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Long-Stay Visa D/AS — au pair

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Which nationalities and age range can participate?

The D/AS au-pair route is for foreign nationals aged 18 to 30 who have completed secondary education and stay temporarily with a non-relative host family of another nationality.

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  • MFA eVisa, D/AS au-pair workers
    au-pair workers, i.e. the foreigner, aged 18-30, who has completed a form of secondary education, temporarily received by a host family, whose members have a nationality other than the foreigner and with whom he has no family ties

What combination of travel, work, study or training does the programme permit?

The au-pair activity is intended to improve language knowledge and skills in exchange for light domestic and childcare activities. Au-pair temporary residence also confers the right to work.

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What are the defining limitations: quota, ballot, previous participation, employer limits, study limits or equivalent?

Household and childcare work under the D/AS au-pair terms must not exceed 25 hours per week. The official source does not state a quota or a previous-participation rule.

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What funds, insurance, onward travel or similar preparation is particularly important?

The host-family agreement must define rights and obligations, pocket money, class attendance measures and the maximum hours for household and childcare work. The official source does not state the required funds, insurance or return-travel preparation.

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  • MFA eVisa, D/AS au-pair agreement conditions
    an agreement defining the rights and obligations of the au-pair worker, including details of the pocket money to be received, the appropriate measures enabling the au-pair worker to attend classes and the maximum number of hours for household chores

How long can the person stay, can the programme be extended or repeated, and what happens when it ends?

Au-pair temporary residence is extended for the validity of the part-time work contract, without exceeding a total stay of one year in Romania in this capacity. Long-term residence is not granted to holders of an au-pair residence right.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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