norway, quit and then returned to her home country.

However she now wants to return to Norway and work as an au pair for a couple of months.

Her residence permit (the residence permit issued by the police station in the region she was working) is still valid until November, 2014.

Can she legally go back to Norway and work as an au pair until her residence permit expires?

If she is younger the 25 I think so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand that Anonymous.

Even so I'd still like to know of any and all information that pertains to this particular question.

Well now it's Monday so you can call!

[Anonymous]

WTH?!

Why would we know about Norway.

I wouldn't trust internet anonymous strangers in the USA to speak to Norwegian laws.

[Anonymous]

I sent an email to them on Saturday, unfortunately it can take up to 10 days to get a response.

I'll try to call them tomorrow, however.

I know that Anonymous, I wouldn't trust anonymous strangers concerning something like this either, but I'd still like to know if they have any information on the subject, any at all, no matter how dubious.

For the sake of argument picture the same scenario only the country is USA, not Norway; would anyone of you know then?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sent an email to them on Saturday, unfortunately it can take up to 10 days to get a response.

I'll try to call them tomorrow, however.

I know that Anonymous, I wouldn't trust anonymous strangers concerning something like this either, but I'd still like to know if they have any information on the subject, any at all, no matter how dubious.

For the sake of argument picture the same scenario only the country is USA, not Norway; would anyone of you know then?

It would not work in the US, because all au pairs have to go thru an agency. It would be illegal to au pair without one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I sent an email to them on Saturday, unfortunately it can take up to 10 days to get a response.

I'll try to call them tomorrow, however.

I know that Anonymous, I wouldn't trust anonymous strangers concerning something like this either, but I'd still like to know if they have any information on the subject, any at all, no matter how dubious.

For the sake of argument picture the same scenario only the country is USA, not Norway; would anyone of you know then?

It would not work in the US, because all au pairs have to go thru an agency. It would be illegal to au pair without one.

Plus,all countries are different so still doesn't help you

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure if that is the case, to either of the last two Anonymous' who replied.

Firstly, under normal circumstances I'm pretty sure, regardless of country, in order to work as an au pair you'll need to find a host family and arrange for papers like qualifications, diplomas etc. to confirm you eligibility as an au pair.

However, if you've already worked as an au pair in this given country (USA, Norway etc.) and you have a residence permit in said country, these rules logically wouldn't apply. This is what I'm trying to confirm.

Just to clarify: when you first apply to work as an au au pair you don't have a residence permit; instead you must arrange for other papers such as the host family you're going to work for, diplomas, other qualifications etc.

When you've previously worked in a given country you already have a residence permit, which I'd imagine would make it acceptable to return to that country to work as an au pair again until his/her residence permit expires.

In this case that would be November, 2014.

Thanks for trying to help me by the way, I really appreciate it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure if that is the case, to either of the last two Anonymous' who replied.

Firstly, under normal circumstances I'm pretty sure, regardless of country, in order to work as an au pair you'll need to find a host family and arrange for papers like qualifications, diplomas etc. to confirm you eligibility as an au pair.

However, if you've already worked as an au pair in this given country (USA, Norway etc.) and you have a residence permit in said country, these rules logically wouldn't apply. This is what I'm trying to confirm.

Just to clarify: when you first apply to work as an au au pair you don't have a residence permit; instead you must arrange for other papers such as the host family you're going to work for, diplomas, other qualifications etc.

When you've previously worked in a given country you already have a residence permit, which I'd imagine would make it acceptable to return to that country to work as an au pair again until his/her residence permit expires.

In this case that would be November, 2014.

Thanks for trying to help me by the way, I really appreciate it.

Not true in the US. Even if you had a J1 visa and left before it expires, you CANNOT come back and work for a different family just because you want to. Well...you COULD but it would be illegal and if you got caught, you would be deported and have a HARD time getting another visa of another sort.

Again...we all aren't sure about Norway. Have you posted on any ex-pat forums there or done a google search???