Tutoring

[TravisPickle 0]

Hi all

 

my girlfriend is a school teacher in the UK. She is interested in working as a tutor for one or more families here in the U.S. (where I reside). She speaks four languages fluently.

 

Would she be responsible for the work Visa itself or is that something that the tutoring agency or family might be able to take care of?

 

she is also open to being a nanny if that helps her chances at all.

 

Any advice on how realistic this plan is?

 

just trying to be proactive and find a strategy going forward 

 

 

[USS_Voyager 1,972]

There is an au-pair program under J-1 visa

https://j1visa.state.gov/programs/au-pair

[Becci391 339]

There is no work visa for working as a nanny or tutoring.

Sorry.

 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

1 hour ago, TravisPickle said:

Hi all

 

my girlfriend is a school teacher in the UK. She is interested in working as a tutor for one or more families here in the U.S. (where I reside). She speaks four languages fluently.

 

Would she be responsible for the work Visa itself or is that something that the tutoring agency or family might be able to take care of?

 

she is also open to being a nanny if that helps her chances at all.

 

Any advice on how realistic this plan is?

 

just trying to be proactive and find a strategy going forward 

 

 

She'd need some kind of J1 visa (au pair rather than nanny, and she could certainly tutor as part of an au pair job description). She would need to find a sponsor. There are agencies that match au pairs with host families.  Link posted already above.

 

There may be other options under J1 too, it's fairly broad. If she has a formal teaching qualification that will help - there are J1 sponsors for teachers. Here is an official website with a list of designated sponsors https://j1visa.state.gov/participants/how-to-apply/sponsor-search/

 

 

53 minutes ago, Becci391 said:

There is no work visa for working as a nanny or tutoring.

Sorry.

 

if you call it an au pair and an exchange visa, then yes there is!

Edited June 14, 2019 by SusieQQQ

[TravisPickle 0]

1 hour ago, Becci391 said:

There is no work visa for working as a nanny or tutoring.

Sorry.

 

So the other posts are incorrect ?

[TravisPickle 0]

The Au Pair program is for applicants under 26. She is older by a couple of years unfortunately 

[USS_Voyager 1,972]

1 hour ago, TravisPickle said:

So the other posts are incorrect ?

Of course not. That guy is incorrect.

[TravisPickle 0]

11 minutes ago, USS_Voyager said:

Of course not. That guy is incorrect.

He seemed to cherish shutting this process down. Regardless of its outcome. Sad.

[USS_Voyager 1,972]

Just now, TravisPickle said:

He seemed to cherish shutting this process down. Regardless of its outcome. Sad.

Yeah, check out the teacher program thing. That might work.

[TravisPickle 0]

But is the teacher program for people who want to teach in schools? Or does it extend to private tutors as well?

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

38 minutes ago, TravisPickle said:

But is the teacher program for people who want to teach in schools? Or does it extend to private tutors as well?

No-one is going to spoon feed you... I gave you a link with a list of a wide variety of sponsors in a wide variety of fields. Have you looked at it to see who the sponsors are and looked at the other links to see what the requirements of the various programs are?

 

if she wants to get a visa she may have to be flexible on what she does.

Edited June 14, 2019 by SusieQQQ