Home Stay

Just hypothetically the person is from Czech Republic, and is 17, lives with homestay and its not me.

I think you’re wondering if the student would be kicked out of the UK – the answer is no. Removal of EU citizens is dealt with by the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006. Regulation 21 provides that an EU citizen under 18 may only be removed "on imperative grounds of public security" – plotting to blow up trains on the tube probably qualifies, underage drinking doesn’t.

Even when you’re 18 it’s difficult to remove you – your personal conduct "must represent a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat affecting one of the fundamental interests of society". I have seen this test used to successfully remove someone who had repeatedly been convicted of dealing class A drugs.

All of the above assumes that you are "exercising treaty rights" at the time – which basically means you have to be in education or employment.

Remember though, underage drinking is not even a criminal offence in the UK. Buying alcohol underage is, but the police tend to target the retailers rather than 17 year old consumers!

The homestay host couple was okay at first. However, the female host of the house turned out to be a cheap, lying, and rude person later on (by not buying us food and say multiple times she "cannot find lettuce at Sobey’s" for instance). She also pretended to respect my privacy but in fact went into my room multiple times without telling me. When I confronted her, she said that it’s her house and she didn’t need my persmission. That’s fine, but why pretend in the beginning anyway? ugh. Threre’re countless other incidents where she lied through her teeth thinking we wouldn’t know but we do.

The worst part was that she denied my receipt when I wanted one. The cost was $800 CAD per month — by no means cheap considering she doesn’t buy us food (or buy rotten apples to save money). Now she doesn’t give me receipt, I can’t even declare tax on this? I’m pretty sure she’s trying to save herself some tax money by doing this.

What can I do to deal with this obnoxious situation?

Thanks
Please provide useful and insightful answers (instead of rudimentary answers so you can get points). I’m wondering specifically what can I do regarding the tax situation for declaring income tax. And also, report to whom? Really, first answerer, your answer was completely useless.

report it so other will not get the same

I am a international student from China and it’s hard to go to school(Brighton grammar) from my now home. Therefore, I’d like a homestay where is clost to my school and I can go to school by walking, I feel like living near beach if that’s possible. Moreover, the host have to offer more than two meals a day. Besides, my school address is 90 Outer Crescent, Brighton VIC 3186 Australia. If anyone interesting with this please mail me at 100690778@qq.com Thank you

You would be better off doing one of the following :~
~ Putting an ad in the local paper such as the Port Phillip Leader
~ Speaking with your school counsellor
~ Speak with other OS students at school in the same situation
~ Consider boarding school options (ie Scotch College, Melbourne Grammar)
~ Contact Monash University (Caulfield) – they have a social work department that helps/assists OS students with accomodation options ~ they might be able to point you in the right direction!

I know that I will learn more about the culture in a homestay but if i stay in the dorms i will meet more students my age from around the world and make new friends but if i stay with a host family I
will become very close with an irish family. I really can’t decide please explain your answer. thanks

I would stay in a homestay, leaving for college can really make you homesick and when travelling abroad it`s not as simple as driving back to see your family. Atleast in a homestay you would have people to lean on and act as your family. Also it`s not as distracting as a dorm, you`ll get more work done and trust me you`ll still make friends. Good luck!

She’s sixteen and spEaks quite good
English, I am fifteen. I am just worried that I’d get annoyed. When I am at home I am usually spending time alone as my brother is much older than me and I don’t speak to my parents much. Also, it would mean whenever I go out with friends, shed be there. She’s a nice girl, bt I know I could get sick of anyone, especially if I’ve only known them one month. She will be staying six months.

I would think this decision is up to your parents!! If it is up to you, I don’t see why not since it’s temporary. You might get to like her.

I’m planning on doing a summer immersion program that will be around 4 weeks long. Will that be enough time to become competent in a foreign language to some extent? If you did a summer immersion or homestay program without (or with minimal) prior knowledge of the target language, what was your skill level by the time you left?
Depending on what program I do, I’ll most likely be learning an East Asian language.

You should have some baseline before showing up – immersion is a great way to learn a language, but it helps to have some of the basics down ahead of time. 4 weeks won’t make you fluent by any stretch (consider it took you years to get to your level of fluency in English…) but it’s a start.