Au pair program
Au pair is a cultural exchange program. In Netherlands it is regulated by IND.
An Au Pair is a young person who comes from a foreign country and live with a host family to experience a new culture. Au Pair help a family with childcare and light housework. In return for their help Au Pairs receive accommodation, food, private room and pocket money. Au Pairs should be treated as part of their host family during their stay. Flexible childcare is usually the main reason why families are interested in hiring an au pair.
- Au pair is not allowed to work more than 30 hours a week a maximum of 8 hours a day.
- Au pair does only Light household tasks
- Au pair will be at least two days off a week.
- Au pair get 2 weeks vacation a year.
- Au pair get 340 euros pocket money a month.
- Au pairs cannot be used for heavy household tasks or as full time cleaner
Au pair Tasks
- The main task is to take care of the children. Au pair for example prepares breakfast and lunch, helps them to change clothes, plays with them, brings them to school and picks them up.
- Light housework tasks like tidying up, vacuum cleaning, doing the dishes, making and changing the beds.
- Agency and the host family will make a written schedule for all 7 days of the week. Schedule indicate the the time and task the Au pair does. Au pair and the family sign this schedule. Changes to the schedule should be agreed by agency also.
Regulations
Au pair can come from any countries except from Netherlands. Non EU Au pairs will need an Au pair visa. Only IND recognized agency can apply for a Visa and it takes 2-4 weeks to get a visa approval. EU Aupairs also should have an agency.
Tulip Au pairs believe in the equality of humans. Few times host family think its possible to make Au pairs work overtime and do all house cleaning and full time cook. If such issues are reported we as an agency have to withdraw the Au pair from the family. Tulip agency want our Host families and Au pairs to be in a win-win situation. So we do recommend to make sure the rules regarding number of hours and light household work is followed. If the families intention is to have someone to do cleaning and cooking we advice to hire a household help.
Au pair is not an employee. Au pair will get 340 euros as pocket money from host family every month. The au pair is allowed to stay in the Netherlands for a period of 12 consecutive months. After this period she is required to return to her country of origin
IND and Dutch labor inspectorate check to see if the Au pair program as per the rules.
Categories
Non EU Au pair comes from outside EU. Visa and MVV need to be applied for these Au pairs. For few Non EU countries MVV is not needed. Most of the Non EU Au pairs come from Philipines , South Africa and South American countries.
These are the Au pairs who come from European countries. Most European Au pairs are from Spain and Italy. They do not need visa. They still need an agency to legally be a part of Au pair program.
Few Au pairs change family mainly because they are given too much work or if the schedule is not followed. It is possible for an Au pair to change family or agency. We can assist an Au pair with rematch
What can we do for you?
- Find a suitable Au pair for you
- Do the visa processing
- Take care of the Au pair
- Make sure everything goes per the law
Why Choose Tulip Au pair?
- Personal approach with host family and Au pair
- Faster response times
- Mediation if there is issues
- Monthly phone call with host family
- Financial refund if Au pair leave early or on mismatch