Why would someone match with an aupair who needs to travel to another country to get a visa?

[Anonymous]

Truly curious after reading so many "I will go to Chile to get my visa" from Brazilian aupair applicants. Is anyone doing this? Why?
There seems to be aupairs arriving from Mexico, Colombia and even a few here and there from Europe.
Why are families tossing money into a risk like an aupair having to do this?

[Anonymous]

Because Brazilian au pairs know how to work the system and prey on families desperate for childcare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because Brazilian au pairs know how to work the system and prey on families desperate for childcare.

Yup. Notice how they are all 26 and looking for NIE

[Anonymous]

The Brazilian au pair network is strong. They tend to be well informed and may know how to work around their country's current situation regarding COVID/visas/etc. That doesn't make them inherently duplicitous. Our current AP is Brazilian and INCREDIBLE and came to us very knowledgeable about the program.

So all of that said - I wouldn't mind matching with a Brazilian OOC AP that had to go to another country to get her visa if it was a good fit. I might insist she get her visa ASAP so that I could make another match if it didn't work out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Brazilian au pair network is strong. They tend to be well informed and may know how to work around their country's current situation regarding COVID/visas/etc. That doesn't make them inherently duplicitous. Our current AP is Brazilian and INCREDIBLE and came to us very knowledgeable about the program.

So all of that said - I wouldn't mind matching with a Brazilian OOC AP that had to go to another country to get her visa if it was a good fit. I might insist she get her visa ASAP so that I could make another match if it didn't work out.

There are great Brazilian Au pairs, for sure. there is also growing reports of Brazilian OOC au pairs matching with NIE families, and then coming here, and asking for rematch within a month to go with an easier family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Brazilian au pair network is strong. They tend to be well informed and may know how to work around their country's current situation regarding COVID/visas/etc. That doesn't make them inherently duplicitous. Our current AP is Brazilian and INCREDIBLE and came to us very knowledgeable about the program.

So all of that said - I wouldn't mind matching with a Brazilian OOC AP that had to go to another country to get her visa if it was a good fit. I might insist she get her visa ASAP so that I could make another match if it didn't work out.

There are great Brazilian Au pairs, for sure. there is also growing reports of Brazilian OOC au pairs matching with NIE families, and then coming here, and asking for rematch within a month to go with an easier family.

And if no NIE, getting HF to pay for chile travel, and then rematching within 2 weeks upon arrival (all pre-planned).

[Anonymous]

And guess what? There is absolutely no consequence to au pair for setting families up like that. We had an au pair do that to us, a 2 physician household within a month, the refund policy for agencies is a joke and agencies get more money from rematches. It's so dishonest and no one is doing anything to protect the families that need child care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And guess what? There is absolutely no consequence to au pair for setting families up like that. We had an au pair do that to us, a 2 physician household within a month, the refund policy for agencies is a joke and agencies get more money from rematches. It's so dishonest and no one is doing anything to protect the families that need child care.

I am so sorry. Agencies love us NIE families b/c we still keep the cash flow for them. IF au pairs rematch after we bring them here, agencies can still make $ if the aps go to a non-NIE family that is desperate for childcare. NIE Au pairs should only be allowed to rematch with NIE families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And guess what? There is absolutely no consequence to au pair for setting families up like that. We had an au pair do that to us, a 2 physician household within a month, the refund policy for agencies is a joke and agencies get more money from rematches. It's so dishonest and no one is doing anything to protect the families that need child care.

exactly--and the families that are actually working on COVID!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And guess what? There is absolutely no consequence to au pair for setting families up like that. We had an au pair do that to us, a 2 physician household within a month, the refund policy for agencies is a joke and agencies get more money from rematches. It's so dishonest and no one is doing anything to protect the families that need child care.

I am so sorry. Agencies love us NIE families b/c we still keep the cash flow for them. IF au pairs rematch after we bring them here, agencies can still make $ if the aps go to a non-NIE family that is desperate for childcare. NIE Au pairs should only be allowed to rematch with NIE families.

That is how APIA was working for a long time during the pandemic. If you weren't in rematch, you couldn't see a rematch aupair. So there wasn't a way that an extension family could match with a rematching aupair.

We are an NIE family and had no issues with our aupair arriving and staying with our family. I could see how it could work out otherwise. NIE families aren't necessarily the "easiest" because we have a reason for being in that category to begin with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because Brazilian au pairs know how to work the system and prey on families desperate for childcare.

Yup. Notice how they are all 26 and looking for NIE

If you match with someone 26 and close to their birthday looking for an NIE family, well, I think being pretty sure you are a match and not a "will be good enough for a visa" would be a serious priority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because Brazilian au pairs know how to work the system and prey on families desperate for childcare.

Yup. Notice how they are all 26 and looking for NIE

If you match with someone 26 and close to their birthday looking for an NIE family, well, I think being pretty sure you are a match andTalk not a "will be good enough for a visa" would be a serious priority.

Nope, not quite. They are looking for a foot in the door. Talk to HF NIE families

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And guess what? There is absolutely no consequence to au pair for setting families up like that. We had an au pair do that to us, a 2 physician household within a month, the refund policy for agencies is a joke and agencies get more money from rematches. It's so dishonest and no one is doing anything to protect the families that need child care.

I am so sorry. Agencies love us NIE families b/c we still keep the cash flow for them. IF au pairs rematch after we bring them here, agencies can still make $ if the aps go to a non-NIE family that is desperate for childcare. NIE Au pairs should only be allowed to rematch with NIE families.

That is how APIA was working for a long time during the pandemic. If you weren't in rematch, you couldn't see a rematch aupair. So there wasn't a way that an extension family could match with a rematching aupair.

We are an NIE family and had no issues with our aupair arriving and staying with our family. I could see how it could work out otherwise. NIE families aren't necessarily the "easiest" because we have a reason for being in that category to begin with.

Sure, we aren't the "easiest" but when did we say that the program was supposed to be "easy"? We are in a pandemic and that's why there's a special category visa. If an AP rematches right away and came to the US via NIE, then they should only be allowed to match with an NIE family, not the general pool of families b/c we need the childcare the most.


BTW, fb groups are where the deceptive rematches occur

[Anonymous]

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That is how APIA was working for a long time during the pandemic. If you weren't in rematch, you couldn't see a rematch aupair. So there wasn't a way that an extension family could match with a rematching aupair.

We are an NIE family and had no issues with our aupair arriving and staying with our family. I could see how it could work out otherwise. NIE families aren't necessarily the "easiest" because we have a reason for being in that category to begin with.


The Facebook groups make this totally null and void. Au pairs can connect with any family and any family can connect with au pair who is looking. Many families and au pairs will switch agencies just to get with each other. I wish there was a way to circumvent that but there is not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:[
That is how APIA was working for a long time during the pandemic. If you weren't in rematch, you couldn't see a rematch aupair. So there wasn't a way that an extension family could match with a rematching aupair.

We are an NIE family and had no issues with our aupair arriving and staying with our family. I could see how it could work out otherwise. NIE families aren't necessarily the "easiest" because we have a reason for being in that category to begin with.

The Facebook groups make this totally null and void. Au pairs can connect with any family and any family can connect with au pair who is looking. Many families and au pairs will switch agencies just to get with each other. I wish there was a way to circumvent that but there is not.



With APIA, they wouldn’t allow an Aupair in rematch to match with families who weren’t in rematch themselves (no extension or new families). It made a lot of Aupairs and families upset but this is exactly the reason for the rule. They didn’t want an Aupair rematching to shop around for a new family or an extension family.