What kind of documents the au pair needs to work in our family? What about visas and work permits?
One way of doing this: The au pair goes, calls or emails to the local embassy of the country she wants to work in. She have to ask them about the required papers (visa, work permit etc.) Usually she can get the permits directly from the embassy after she presented certain documents to the embassy (invitation letter, criminal record etc.). Once the au pair arrived in the country of the family a registration with the local authorities might be required (immigration office, foreign police etc.). NOTE: Many countries support au pairs. They have a special program to make it easy for au pairs to get the permission to stay and to start working as an au pair. The au pair should ask in the embassy or get the proper contact details for more information . Families can ask this information at their local offices (e.g. immigration office, labor office, bureau of foreign affairs etc.).
