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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, your situation is so much like ours I could have written it. We also helped our nanny with lawyers fees for her work permit.  It was a loan and, at the time, she could not pay us back but she was supposed to let us know when she wanted to begin deductions from her paycheck.  It's been a year now and she has not brought it up.  Most recently, something else came up and she needed a cash advance.  Again, no mention of pay back.  We will have to bring it up in the New Year.  There's a fine line between helping someone and truly wanting the best for them --- to feeling taken advantage of.  Our nanny is wonderful and has been with us for 4+ years.  I feel for her situation as she has multiple family members she takes care of, but we can't be responsible.  [/quote]

Kiss the money goodbye. You should never have hired someone illegal to work in the first place; just consider this the "fee" you paid to make sure you were both following the law.

If you wish to make a point, you could deduct a token amount from each check (like $5), but I don't see where it gets you to pile on to someone already in a bad position. You made a choice a long time ago to help her; you could have made a different choice and let her go at that point. But, you didn't.  It was a bad loan, but at least you have a good nanny out of the deal, right?[/quote]

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