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[quote=Anonymous]Reminder to all, legally AP's CANNOT come to this country and work as a nanny.  The scenario above for a nanny in San Francisco (and based on the cost of living in that city I very much doubt that a nanny there would have so much leftover spending money https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/091615/how-much-money-do-you-need-live-san-francisco.asp) does not take into account that the US State Department set the AP program up as a cultural exchange to give young adults from other countries the opportunity to come live in the US for a year or 2 at most.  Au Pairs are not professional child care workers doing this as a career; it is an exchange - child care work for the cultural experience of being immersed in the US.  Any foreigner who signs up for the Au Pair program as a way to make money should be looking into other ways to come to this country; it is not meant as a way to gain citizenship (thus the reason some countries get dropped from the program when to many AP's overstay their visa's), it is not meant as a way to profit for the AP's (thus the setting of a stipend, not a salary), it is a chance for young adults who might not be able to afford living and traveling the country for a year on their own to come and do so.  While I agree that many families sign up for the program as a way to gain childcare without fully understanding the purpose, that is more to do with the marketing by the companies (flexible, affordable childcare!); to be successful, families and AP's both need to know what they've signed up for (up to 45 hours of child care per week AND the responsibility of caring for/supporting a young adult so they can experience our country.[/quote]

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