Why did I want to be an Au Pair?

Now in the previous blog I  stated that I was in the process of becoming an Au Pair in Denmark and in this blog post I am going to go over why I chose Denmark and what challenges I had to face just to apply to be an Au Pair.

So Why Denmark?

Now it may be weird that out of all the places I could want to be an Au Pair at I chose Denmark and not a country like Spain or France. To me it wasn’t that strange Denmark was already a pretty clear winner in my head and here is why. Two big reasons I chose Denmark is one being I wanted to be closer to my boyfriend Johan that currently lives in Sweden and what you may be asking your self is why didn’t I just Au Pair in Sweden? I currently have a resident permit application going through their migration system that prevents me from stepping foot in Sweden in till it is excepted, it is pretty dumb I know. Now here is the other reason that I picked Denmark. In 2015 I visited Denmark and i must say I really enjoyed myself, I enjoyed the people, the language and the culture and I made a lot of friends there and so before I ever met Johan I thought I was going to end up in Denmark one way or another because I had a lot of friends there and when picking colleges I thought I would pick one in a place I had many friends in.

How did I find my family?

I honestly didn’t spend that long on searching for a family in Denmark, I spent about two weeks looking which isn’t that long compared to many other Au Pairs I have heard from. I looked on about 6 different sites 5 of them where free and 1 of them cost me 10 dollars. I heard from two different families and one really worried me because all she wanted me to do was clean and that isn’t what I wanted at all and the host mom basically told me the other Au Pairs she had in the past quit within 6 months! Now right away I was uncomfortable so I went on with my Skype interview with  the other family that I found off the paid site. Right away I connected with the family and I knew it was a match. The family I am going with is really nice with chickens and two amazing sounding kids.

Here come the problems!

One thing I forgot to mention was that me and the host mom share the same nationality and that doesn’t seem like a problem but the Danish Migration site states There is a glimmer of hope because it is not a yes but at the same time it isn’t a straight no and that gives me hope and the host family is willing to risk it and so am I. Another bump came up when I figured out that I needed to go to one of 5 locations to have my bio-metrics recorded (facial photo and finger prints scanned) and to submit my application. I chose to go to Chicago because it was the cheapest. It was about a week of stress in planing my appointment and my flight but in the end I booked my appointment for 12:00 and in the same day I would land in Chicago at 8:00 am and I would leave the same day at 8:00 pm. It was a one day trip and it was super stressful to plan but at the end of the day it all went well minus the fact there was a little hidden fee that I wasn’t ready for. Besides all of that stressful stuff I had a fun day in Chicago and now I just need to wait for the results on my visa.

Here are some lovely pictures of my fun in Chicago and also stay tuned for more updates and posts.