Requirements
To become a host family in the US you need to meet certain requirements. We made a list with the most significant ones:
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- Need to be U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents and fluent in spoken English
- Provide an appropriate private room and three meals a day!
- The Au Pair is not allowed to work more than 45 hours per week. This includes not more than 10 hours per day or more than five and a half days in a row. The Au Pair needs to have 1,5 full days per week off
- The Au Pair will get one complete weekend off each month (Friday evening to Monday morning)
- Weekly paid pocket money 195 US Dollar
- The Au Pair will have the possibility to enroll in and attend an accredited post-secondary instituion to fulfill the educational component requirement e.g. language course
- Provide a minimum of two weeks paid vacation for each 12 month exchange term
- Try to include the Au Pair into all family activities
- Provide automobile insurance coverage for the Au Pair
- Have one or both parents remain home during the first couple of days after the Au Pair’s arrival to give an introduction
- Sign a contract which outlines for example all child care responsibilites, the time off, vacation, pocket money, …
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- provide one-way transportation from orientation to the host family’s home
- provide the opportunity and transportation for the Au Pair to attend regular monthly meetings with the community counselor
- maintain monthly contact with the community counselor
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Duties of an Au Pair in the USA
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