Emergency

If you have a legal or serious medical problem, notify your Community Counselor. If your Community Counselor is not available and you cannot wait for her return, call the 24-hour emergency service at 1-800-928-7247.

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Au Pair Social Security Card

You can apply for your Social Security (SS) card four days after arriving in the US.

Required documents: 

• Application For a Social Security Card Form SS-5 (In box 5 for citizenship information, check off “Legal Alien Allowed To Work.”)
• Unexpired passport with visa
• I-94 (Click on “Get Most Recent I-94” at the top of the page. Download and print your I-94.)
• DS-2019
• As an au pair, you do not need to provide an employment authorization letter since au pair is a category of J-1 visa participant who has authorization to work. 

Locations:

• Important Update: the Social Security office at 2100 M Street is now permanently closed.
• Host families and au pairs have recommended the following location:
  • 1300 D St, SW, Washington, DC 20024
•  Use this link to confirm hours of operation and find other locations. 

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Au Pair Driver License and Identification Card

• How to obtain a DC Driver License

• How to obtain a Non-Driver Identification Card

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Au Pair Education                                             

• Summary of Education Requirements

• 2019 Education Options for DCC Au Pairs

• Submit Education Proof to Catherine

• 2018 Options for Those Last Few Education Hours

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Au Pair Health Care (if you are sick and need to see a doctor)

• Health care and insurance information

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Au Pair Money Matters

• How to mail a package or letter in the US

• How to use US money and write a check

• H&R Block Tax Services for Au Pairs 

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Au Pair Travel Inside the US

Travel/Tour Companies & Travel Websites

• Cultural Highways Travel
• TrekAmerica (20% discount for APIA APs!)
• Kayak
• Hipmunk

Transportation

• AAA Bus Safety Reports
• Bolt Bus– trips between Baltimore, Boston, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, and DC
• Vamoose Bus – trips between NYC and Bethesda, MD, Arlington, VA, or Lorton, VA
• MegaBus – trips between Washington, DC and many destinations up and down the East Coast. New routes from DC to Virginia Beach beginning Summer 2017
• Super Shuttle– transportation to and from airports in DC and all over the US
• Happy-Cars -car rental for 18+

Places to Stay

• Hostelling International
• The Jane Hotel, New York
• The Pod Hotel (in New York and DC)

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Au Pair Travel Outside the US

• APIA Information on Traveling Outside of the US
• APIA Visa Information (including travel during your extension year)
• APIA Travel Validation Request Form (to obtain APIA’s signature on your DS-2019)
• Automatic Revalidation Fact Sheet (Canada, Mexico, & Caribbean travel for Extension APs)
• Do I need a Visa to travel?
• Washington DC Embassy Directory
• Visiting Canada

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Au Pair Departure Home

• How to Request Your Flight Home
• Departure Dates
• Flight Request Form

 After APIA receives your flight request form (and travel month insurance, if applicable), you will receive an email confirmation. If you don’t receive this confirmation within three weeks of sending your request, please contact Stefanie Mulé immediately at smule @aifs. com.

You will receive an email with your flight itinerary no later than 4-5 weeks prior to departure.