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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a very clearly spelled out rule that is everywhere in agency information. You and she would’ve both seen this rule multiple times. 
The 6-week thing isn’t a real rule, yes she could travel and 99% of the time it would be fine. She might run into an issue at immigration when she returns but that’s unlikely. Several of our au pairs (who weren’t extending) traveled at the end of their terms with us and did get pulled for questioning when they returned the the us but it was just an inconvenience for a couple of hours.

My poor ap couldn’t return home after her first year due to the pandemic. Her mother died 5 months into her second year and  she couldn’t go home then either because she wouldn’t have been able to come back. It’s now been 3 years since she’s been home. [/quote]

Is the ap program that important to her that she won't go home for her mother's death just because she might not be able to come back? Sorry I can't understand. I would go home for my mom for critical situations like this regardless if I can come back or not. [/quote]

DP. For some aps, the program is one, sometimes only, way for them to come to the U.S. and establish a foothold and eventually migrate here. My previous ap's goal was to stay in the U.S., and after she finished her time with us, she went to a school, hired an immigration attorney, and was waiting to change her visa to F-1, and eventually she'd apply for jobs that would sponsor her H-1 visa. For ppl like my previous ap, going to their home country would upend their life's dream. This is what many immigrant families deal with all the time.[/quote]

I understand the American dream but unfortunately that is not the AP program's spirit and purpose.  I am very willingly to share a year with someone who is here truly for the experience but I don't want to be used as a bridge for them to come to the US with an initial and ultimate purpose of staying. [/quote]

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