Home Stay

I’ve graduated already but I want to do another homestay program. I’d like to find a program that lets me stay with a family (or other inexpensive living arrangement) in another country. Any info such as program names, websites, etc would be great. Again, I’m not interested in student or study abroad programs as I am not a student anymore.

There are many Homestay sites on the web that help with finding you a great place to stay while traveling abroad.
We have found that http://www.HomestayCentral.com is very informative, offers a good selection of qualified hosts world wide!

I’d be happy to know if there are any arranged homestay programes in New York city,where a family arrannges a week or 2 weeks long stay for foreign students free of charge, Im from Macedonia that’s a little country in Europe. and I will be required an invitation form from the family! I’m just currious cause I’ve been to such program in Turkey as freshman in highschool! Please if you know anything post a link or reply!

You have to stay a year and it is called The Aupair Program.
You go to school, help the family and get paid and boarding.
http://411newyork.org/guide/2007/04/22/the-au-pair-program/

If you do not qualify, there are hostels that will let you stay.
All you have to do is answer the phones, housekeeping, etc.
http://411newyork.org/guide/2007/08/08/ny-hostels-with-work-exchange-programs/

I am getting a Japanese exchange student at the end of this week to stay with me. I want to know how to tell her (in Japanese) what things will be hers for while she is here, and what things she can keep permanently. It is important that there are no misunderstandings early on.

Also how would you say "this______is for______"?

Japanese kids learn english from about nursery school, so her english should be good enough for her to tell you.

It’s probably not an issue.

My family is very interested in hosting an international student for homestay. However, we haven’t done this before so we don’t know how to go about doing this.

I’m a college student and I was thinking about putting up ads up at my university but don’t know if that is a good way to advertise.

It would also be nice if you could inform me on any good sites to find students who need homestay.

So…I’m curious on how to host international student for homestay??? I don’t know how to go about doing this or where to find students who need homestay.

I’ve checked some websites but none of them seem helpful at all…

You should contact STS ( http://www.stsfoundation.org/cm/content/host_families.asp? )

If you decide to become a host family you will get a student from another country.

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!

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!

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!

My brother’s family is interested in hosting students from South Korea. He is a stay-at-home dad who is raising two children, and also supports himself mostly from tutoring middle/high school students. We heard about hosting students from Korea, but I don’t have good ideas as to how to advertise. Any help would greatly be appreciated.

There are exchange student programs, and you should contact them.
I have hosted students from Spain and Germany but not from Asia.
You will be interviewed and someone will visit your home, to make sure you qualify, and you will need to take care of them for one school year.
They have spending money, but it is like having another child at your home.

I’m a high school student in the United States. I need something – whether it be an internship, homestay, boarding school etc. to get me to Sydney this summer (when it will be winter there) and keep me grounded with a good amount of independence. Do you have any specific suggestions on where to go? I’ve done a lot of research, but I’ve found it extremely difficult to find something that wasn’t a teen tour-like program

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i got a japanese friend who was a homestay student at my home, i asked her when she graduates from senior high school and she says 2012, when she is 17 years old turning 18 this year…
so do they graduate at 19?

I am sure she’ll graduate when she’s eighteen UNLESS she is held back and has to take an extra year of high school.

In the U.S. you have 5 years of elementary school. So, when you’re in sixth grade you’re considered to be in junior high school and you have four years of senior high.

In Japan however, you have 6 years of elementary school. So you have 3 years of junior high and 3 years of high school.