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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's what I don't understand. Do AP not notice they are not paying for their visa, flights to US, flights to local airport, and training, and that there are employed people right and left in helping them through the process?  there is health insurance?Surely they also join the program because all that is paid for and gives them the means to come when they otherwise couldn't. People are obviously not going to all that trouble and expense out of the fun of it. The agencies are a business and HF pay To keep them in business. 3 meals a day is a lot to pay for,  especially in our resort town where everything is jacked up. No car payment. No rent for a room that would go for $700 here. Often invited to go along with paid travel and often asked what foods they like. The whole things seems on paper like it should be a good arrangement. In the end the au pair is not going to save me $$$ from the cost of the live-out nannies in the US that I have employed but I want my kids to know other cultures and experience people from different places. I see it as a win win but it sounds like APs are going to be like having a surly teenager around who is entitled and resentful - not what I was going for here in this 
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Do you know all the things AP pays? APs pay visa fees and health insurance. [/quote]

My AP told me her costs were around $600. TOTAL. That's very little for a year of all expenses being paid for in exchange for up to 45 hours/week of work (less than many Americans work each week). I do think the agencies are out to get a lot per AP from each host family in addition to the expenses they cover, but to say the APs are paying for a lot is just silly. [/quote]

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