by alicina92
Fri May 24, 2013 5:26 pm
Hello,
a family (email: [email protected]) contacted me through www.aupair-world.com asking about me, my profile, they told me about where they live and their family, sent me some pictures. I post here a part of the email:
"Hi, I acknowledge your interest in our family and i write with delight to inform you that i
believe you will enjoy staying with us. I am a married woman, my husband's name Robert
and he is a Lawyer. i am a stay at home mom but I always have paperworks to take care of
since i own a farm of my own.
We are lucky that Kids school and activities are all within 15 minutes of our home. Shawn
and Melissa are 2 wonderful kids,they mean the world to us. We attached a picture of them.
We enrolled them at the same school and they do both of their stuffs together. They go to
school two mornings a week, but will likely go three mornings a week come September.
Melissa swims and loves to do arts at home, as well as visit the zoo, Children's museum,
play centers, and the recreation center (that has an indoor pool year round, when our
outdoor pool is closed.
Shawn, is the eldest and like video games and playing soccer at school.
We reside in Cincinnati Ohio. Cincinnati is known for its large collection of historic
architecture."
In another mail they told me they are registered to this agency HostAuPairUsa and they gave me the email to write to ([email protected]). What made me think this could be a scam is the fact I haven't found this agency anywhere, it has an official site, but just that, it's not in the list given by the US government. Moreover, after I filled in some documents (health, personal info,..) they sent me a payment form, and even if I'm not practical with this, it made me think something may be wrong, it was on the name of this "Acency rapresentative" but the name of the agency was showing nowhere. I post here a part of the email they sent me:
"Dear Ms,
We welcome you to HostAuPairUsa, You have made the right choice by contacting us to regulate your travel into the United State of America as an Au Pair. Our Uttermost priority is promote international understanding and goodwill through people-to-people exchanges as well as providing the valid J-1 visa to Au Pairs immigrating to the United State on a temporary basis.
The J-1 visa, whatever the circumstances of its issue is a non-immigrant visa for the USA and as such, it will not lead to the opportunity to apply for a Permanent Resident Card for Lawful permanent residence in the USA, or a US Green Card as it is more commonly known. We are ASTA, CSIET, IAPA, ATOL protected travel agent which guarantee us security over our clients. (--> I actually checked the sites and haven't found any notice of them!)
We confirmed your host family below:
FAMILY NAME xxx
FAMILY ID xxx
LOCATION xxx
We will therefore provide you with:
J-1 Au Pair visa documents,
Round Trip Flight Ticket,
Travel Insurance (Medical Cover)
We will communicate with you regularly about travel updates and any necessary documents you may need to travel into the United State without any problem.
Please follow the below instructions;
Download All the attached forms
2. Read and Carefully fill the application form.
3. Read and Carefully fill the cost & Payment Authorization form.
4. All forms should be completed within 5 days
5. Once completed, we require that you scan and email it back to us.
Information filled in the forms will be used to process your application so we advice that you do not make MISTAKES
NOTE: We can only start with the processing of your documents after we have receive payment from both Host Family and Au pair. Find payment breakdown in the COST & PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION FORM. We will provide you with payment mode and payment details after we receive your forms and has been verified."
Does anyone know if this is a scam?? Thank you!!
a family (email: [email protected]) contacted me through www.aupair-world.com asking about me, my profile, they told me about where they live and their family, sent me some pictures. I post here a part of the email:
"Hi, I acknowledge your interest in our family and i write with delight to inform you that i
believe you will enjoy staying with us. I am a married woman, my husband's name Robert
and he is a Lawyer. i am a stay at home mom but I always have paperworks to take care of
since i own a farm of my own.
We are lucky that Kids school and activities are all within 15 minutes of our home. Shawn
and Melissa are 2 wonderful kids,they mean the world to us. We attached a picture of them.
We enrolled them at the same school and they do both of their stuffs together. They go to
school two mornings a week, but will likely go three mornings a week come September.
Melissa swims and loves to do arts at home, as well as visit the zoo, Children's museum,
play centers, and the recreation center (that has an indoor pool year round, when our
outdoor pool is closed.
Shawn, is the eldest and like video games and playing soccer at school.
We reside in Cincinnati Ohio. Cincinnati is known for its large collection of historic
architecture."
In another mail they told me they are registered to this agency HostAuPairUsa and they gave me the email to write to ([email protected]). What made me think this could be a scam is the fact I haven't found this agency anywhere, it has an official site, but just that, it's not in the list given by the US government. Moreover, after I filled in some documents (health, personal info,..) they sent me a payment form, and even if I'm not practical with this, it made me think something may be wrong, it was on the name of this "Acency rapresentative" but the name of the agency was showing nowhere. I post here a part of the email they sent me:
"Dear Ms,
We welcome you to HostAuPairUsa, You have made the right choice by contacting us to regulate your travel into the United State of America as an Au Pair. Our Uttermost priority is promote international understanding and goodwill through people-to-people exchanges as well as providing the valid J-1 visa to Au Pairs immigrating to the United State on a temporary basis.
The J-1 visa, whatever the circumstances of its issue is a non-immigrant visa for the USA and as such, it will not lead to the opportunity to apply for a Permanent Resident Card for Lawful permanent residence in the USA, or a US Green Card as it is more commonly known. We are ASTA, CSIET, IAPA, ATOL protected travel agent which guarantee us security over our clients. (--> I actually checked the sites and haven't found any notice of them!)
We confirmed your host family below:
FAMILY NAME xxx
FAMILY ID xxx
LOCATION xxx
We will therefore provide you with:
J-1 Au Pair visa documents,
Round Trip Flight Ticket,
Travel Insurance (Medical Cover)
We will communicate with you regularly about travel updates and any necessary documents you may need to travel into the United State without any problem.
Please follow the below instructions;
Download All the attached forms
2. Read and Carefully fill the application form.
3. Read and Carefully fill the cost & Payment Authorization form.
4. All forms should be completed within 5 days
5. Once completed, we require that you scan and email it back to us.
Information filled in the forms will be used to process your application so we advice that you do not make MISTAKES
NOTE: We can only start with the processing of your documents after we have receive payment from both Host Family and Au pair. Find payment breakdown in the COST & PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION FORM. We will provide you with payment mode and payment details after we receive your forms and has been verified."
Does anyone know if this is a scam?? Thank you!!
