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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not with CCAP and never been in rematch, but I keep hearing these horror stories about rematch with ccap[/quote]

You can find rematch horror stories for all agencies. The bigger the agency, the more horror stories.

[i]"what happens if HF doesn't document all of this?"[/i]

AP gets send into rematch over "mismatch in expectations", finds another family, is a safety issue for family #2, ends up in rematch again, finds another family, is a saftey issue for family #3, gets send home.
AP gets send into rematch over "mismatch in expectations", finds another family, the safety issue is not an issue for family #2 (because of different expectations, because they don't require infant care, because they don't need AP to drive, because they don't care ec), she completes her year and everybody is happy.
AP gets send into rematch over "mismatch in expectations", AP doesn't find another family, AP goes home (paid by herself or, if she is lucky, the agency).

HF doesn't document, has decent matches with the next 5, 8, 10 APs and nobody cares about the one rematch HF had.
HF doesn't document, has multiple rematches over "mismatch in expectations" (cf. PP), HF risks being kicked out of the program with agency X and has to switch to agency Y (who will not care that HF had multiple previous rematches).
HF documents, has multiple rematches over "mismatch in expectations" (cf. PP), and still gets kicked out by agency X because they don't care that HF documented (or because somebody indeed thinks HF is the problem and not the APs).

[i]"worst case scenario, ccap says it is her fault, what happens next time she go into rematch?"[/i]

APs fault? They usually let them (try to) rematch twice. I don't think I have heard many stories about APs rematching more than twice (unless extension is involved or there were extraordinary circumstances). If AP can't find a family in rematch she gets send home (flight paid by herself or agency).

[i]"does she get thrown out the program?"[/i]

Possibly. Eventually.
Depending on the reason of the rematch she might get thrown out of the program after the first problem / during the first rematch or later.

[i]"if yes does she lose money?"[/i]

Depends on the situation.
AP will be out of the program fees she had to pay (which can be, depending on country of origin, anything between a few hundred and a few thousand dollars). If she was in the US long enough she might have earned enough money to cover those (for some APs it might be as little as a month of stipends, for others multiple months). If she is lucky and the agency pays for her return flight and has been in the US for multiple months she might not lose money. If the agency does not pay for her return flight and she has not been in the US for long enough to cover all fees occurred before coming over then yes, she will lose money.

[i]"can she just move to another agency?"[/i]

APs are stuck with the agency that sponsored their visa. Unlike the HF they cannot switch from agency X to agency Y. Unless they leave in their extension year and have successfully completed their first year they will also not be able to repeat their experience through a different agency. If they end their year early they are out.[/quote]

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