We’ll be hosting a college student from Canada next year for about 2 months.
Anyone know what if anything would be required for her to legally work while here? Part of the visit is to be immersed in the language (she’s native French-speaking), and earn her own spending money etc.
I assume there are some sort of student work-permits?
I believe a Canadian can get a work permit for up to a year, just asking at the border. I know that an American coming here can and I assume it is reciprocated.
There’s the F-1 Student temporary work visa. Like everything to do with work visas, it’s rather complicated.
http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1268.html
Ummm, nope, unless you’re talking about a TN petition, which is for Canadian and Mexican citizens - but only for certain selected professions, most of which require a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a specific field, and all of which require a petiitoning U.S. employer (except in very limited circumstances).
What type of Visa does the student have? Will (s)he be attending school in the US?
My first visit to the US was with a “cultural exchange program”, we went there specifically to work as nannies (excuse me, “au pairs”) or in summer camps; my second stay, as a graduate college student and I could only work for my own university. Two different Visas, the first one didn’t even involve getting an SSN AFAIK, both involved working but with very different restrictions.
Being an au pair is already a job, if those are the conditions (s)he shouldn’t be getting a second job.
Also, on the flip side, I doubt you’ll find many employers wanting to hire someone for 6 weeks. So the whole plan of “earn her own money” might be unrealistic for other reasons.
McDonalds does! And Burger King, etc. Might be interesting to hear “Would you like fries with that?” in French.
But if she’s a college student here, work done in connection with schooling (like internships, TA (teaching assistant), lab assistant, etc.), even if paid, is generally considered part of learning, and can be done on a student visa.
I don’t know a lot about visas, but she’ll be enrolled as a student in her home college and not attending class here. The 2 months here will be part of that learning experience (as a language program). She won’t be an au pair for us, my kids are just a couple years younger than she is. We might have her do some housework or something like that (we’re figuring out the logistics in general, but I think that’s what the students do sometimes in exchange for their room and board).