Au Pair Program

Au Pair (meaning "on a par") is a youth exchange program where young people, mostly girls, up to certain age can live in another country with a host family. Normally, the au pair will receive lodging, food and allowance (also called pocket money) in exchange of helping out with child care and some househould cores. However, there could be variations on the program depending on the family and the au pair.

Au Pairing is legally recognized in most "developed" countries, meaning that you can get an au pair visa and your relationship to the family will be legally recognized before the local labor authorities. Each country has its own au pair regulations, restricting au pair program visas to some factors such as country of origin, gender, age and background studies.

Au Pairs with tourists visas

Many girls practice direct aupairing by traveling to the destination country as tourists and geting au pair jobs directly with the families. This practice is widely common, but the risk level is certainly higher.If you know the family of you are recommended by someone you know, the risk might be lower. However, every au pair agency has had girls contacting them when they are already in the country, trying to change families, which will certanly not work,