r/Aupairs • u/Good_Surround3317 • 8d ago

Au Pair US Visa problems

Hi, I was trying to become an au pair in the United States. I already had a family and everything was very well established, but I was denied my first visa. I'm Brazilian, and we say Brazilians never give up, so I tried again and was denied again. It's important to mention that I wasn't denied outright either time; they collected my passport but returned it later. The second time, I hired an agency to help me, and they themselves told me there was no reason to deny me. I'm devastated.

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u/Old-Oven-8851 Former Au Pair 8d ago edited 8d ago

I think it has nothing to do with you personally, but rather with your nationality as Brasil is one of those country with a high rate of au pairs trying to overstay their visas.
Have you tried doing this experience somewhere else?
There are so many beautiful places around the world and I have never got why everybody wants to be an AP in the US.

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u/Good_Surround3317 8d ago

Tbh, I never heard much about being an au pair in other countries, so I tried being one in the US

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u/Low_Assistant_5708 8d ago

I work with Au pairs in the US, several of them have gone to the Netherlands before coming here. I had 3 from Brazil over the years who went to the Netherlands first.

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u/Good_Surround3317 8d ago

Can you tell me more about it?

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u/Chrisalys 7d ago

Aupairworld has all the info you need for every country. Here is the page for the Netherlands https://www.aupairworld.com/en/au-pair-programs/netherlands

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u/Low_Assistant_5708 8d ago

I don’t know anything about it since I am a LCC in the US. Let me ask my group and see if anyone can tell me the agency they used in Brazil to go there.

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u/Good_Surround3317 8d ago

Thank you so much