Can I bring my baby to the U.S.?

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A close friend of mine is seeking advise regarding her case.

Any help will do :)

Thanks,

Loryn

Here's an excerpt from her e-mail:

Our EB3 petition (PD Feb. 2006) is now current and if things go

uninterrupted,let's say we get our Packet 4 and visa by July this

year. So we have 6 months left (till Jan. 2009) to stay here in PH.

I'm pregnant and due November. So what if we decide to stay here

until I give birth, can I still bring my newborn to the U.S. and what

are the steps? Will the Embassy grant my baby an immigrant visa as

well?

You might suggest that we should migrate instantly upon receiving

our visas and have the baby born in the US to avoid such problem.

How I wish it was that easy. Due to financial reasons, it would be

less expensive for us to have the baby born here and at the same

time, my husband's employment contract will expire by December.

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you can bring your baby provided that you have the necessary papers because the consul wanted to verify that it is really your baby not someone's baby from relatives.

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As your friend is pregnant right now, I was wondering if she would be able to clear her medical examination before her visa interview?

Thanks

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you can bring your baby provided that you have the necessary papers because the consul wanted to verify that it is really your baby not someone's baby from relatives.

Are there any articles from NVC or USCIS that can help her validate your

suggestion so she can be guided accordingly?

Loryn :)

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As your friend is pregnant right now, I was wondering if she would be able to clear her medical examination before her visa interview?

Thanks

I'll keep you posted once she's done with her interview but right now, no schedule yet. In her case, I don't see any problems as long as she mentions that she is pregnant during the medical exam.

Loryn :)

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I have heard that their are some shots you got to take during your medical and you are not suppose to get those shots when your pregnant. I m not 100% on that.

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As your friend is pregnant right now, I was wondering if she would be able to clear her medical examination before her visa interview?

Thanks

Being pregnant has never kept anyone from getting a visa for the US. It is not contagious and it is not a disease.

We see it all of the time.

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I have heard that their are some shots you got to take during your medical and you are not suppose to get those shots when your pregnant. I m not 100% on that.

You never are required to get something that could injure the fetus.

Please check out the requirements for getting a visa and the requirements for the medical and you will not see one thing that states that someone is pregnant that they are prohibited for coming to the US.

That is why you also see so much written about having a baby added to the visa as well.

Never an issue.

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You never are required to get something that could injure the fetus.

Please check out the requirements for getting a visa and the requirements for the medical and you will not see one thing that states that someone is pregnant that they are prohibited for coming to the US.

That is why you also see so much written about having a baby added to the visa as well.

Never an issue.

Hi Suzanne, with the above case of my friend, will she

still able to bring her baby to the US based on her stated

case? What are her chances and options if she proceeds

with such setup?

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Have never seen one infant be stopped from coming with the parents provided that the visa bill is able to be paid at the time of the interview.

You can call the US Embassy to get a list of what you will need to bring for the baby at the time of the interview.

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Have never seen one infant be stopped from coming with the parents provided that the visa bill is able to be paid at the time of the interview.

You can call the US Embassy to get a list of what you will need to bring for the baby at the time of the interview.

Thanks for your reply. But what if both parents completed their consular interview and got their visas while the baby is still not yet born, how can they still the bring the newborn to the US if they decided to have the baby born here in the Philippines (assuming the mother is due for labor 3 months after their received their visas)?

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That is something that needs to be discussed with the US Embassy, since their file is already completed and why was it not asked at the time of the interview?

The baby is still going to need documents to travel with, and those are not immediate. The mother actually has only six months from when the visa was issued to arrive in the US or she loses the visa.

What exactly is happening now, how far in the process are they? Each of these posts adds in new information. Have they in fact been given visas already or is this just hypothetical?

There is still a restriction of having to travel within 6 months of getting the visa in any way.

Next question would be if they are given visas, why in the world would they not want the baby to be born in the US and get US citizenship right from the start? Makes no sense to me on this count either.

And the fact that the employer may not wish to wait that long and cancel the petitions, that also can come into play as well.

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