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J-1 Visa
DS 2019
I 94 Card
1. Check the J-1 visa inside the au pair's passport to make sure it will not expire prior to the date the au pair plans to return to the U.S. The au pair will not be allowed to re-enter the United States if the au pair's visa has expired. The au pair will have to make an appointment at a U.S. Embassy outside of the United States to have a new J-1 visa issued.
Please contact AuPairCare at 415-434-8788 for more information about this process prior to the au pair's departure.
2. Check the J-1 visa inside the au pair's passport to make sure that it states "M" for multiple entries. This means that the au pair can enter and leave the United States multiple times as long as the au pair's visa has not expired, and the au pair's travel takes place during the dates listed on the au pair's DS-2019 form. If the au pair's J-1 visa is stamped "S" for single entry, the au pair will not be able to travel outside of the United States during the au pair's program.
3. Contact the local foreign embassy of the country where the au pair intends to travel. The embassy will provide the au pair with information about any special visas the au pair may need for travel to that country.
4. Send the au pair's DS-2019 form to AuPairCare in San Francisco to be authorized for travel outside of the United States. If the au pair does not have a signature and date in the “Travel Validation by Responsible Officer” box in the lower right corner of the DS-2019 form, please send the au pair's DS-2019 form along with a letter outlining the au pair's dates of travel to: AuPairCare, Attn: Responsible Officer, 600 California Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108. If the au pair needs the form immediately, please include $20 so that AuPairCare can express mail the au pair's signed form to the au pair. The travel validation signature is valid for one year. **Please do not send the au pair's passport to AuPairCare. Only the au pair's DS-2019 form.
5. Travel with all of the au pair's important documents including the au pair's signed DS-2019 form, I-94 card, and passport. Please make a photocopy of each document and keep them safely stored with the au pair in case the au pair happens to lose any of these important documents. This will make it easier to obtain replacements if needed.
6. Do not travel outside of the United States beyond the dates listed on the au pair's DS-2019 form. AuPairCare recommends that the au pair completes all international travel prior to the start of the au pair's "30-day grace period" at the conclusion of the au pair's program. Remember the au pair's J-1 visa also has to be valid in order to re-enter the USA.
Should the au pair or host family have any questions, please contact AuPairCare at 415.434.8788.
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