BTA Aupair USA [email protected]

Hello,
I'm not sure if this is a scamm or not, that's why I decided to join this forum and ask.
I'm planning to work as an Au pair in USA and I'm already in contact with a family and an agency officer.
The agency officer send me a contract and also the document I attach here describing a new law that makes us Au pairs to pay a deposit of 820$ refundable once we get to the USA. I tried to search any information related to this law and I couldn't find anything. Is this a scamm or is it a real law?

Thank you.

Any offer of "refundable" anything is a scam. Read this for more information on this type of scam :
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=3019

Not to mention the free email address of lawyer.com guarantees it is a scam. Real lawyers have their own domains.

Here is a page from the US Department of State, they are the ones that issue Visa's to the US, no one else can. And most of the time, you (or a relative) are the one that must apply for it.
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/e ... ories.html

Welcome to Scamwarners blauhund,

Yes, it is a scam. The document is fake. The email address on the fake document is an email address the scammer made from a free email provider.

This is a quote from Dotti

If a host family asks you to send money by Western Union or moneygram to anyone, it is a scam.

If you are looking for an au pair position in the US, it is very important that you familiarize yourself with the US government's rules regarding au pairs. In the US, you can ONLY become an au pair if you are sponsored by one of the agencies on this official list: http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/ho ... &state=any If a "family" claims they can hire you directly, or if they refer you to an agency that is not on this list (or if they refer you to an attorney) then they are fake. If they give you the name of an agency on this list, you need to follow the link FROM THE OFFICIAL LIST to the agency's website, then contact the agency THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE OR AT THE PHONE NUMBER ON THE OFFICIAL LIST, and verify that they are indeed arranging a position for you. Otherwise, a scammer could just be using a real agency's name.

The US has VERY strict laws regarding au pair visas.
-You can NEVER be given an au pair job offer without having a face-to-face interview, in English, with a representative of the au pair agency.
-You will NEVER send money by WU or moneygram to any family or agency.
-If you meet the requirements and are accepted by the agency, you will be given the forms you need and you will have to go the the US embassy or consulate in your country to get a visa.

A scam from top to bottom. If you know or communicate with other au pairs, please make them aware of such scams.

There's no such thing as BTA. Any time you see this term, it's a scam.

If you want to be an au pair in the US:

1) Go to the agency list Bryon listed in his post.
2) Go to the agencies' websites and look them over.
3) Choose an agency, and use the contact function or the application function to start the process of being qualified as an au pair. If you meet the requirements and appear to be suitable, the agency will help you to set up the interview and other necessary activities.

If you have not done this, you can answer dozens of ads, and even if they are real, you will not get a job as an au pair because there is no way you can get a visa.

The cheesy fake certificate looks like something the scammers invented in a word processing program. US laws are not documented on certificates like that, and they don't include explanations or poor English. Any time you see something like that, you can be sure it is a scam.