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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Enjoy, Trump voters![/quote]

Who cares? Au Pairs seem to hate the program, host parents are disappointed at least 50% of the time judging by rematch rates, and there have been too many legal challenges to the program for it to be a safe bet for parents just looking for child care.  Good riddance. Most professionals are working from home now anyway, and they won't have to worry about giving someone "the best year" during a pandemic.  [/quote]

What on earth are you talking about?  Our au pairs have become like family to us.  Our kids adore them.  Each au pair has stayed with us for two years and declared it the best experience of their lives.  They've each gone home and gotten good professional jobs because of their fluency in English.  It is great for many.

Professionals can't work from home with young kids without childcare indefinitely, nor while homeschooling.  It just doesn't work.  Having live in care (no exposure risk) during the pandemic has been amazing for our family.[/quote]

I'm glad its working for you.  Once the pandemic is over, you can get more au pairs.  It's not exactly a crisis.   [/quote]We had a new au pair arriving in few weeks.  Now she can't come.  We have no childcare.  She has been planning this for a year and already quit her job and gave up her apartment to come, so she's unemployed and homeless.  It's pretty darn close to a crisis for us and her.[/quote]

Are you sure? It isn’t clear if you already have a valid visa whether you are allowed to enter the country. Has this been clarified? It seems no new visas will be issued but what about au pairs already holding valid J-1 visas?[/quote]She doesnt have her visa yet, so she's under the ban.  She was supposed to have her appointment a long time ago, but COVID cause delays.  She had an appointment for this week.[/quote]

Reading your follow up, she is dumber than I had thought. She quit her job before she even got approved for the Visa?? In the middle of a pandemic and is now homeless due to this?  We don't need more idiots in this country...so sorry full, idiot quota reached. One of two things are real.

1. She is beyond dumb
2. You are full of crap. [/quote]Her lease was up for renewal.  She couldn't commit to another year if she was coming and couldn't keep the job without a place to live in that town.  It seemed like a sure thing.[/quote]

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