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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We love our au pair and she is incredible with our kids and a wonderful member of our family. She wants to remain in the US and study and we are willing to sponsor her for her visa. She's applied to schools but we know she will likely have to get a tourist visa in between when her J-1 expires and when she can enroll in college. She will continue to live with us and we will pay for her living expenses. She will help out around the house like she does now (cooking dinner a night or two a week, helping with cleanup, helping kids keep their rooms neat and with laundry), and she will occasionally watch the kids but likely significantly less than she does now (which is already only @20 hours/week max). I realize we cannot pay her to work while she is a tourist or a student, but are we allowed to pay her expenses?[/quote]

We sponsored our AP while she is getting an associate degree at NOVA (It's not that expensive). We have now hired a lawyer and are sponsoring her to get her permanent resident card as an employee of ours (a lengthy but not difficult process). I think as long as you don't need to get a gov't clearance at some point you are fine. Also, I agree with the poster who said as long as the student visa is in progress the AP can stay here (I believe the same thing happened with ours but it was a long time ago). [/quote]

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