The Au-Pair can come to Austria for 6 Months twice (has to apply for a second permission after the first 6 Months) within 5 years. The family has to inform the "Arbeitsamrkservice" 4 weeks before the first 6 Months are over if the Au-Pair wants stay another 1-6 Months.

The family has to register the Au-Pair at the "Arbeitsmarktservice" 2 weeks before the Au-Pair is due to arrive and show the signed Au-Pair contract to get a so called "Anzeigenbestaetigung" 
http://www.ams.or.at/download/aupair-vertrag.pdf (here you can find a contract between Au-Pair and family)

http://www.ams.or.at/download/aupair-info.pdf (here you will find all the necessary information regarding pocket money, working hours, health insurance, etc.)

UK, Canada, Japan, Ireland, The Netherlands, The Republic of Korea, Malta and Germany.

Further information is available from any office of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) in Australia, or Australian missions overseas, or you can refer to the Procedures Advice Manual (PAM) which is available from the Commonwealth Government bookshops (telephone 008 020 049) in Australia).

1) be between 18 and 23, with an additional condition that the aupair receives her work permit before being 23.

2) it is forbidden to take any other work in Belgium than the one of aupair.

3) the aupair must have finished secondary school. In case she applies before obtaining her diploma, a certificate of the school, stating she finishes her last year of secondary school is sufficient.

4) have a basic knowledge of the one of the national languages, which means French, Dutch or German. The language she has a basic knowledge of must be the language she wants to perform. It will also be the language, spoken in the family. If she speaks some French, she will go to a family where French is spoken and that will also be the language of the courses she will follow.

5) the girl must follow language courses regularly. The school where she follows the language courses must give every 3 months a certificate, proving she followed the courses.

6) the girl can not have obtained a work permit of any kind before.

7) the girl can only start her stay in July, August and September.

CONDITIONS FOR THE FAMILY

1) a family must assure the girl has her private bedroom, well accommodated.

2) the family must speak the language that the girl wants to perform and correct her when she makes mistakes.

3) families must take an insurance for the aupair for the whole duration of the stay. That insurance will cover illness, hospitalisation and accidents.

4) the family must give 1 day free/week minimum and 1 full week-end/month.

5) the family gives a pocket money of 12.000BF/month. This pocket money will be put on a bank account, only for the girl. Nobody else can touch at that money.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

1) the duration of the stay is 12 months

2) the aupair must obtain her work permit while she is in her country. When the work permit is ready it is sent to the aupair and a few other documents she can obtain her visa at the Embassy.
The ministry advises the work permit will be given within 4 weeks after introduction of the file.

3) if the girl is not happy in a family she can only change once to an other family.

4) When she changes to another family, the duration can never go over 12 months. If she stayed for 2 months in the 1st family, she can only stay for 10 months in the second family.

A temporary residence of 3 months will be issued at the Consulate, which will be extended after registration of the aupair in Belgium. He/she has to register at the Belgian Community within 8 days of arrival and to apply for a identity card for foreigner

The Live-in Caregiver Program is a special program to bring workers to Canada to do live-in work as caregivers when there are not enough Canadians to fill the available positions. A "live-in caregiver" is someone who provides unsupervised care of children, the elderly or the disabled in a private household.

Successful applicants receive an employment authorisation allowing them to work in Canada as live-in caregivers. After two years of employment, program participants can apply in Canada to become permanent residents; they may be granted permanent resident status provided they meet certain requirements. Note: the two years of employment must be completed within three years of the caregiver's arrival in Canada.

Applicants must be between 17 and 30 years old.

REQUIREMENTS
* Passport signed and valid for a period of 3 months after the last day or stay.

* .2..Long stay visa application forms completely and legibly filled out in French. Please print in black.

* .2..Passport size photographs glued on the form.

* Employment contract signed by a " DDTEFP" (Direction départementale du travail , de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle) depending on the French family residence ( + 1 copy ).

* Student ID or proof of studies.

* Letter of admission from a French school ( + 1 copy ).

* Visa fee by money-order made out   to "Consulate general of France" or certified checks. Cash is accepted only if you apply in person.

Foreign aupairs that are not members of a member state of the European union (EU), require a residence and a work permit for the Federal Republic of Germany. The residence permit must be requested before departure at the responsible German representation abroad (that is the embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany or a regionally responsible consulate) in form of a visa (visa). The aupair must be registered with an agency licensed by the BUNDESANSTALT FÜR ARBEIT (We are of course). The entry visa requires the previous approval of the local authority for foreigners at the residence of the host family. The work permit is given on request by the locally responsible labour office. It presupposes the presence of a valid residence permit or their promise. aupairs that are not citizens of the European Union  need a valid passport of their country of origin for the entry and for the duration of the stay intended. Citizens of the European Union  need only have a valid identity card for the duration of their stay

Au-pairs from these countries only have to register with the Irish police when they arrive but do not need any work permit.

For aupairs coming from other countries it is possible to obtain a student visa if the prospective applicant is registered to study English at an approved language school. A student may hold down a part-time job to support themselves whilst studying. Part-time cannot be more than 25 hours per week.  The immigration officials at the entry point however will always have the right to refuse entry should they believe the student is actually intending to work full-time.

Further information can be obtained from the  Irish Government Department for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (work permit section): Tel: 00353 21 274099/ 00353 1890 220222.

a certificate of enrolment (plus receipt of payment) at any Italian School or College where the Aupair-to-be will be attending a course of Italian language. This school or College must be legally acknowledged ("legalmente riconosciuto") and the above mentioned certificate must be stamped by the local police. The visa will be issued for the length of time of the enrollment in school.

a return air ticket.

"travel assistance" insurance and medical insurance

a written statement of support signed by the host family which must be stamped by the local police.

a written agreement between the Aupair-to-be and the host family (which should specify the duration of stay, salary, study benefits, etc). The above must be stamped by the "Ufficio Provinciale del Lavoro", together with a permit issued by the local police. In some areas it is sufficient to just have this stamped by the local police.

The Aupair Visa will be granted for study purposes. We have not experienced any age restriction on this visa, however it would be better to stay within the guidelines of 18 - 30.

2-Members of the commonwealth (i.e Canada, Australia, South Africa...etc) will need to obtain a holiday work visa, which is a straight forward procedure.

3-Nationals of the following countries can enter the UK on an aupair visa (maximum 2 years), if they are 17 - 27 years old inclusive and only need to produce their invitation letter from the family/agency on entry into the UK:

Andorra,  Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Hungary, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, Slovenia and Switzerland

4-Nationals of the following countries can enter the UK on an aupair visa (maximum 2 years), if they are 17 - 27 years old inclusive and need to obtain the visa prior to travelling to the UK:

Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Slovak Republic  and Turkey.

* US citizens cannot come to the UK as aupairs, the only way is to obtain a blue card from http://www.bunac.com/uk/default.asp

All relevant documents that the family need can be found at

http://www.geneve.ch/

You can work as an au pair in Switzerland for a maximum of 18 months. You will receive room and board with a host family in exchange for approximately 30 to 40 hours of weekly work (housework, baby-sitting, etc.). You have the right to one day off per week (at least one Sunday a month) and 4 weeks' vacation per year (5 weeks if you are less than 20 years old). You will be paid at least 700 Swiss francs net per month (this may be more, depending on the canton). Your employer is also obliged to enroll you in a language school. Employers pay your health and accident insurance, as well as your language courses, although they can deduct up to 10% of your salary to cover the costs.

An authorization for temporary stay (mvv) is a visa required for travel to the Netherlands if you plan to stay for longer than three months. You may want to study or live in with your partner in the Netherlands. During the application procedure for a mvv it will be determined whether you meet the requirements for residence in the Netherlands, before you arrive in the country.

A mvv is a sticker placed in your passport. You can apply for one at the Dutch embassy or consulate in your country of origin / residence. The mvv will allow you to cross the border in the Netherlands. Within 8 days of your arrival in the Netherlands, you must request a residence permit from the Foreign Police of the municipality in which you are residing of staying. The Dutch embassy will never issue a visa for a short stay (a visa valid for a max. of 3 months) if you intend to stay longer than three months.

You will receive a residence permit if you meet all of the requirements for residence in the Netherlands. By travelling to the Netherlands without an authorization for temporary stay (mvv), however, you risk being sent back to your own country if your residence permit application is rejected. You will have to pay your own travel expenses and will not receive a refund for your residence permit application fee.

Instead of applying in person, the person at whose home you will be staying (or the organization where you will be working) may ask the Foreign Police in the Netherlands whether you are eligible for a mvv. The foreign police will officially advise the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) of the Ministry of Justice.

The IND will then instruct the embassy in the appropriate country. The Dutch embassy or consulate will summon you to complete the procedure.

2. Who needs a MVV?

Most foreign nationals who wish to stay in the Netherlands longer than 3 months and want to apply for a residence permit must request a mvv in advance.

3. Which exceptions apply?

Some foreign nationals do not need a mvv to apply for a residence permit in the Netherlands.

Subjects of the following countries are exempt:

Citizens of Member States of the EUROPEAN UNION:

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom (plus the new member states as of 2004);

AND citizens of the following countries:

Australia, Canada, Iceland, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland (inclu. Liechtenstein) and the United States of America.

4) General procedure:

Apply for a mvv at an embassy or consulate of the Netherlands in your country of origin or permanent residence. Depending on the purpose of your stay, you will need to present various documents, such as a birth or marriage certificate. In addition, your sponsor can ask the foreign police in the Netherlands whether you are eligible for a mvv. Your sponsor may be the individual at whose home you will be staying or the organization where you will be working.

The diplomatic mission or the foreign police will ask the Visa Service for permission to issue a mvv. Although the Visa Service is part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it operates out of the Immigration a Naturalization Service (IND) of the Ministry of Justice in The Hague. This service will examine whether you meet all the requirements for coming to the Netherlands.

The Visa Service will then ask the police (in the town where you plan to stay) for information. The IND rules on your application on the basis of this information and sends it's recommendation to the embassy. If your application is rejected, you may file a petition for review with the minister of Foreign Affairs, asking for a new decision.

If your application is approved, you will not automatically receive a mvv. The embassy will check whether you meet a few official requirements, such as possession of a valid travel document. If you meet these requirements, you can collect your mvv at the embassy. You must pay a fee for your mvv. Now you can leave for the Netherlands.

After arriving in the Netherlands, you must report to the foreign police within 8 business days. NOTE: a shorter period may be indicated on you mvv. You can request a residence permit (vergunning tot verblijf or VTV) there. You will have to pay a processing fee for your VTV application as well. In general you will need a mvv to apply for a VTV. Otherwise your application will be processed only if you can prove that you meet all requirements. If, however, you do not meet all requirements for obtaining a VTV, your application will be rejected immediately and you will have came to the Netherlands for nothing.

You will receive a VTV if you meet all admission requirements. The requirements concern, among other things, the income of the person at whose house you plan to stay. In addition, your presence may not pose any risks to the public peace or order or to national security.