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Information for Applicants
Every care is taken in matching our Au Pair applicants to the Host Families.
Au pairs receive their meals and accommodation, and AUD$180-$250 per week in return for helping in the home for 25/35 hours per week (an average of 5-6 hours per day Monday-Friday).
Au Pairs, will usually be staying with a family with young children and
they will be expected to help in the home with light housekeeping,
tidying, cleaning, cooking and babysitting. The minimum stay is for
three months.
All visitors to Australia must purchase their own return airline ticket and
arrange their
own travel and health insurance.
To visit Australia as an Au Pair, applicants must obtain either: A Working
Holiday Visa OR a Students temporary Residents Visa Students interested in
combining their visit with a study programme should submit an application
and we will send you full details.
Working Holiday Visas for USA applicants are now for 12 months from date of entry.
Applicants should complete our registration form and apply for their
Special Program Visa. We advise you to make your Visa application as
early as possible as there may be a waiting time for Visa issue.
To apply as an Au Pair, click on the link at the end of this page to
proceed to our application form.
Who is eligible for a working
holiday visa?
Australia has reciprocal Working Holiday Maker arrangements in effect with:
| The United Kingdom
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Canada |
The Netherlands |
| Japan
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Republic of Ireland |
Republic of Korea |
| Malta
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Germany |
Denmark |
| Sweden
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Norway |
Hong Kong (HKSAR) |
| Finland
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Republic of Cyprus |
France |
| Italy |
Belgium |
Estonia |
| Taiwan |
Chile |
USA |
| Thailand |
Malaysia |
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Information about the Working Holiday Scheme:
http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/working-holiday/index.htm
Working holiday visa application:
https://www.ecom.immi.gov.au/visas/html/questionaire/WHM_Self_Selection_1.htm#
For Au Pairs wishing to come to Sydney Australia, Family Match can
begin to introduce you to host families as soon as we have received your
completed application. We do not charge our Au Pair applicants any fees
for our services.
Getting started
Au Pair visitors to Australia must have:
1) A visitors Visa. Full Australian Governement information can be
found at: www.immi.gov.au/facts/55work.htm
2) A completed on-line application form
3) Two written references in English, not from family or friends
4) A "Dear Family" letter written in English, give details
about your family, yourself, work experience and your reason for travel
to Australia
5) A medical certificate from your doctor stating your health condition
6) A recent photograph of yourself
7) A Police clearance certificate
Further Information
Nannies seeking positions both in Australia and overseas are advised
that we only accept their registration information on our form subject
to reference checks. Due to the number of clients it is not possible to
list all the Client Families that register with us.
Families are waiting for either live in or out help, references are
essential.
Family Match will make all reasonable efforts to place you with a
Client Family once we receive your completed registration form.
Testimonials
Family Match is dedicated to looking after the well being of both its
client Host Families and the visiting Au Pairs, to that extent we have
many letters of thanks on record.
03/06/02
"The only thing I can say about it is: great!
I enjoyed and still enjoying my time here. I am like am member of the family
and also feeling home here.
I am sad that I have to leave "my" family soon but I am sure we will stay in
contact! I will miss them all!
The next aupair can be glad to come here and enjoy their time as aupair in
this lovely family."
C.D.
17/02/02
hello, this is M from the McC family!
I just want to say thank you!
I
really love "working" in this family. It's not like work it's like being
a
part of the family! And it makes me really feeling home. But the main
thing
why I'm writing to you is that if you know I'm leaving the family in the
end of
april. I just want to make sure that they will have another AuPair for the
start of may. You know I don't want to leave them without knowing they
will
have another AuPair! So it would be nice if you would write me back when
you
know that there will be another AuPair! Excuse me for my english. I'm
better
now in speaking english but not in writing. I hope you understood what I
wanted
to say!
Thank you for giving me such a nice familiy and for everything else! hope
to
hear from you soon,
yours M
M.J. 01/07/99
"Thank you for all your wonderful support while I was in
Australia."
C.S 29/06/99
"I am thoroughly enjoying myself - the children are all so lovely."
A.H. 21/08/98
"I just wanted to thank you very much. They are a wonderful family
and I'm very happy."
J.V. 31.12.2000
"I am a German Au-pair visiting Sydney and want to say thank you
for all support and a wonderful time in Australia." "Ich bin
ein Deutsches Au-Pair in Sydney. Ich moechte mich fuer die schoene Zeit
hier bedanken und fuer Hilfe die ich erhalten habe, um eine
unvergeassliche Zeit zu verbringen."
Families are applying to us on a daily
basis. We are taking Au Pair applications NOW!
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