Brazilian au pair/nanny visa help!

hi there

I am in the process of hiring an au pair and have been in talks with a Brazilian girl that I really get on with and like the sound of. However, I didn't realise that she would only be able to come over on a 6 mth visitor visa until recently.

I need an au pair for 10-12 mths really. is there any way around the 6 mth visa? She would be starting with us in August and we need to go to Spain in Feb so if she came with us to Spain would she be able to get back into the UK (her 6 mths initial visa would probably have expired by then). Is the 6 mth visa just a stamp in the passport or is it something she has to apply for?

any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

I have a feeling I am going to have to go with an au pair from a different country (probably in the EU or Commonwealth) to make things easier which is unfortunate as we've built up quite a good relationship already.
ah well!

thanks

"I need an au pair for 10-12 mths really. is there any way around the 6 mth visa? She would be starting with us in August and we need to go to Spain in Feb so if she came with us to Spain would she be able to get back into the UK (her 6 mths initial visa would probably have expired by then). Is the 6 mth visa just a stamp in the passport or is it something she has to apply for?"

What you are suggesting is illegal. Visitors can't work as au pairs.

Forget it

nicj wrote:hi there

I am in the process of hiring an au pair and have been in talks with a Brazilian girl that I really get on with and like the sound of. However, I didn't realise that she would only be able to come over on a 6 mth visitor visa until recently.

I need an au pair for 10-12 mths really. is there any way around the 6 mth visa? She would be starting with us in August and we need to go to Spain in Feb so if she came with us to Spain would she be able to get back into the UK (her 6 mths initial visa would probably have expired by then). Is the 6 mth visa just a stamp in the passport or is it something she has to apply for?

any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

I have a feeling I am going to have to go with an au pair from a different country (probably in the EU or Commonwealth) to make things easier which is unfortunate as we've built up quite a good relationship already.
ah well!

thanks

To add to Mr Rusty...is it illegal to employ someone who does not have the right to live/work in the UK. If you employ her on a visitor's visa KNOWING full well that she is only on a visitor's visa, you are liable yourself and can be in a lot of trouble. I don't know exactly what happens with individual employers, but companies usually face a large fine.

Just hire someone from across the EU, or who has a working right in the UK. There are a lot of options if you look properly.

Brazilians aren't elligible for entry under the Au Pair scheme.

sakura wrote: I don't know exactly what happens with individual employers.....

From the end of Feb this year it will be a maximum of £10,000.00 fine per employee.

The OP has a choice of hiring an au pair from an EEA country or, as per the Immigration Rules, a national of one of the following countries:

Andorra, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, The Faroes, Greenland, Macedonia, Monaco, San Marino or Turkey.

My cousin came with a nanny from Nigeria a few months ago and she was given a 12 month visa with the endorsement "domestic worker" whats the difference?

Possible if she qualifies as a domestic worker. See also 18.10 - Overseas Domestic Workers in private (not diplomatic) households (Period of previous employment relevant).