What countries are getting reasonable visa appointments?

[Anonymous]

We have been looking for APs from South America and are any countries scheduling visa appointments? We heard Colombia and Argentina are scheduling in the summer for APs now....any countries doing better?

We are not emergency exemption or anything, just normal process.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have been looking for APs from South America and are any countries scheduling visa appointments? We heard Colombia and Argentina are scheduling in the summer for APs now....any countries doing better?

We are not emergency exemption or anything, just normal process.

Thanks!

Mexico

[Anonymous]

We matched with our Mexican au pair on December 20th, she has a visa appointment on January 7th. She is keeping the appointment, and we will see about the EO extension.

[Anonymous]

Chile — au pairs have been going through Chile and getting visas already.

[Anonymous]

Had a big fat denial in Thailand recently for what it's worth

[Anonymous]

Biden is shutting it all down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Biden is shutting it all down.

Ha! Source?

[Anonymous]

Update, our Mexican au pair has her visa and is scheduled to arrive in 4 weeks.

[Anonymous]

Part of immigration policy is to let people here illegally and pending their court date apply for work permits. That will pretty much make Au pairs not needed any federal /state workers can legally hire super cheap labor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Part of immigration policy is to let people here illegally and pending their court date apply for work permits. That will pretty much make Au pairs not needed any federal /state workers can legally hire super cheap labor.

This isn't true, actually. Also, AP program is not cheap. Also, vast majority of HFs in my cluster have Italian, Hebrew, French, and German-speaking APs - it's a language thing for many. That cannot be replicated with Spanish-speaking nannies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Update, our Mexican au pair has her visa and is scheduled to arrive in 4 weeks.

I'm so confused as to how that can be true if no j1 visas can be issued???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Update, our Mexican au pair has her visa and is scheduled to arrive in 4 weeks.

I'm so confused as to how that can be true if no j1 visas can be issued???

I don't trust au pairs who are getting their visas and going around the rules. Kind of tells you how much they may or may not expect house rules.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know how long the visa process is taking for girls who travel to Chile?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Update, our Mexican au pair has her visa and is scheduled to arrive in 4 weeks.

I'm so confused as to how that can be true if no j1 visas can be issued???

I don't trust au pairs who are getting their visas and going around the rules. Kind of tells you how much they may or may not expect house rules.

So are these 'au pairs' people coming with tourist visas outside the official au pair program?

[Anonymous]

Au pair from Mexico arrived legally with J1 Visa, no going around the rules, she is doing exactly what the au pair program tells her which is related but state department. Not just showing up at consulate for some random travel type Visa.