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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our au pair has been with us about 1.5 years. She has another 6 months left.  She is OK, not great. Today she came to us telling us she is thinking of re-matching to find a family that will "sponsor" her for a student visa. We told her we could not "sponsor" as technically it is illegal to pay someone on a student visa, plus we need full-time help. She says several of her friends have found new host families that are willing do this. This upsets me a lot since, if she follows through with it, it will leave us without an au pair and with the task of finding a new one during a tough time to find au pairs. I know it will greatly upset our kids since they love her. I feel a bit betrayed that she would consider leaving us to find a family willing to sponsor her.  How would you react? I understand she is thinking about her future (her home country is a wreck right now) but also feel like she is putting her self-interest ahead of her commitment to our family.[/quote]

I highly doubt that families are sponsoring someone on a student visa because I don't know any who are doing this but I have heard of former APs on a student visa looking for nanny work. Sorry you are going through this but your AP is placing false hope on a future new host family who can in the end renege on their agreement without consequence so GL to her.

Your AP sounds like my AP and I found a daycare spot for my DD and immediately started the rematch process. The stress was not worth it for us.[/quote]

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