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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The government just formed working groups with the EU and others to come up with a plan to ease travel restrictions.  They note they "will not move quickly to lift orders" though there is increasing international pressure to open borders for those who are vaccinated, so my guess is there is a fair chance au pairs can come late summer (if they are vaccinated).

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-forming-working-groups-how-lift-key-travel-restrictions-2021-06-08/[/quote]

That helps with travel but not with getting a visa. Our swedish au pair hasn’t been able to get one yet and the embassy canceled everything through august with no return date. I am considering unmatching to look for an in country au pair but really like her… would you take the risk and just unmatch? I suppose we could rematch later if things opened up… [/quote]

Yeah, we're matched with an au pair from Austria in a similar situation - she had a visa appt, though our admittedly marginal NIE application was denied.  We are going to wait until she can come, though in our situation we don't critically need childcare as both our kids are in elementary school, but we enjoy hosting.  The in country pool has looked like a giant minefield to me, and imho a bad match is worse than not having an au pair at all. [/quote]

Agree with your assessment of in country - I think most are host family shopping but a few are wrapping year 1 and looking for something new. Our current AP was in that boat and we loved having a second year au pair. I think the travel restrictions will likely lift this summer but I’m worried about the visa backlog. Have any of you found embassies that are offering appointments for out of district applicants? The swedish embassy suggests looking at other embassies but I can’t find any in Europe that say they will support it. (We do need childcare and also like hosting… want this to work!)[/quote]

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