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[quote=Anonymous]I could’ve written this. We are in our extension year with our first au pair. She wants to stay in the country on a student visa but has zero funds. She’s mentioned the sponsorship thing and tells us that the vast majority of au pairs do this. She makes it seem so common. We have asked her to provide us with the details of sponsorship and she hasn’t, except to say other HF do it all the time. This is where I think the “au pair is family” trope causes problems. Our au pair agency definitely framed this as a one or two year commitment. Our au pair clearly thinks we should help her pay for a college education in the states. We had nannies before and while it was more expensive (but not * that * much more when you add in all the incidentals of an au pair), I appreciated the clear lines of employment. None of them expected anything beyond their paycheck and good references. [/quote]
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