The Au pair Canada placement process

1- You complete your online application at Au pair Canada

• Completing your application is an important part of the matching process.

• Based on the information provided to Au pair Canada, a prospective Au Pair will decide if she would like to interview with you.
• No obligation and free of charge

2- Matching – the search for the ideal Au Pair begins
• Receive complete and detailed applications of suitable Au Pair candidates.
• Flip through the mini profiles of available Au Pair candidates on our website.
• The majority of our Au Pairs are available to start between May and September.
• Get in touch with as many as five Au Pairs at once and set up Skype interviews!
• This is your chance to find out as much as possible about an Au Pair. You might know right after the first phone
call that this is the right person to join your family! You might need a few attempts to find the perfect match. Either way, if you apply early enough, we will find the ideal Au Pair for you.

3- Job Offer
• Perfect match? Confirm placement duration and ideal arrival date.

4- Paperwork
• Finalize the placement by signing the employment contract, agency agreement and paying the fee.
• If your Au Pair is arriving with little notice, the entire fee may be collected when the match is made, prior to the paperwork being finalized, in order to secure your Au Pair and to allow us to reserve and confirm her travel arrangements.

5- Work Permit
• Due to the limited number of work permits that are given out each year, your Au Pair has most likely already applied, with the assistance of our overseas partner company.
• On rare occasions an Au Pair will apply after the confirmation of a placement. If so she will will complete this application as soon as possible and processing times are fairly expeditious.

6- Preparation
• Receive extensive information on how to prepare yourself and your children for your Au Pair’s arrival
and how to organize her pocket money.

7- Stay in Touch
• In our experience, host families who invest time and energy in developing a relationship with their Au Pair prior to her arrival are much more likely to have a successful long-term relationship.
• An occasional email or a picture drawn and sent by your children can go a long way.

8- Pick-up – Welcoming your Au Pair to Canada
• Most Au Pairs arrive on specific dates and in groups . You will be able to pick-up your Au Pair at the at
your closest local airport.

9- The first few days
• Spend the Au Pair’s first few days together as a family.
• Be patient and understanding. A lot of things will be new and different to your Au Pair, the language, the culture, your family and being far away from anything she knows.
• Despite all efforts, it may be that the chemistry between you and your Au Pair just doesn’t feel
right. In any case, please get in touch with us. Your local Placement Coordinator will be able to mediate and assist you in overcoming cultural differences and miscommunication.

10 -Saying Goodbye
• Time flies! Before you know it, your current Au Pair will be leaving.
• Contact us at least 4-5 months prior to the end of your Au Pair’s placement term to find a new Au Pair and benefit from our generous Repeat – Family Discount.