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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our current live in nanny is going back to school full time and leaving us next semester. She and our children have become very good friends with an AuPair..

The Aupair is done with her contractual 2 yr agreement with her family in June and wants to stay in the USA but not with her family. She really wants to leave the family now.

To stay she said the family needs to sponsor her, but she doesn't want to stay with that family.

Is there anyway we can hire her legally?

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No.

If she wants to stay in the US, she needs a visa.  There are no working visas given to child care workers.  She could apply for a student visa but once on one it is not legal for her to work in the US unless it is <20hrs per week of University sponsored "work-study".  Yes I know lots of folks do work on their student visa under the table, but they are breaking the law.

If she wants to break the match with her current family early, you could apply with her agency and get her in rematch.  However, come June, she's got to go home since you can't extend and AP J-1 visa beyond 2 years.  Once she returns home for 2 years, if she is still under 26 she could apply for and do another 2 years as an AP.[/quote]

This exactly.  There is no legal way she can stay in the US after June and work for your family.  I suppose you could sign up with her agency, she could request a rematch (she will have to wait two weeks after requesting it), then you could request to be matched with her.  Then you could have her until June.  But you'd have to pay the full agency fee most likely, so that will be around $7,500 just to match with her.[/quote]
You've got to be kidding! $7,500. for what exactly?
You don't know what you're talking about.[/quote]

If you weren't aware of the steep agency fees, you obviously aren't a HP! LOL.  This is why everyone is under they impression that an AP is "cheap childcare"  It actually runs about $24,000 a year to host an Au Pair, not including car payments if you provide a third car.[/quote]

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