USA

What do we associate with USA?

Imagine the Niagara Falls, Yellowstone Park, the lights of Las Vegas, star-filled Hollywood, Upper Manhattan, Fifth Avenue and the nearby Rockefeller Center, Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Trump Tower, Central Park, Lincoln Center, Broadway, Times Square... it can be a very long list. The United States of America is a mosaic of modernity and tradition. Skyscrapers and tipis, hot Florida beaches and the snows of the Rocky Mountains, deserts and great plains. The Grand Canyon of Colorado, national parks with geysers, hot springs and wild animals. America has many faces - it is worth seeing them in person!!!

Why it is worth being an Au Pair in the USA ?

These are some of reasons:

  • pocket money - USD 139 weekly,
  • bursary - USD 500 to cover your English course expenses,
  • health insurance up to USD 50.000 and the possibility to choose additional insurance,
  • the possibility of attending not only language courses - it is your choice,
  • free training after coming to the USA, to help you to get to know its habits, laws and customs, thus helping you to adapt to your new role,
  • your own room and subsistence within an American family,
  • an additional month after finishing programme, for travelling and exploring the United States,
  • the possibility of getting to know and making friends with Au Pairs from over 30 countries,
  • during the programme - at least 1,5 days off per week,
  • at least 1 free weekend per month (from Friday evening to Monday morning),
  • 2 weeks paid holiday per year of being an Au Pair,
  • and apart from that, fantastic memories, priceless experience, longlasting new friendships, independence and responsibility.

Requirements:

  • you are 18 - 26 years old,
  • you have finished secondary school,
  • you know English at least at a communicative level,
  • you have references certifying your experience of taking care of children,
  • you have a driving licence,
  • you are motivated and have skills in adapting to new environments.

Costs:

The cost of a year-long Au Pair stay in the USA is PLN 800, plus a USD 500 refundable deposit, which is returned to you after coming back from the Au Pair programme to Poland, and USD 135, which includes, inter alia, the SEVIS fee (Student and Exchange Visitor Information System). When applying for a visa in the USA Embassy you have to pay to into their bank account the equivalent of USD 100 for the visa application process.

YOU GAIN!!! - TOTAL AMOUNT: PLN 85.036 YOU PAY !!! - TOTAL AMOUNT: PLN 1229 + deposit

1. pocket money: 52 weeks x $139 @ 3,1793* = PLN 22.980 PLN

2. course expenses: $500 @ 3,1793* = PLN 1.590

3. return ticket: about PLN 1.300

4. $50.000 health insurance: $150 @ 3,1793* = PLN 477

5. your own furnished room: 52 weeks x $275 @ 3,1793* = PLN 45.464

6. all meals: 52 weeks x $80 @ 3,1793* = PLN 13.22

1. PLN 800

2. $500 refundable deposit (returned to you after coming back to Poland)

3. $135 covering part of the costs of the ticket, SEVIS fee, fee for preparing documents for the Embassy

 

*average exchange rate of the US Dollar on 30th Nov, 2004

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