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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am myself what is fairly described as "rich" (salaries of approx $1M a year between my husband and me). I have had an au pair for about 10 years because my daughter has been in preschool/elementary school, we like having a young person around our house to interact with our daughter as an older sister would, and we have the space to comfortably house her.  The AP takes our daughter to and from school and plays/helps with homework until we get home from work and have dinner as a family (I cook or we order in).  She has a long break in the middle of the day and works 1-2 weekends a month, usually for a date night but sometimes also for daytime if we have something happening. This has been the job since we started 10 years ago when our daughter was 2.  I think the APs have been great for us not because they are cheaper than a nanny, but because of the "big sister" factor. [/quote]

I think your family will be able to comfortably afford $750/week for this privilege. You can continue in the program and it's the audience the DoS is aiming for now with the new regulations. For most families, this isn't the case.

My opinion is 'fair enough' if that is what the DoS wants to do. It's unfortunate that they will exclude about 85% of the families who currently host and reduce the amount of visas offered to about 4,000 versus the 20,000 they issue now.

It's also going to be a pain for your family to have to calculate and keep track of hours but you would have to do that if you chose to hire a nanny instead of an au pair.  For many families, they will opt for daycare. Once again 'fair enough' to the DoS but it's unfortunate and will likely kill the au pair program as it is now for most middle class families. 
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