Am I The Exchange Student’s Legal Guardian?
As host parents, you are NOT the legal guardians of an exchange student. The natural parents will always be the legal guardians. Am I legally responsible for them? NO! The …
Will My Foreign Exchange Student Speak English?
Your exchange student will most definitely speak English. It is a requirement for students to speak English before they are approved for the program. The students must take an English …
What is a Foreign Exchange Student Host Family Required to pay for?
This was one of my first questions I asked when my wife brought up the idea of hosting a foreign exchange student. I did not want it to be a …
What Happens After I Apply For a Foreign Exchange Student?
What Happens After I Apply For a Foreign Exchange Student? My wife and I filled out the paperwork for our foreign exchange student request in January of 2019. We …
What Is the Application Process to Host a Foreign Exchange Student?
The first thing we did was speak to a local family who already hosted a student the previous year. She gave us her contact information for the agency. After contacting …
What Will My Foreign Exchange Student Call Me?
The thought of this never really crossed my mind until our agency representative told us that we should have our student called us Mom and Dad. My wife and I …