Youth Mobility Scheme

The UK is currently introducing a new immigration system which renders the original Au Pair Programme obsolete.

You can view the UK's Youth Mobility Scheme here. However, please find below some relevant points.

TIER 5 of the new points-based system.

That means to qualify to be an au pair in the UK you will need to be:

• An EU citizen; or
• A national of a participating country; or
• A British overseas citizen; or
• A British overseas territories citizen; or
• A British national (overseas)

Also:

• You will also need to be aged between 18 and 30 years of age and have sufficient funds (which have to be proven) to support yourself from when you first enter the United Kingdom until you start earning.
• You may not participate in the youth mobility scheme if you have dependent children or have previously spent time in the United Kingdom as a working holidaymaker.
• You will be expected to leave the United Kingdom when your permission to stay ends.
• You will only be able to come to the United Kingdom on the Youth Mobility Scheme once.

As yet we have not been informed by the UK Border Agency which countries will be participating in the Youth Mobility scheme as this has not yet been finalised.