Approved K-1 - Pregnant Fiance- urgent

[tommyle08 0]

Hello everyone,

I appologize if i've made same thread. I've read about the K-1 visa and pregnant case in this forum. However, my case is slightly different from others. Here goes:

My petition has been approved and the Department of State National Visa Center (NVC) has scheduled an interview for my fiancee next week, February 27th, 2008. My fiancee is 9 weeks pregnant. . Questions :

1. Should i contact the USCIS office to inform about this pregnancy ?

2. Will my case be delayed ?

3. Should my fiancee tell her interviewer that she is 9 week pregnant ?

4. Will my child be automatically granted US citizen when he/she is born ?

5. What necessary steps should i follow up during this process ?

I will always welcome all your feedback and instruction. Your help is greatly appreciated. I'm worried that if i'm doing it wrong, i will jeopardize the process of getting my fiance here. Forgot to mention, I am US citizen and my fiancee is Vietnamese citizen. Thanks again.

[Dan J 277]

Hello everyone,

I appologize if i've made same thread. I've read about the K-1 visa and pregnant case in this forum. However, my case is slightly different from others. Here goes:

My petition has been approved and the Department of State National Visa Center (NVC) has scheduled an interview for my fiancee next week, February 27th, 2008. My fiancee is 9 weeks pregnant. . Questions :

1. Should i contact the USCIS office to inform about this pregnancy ?

2. Will my case be delayed ?

3. Should my fiancee tell her interviewer that she is 9 week pregnant ?

4. Will my child be automatically granted US citizen when he/she is born ?

5. What necessary steps should i follow up during this process ?

I will always welcome all your feedback and instruction. Your help is greatly appreciated. I'm worried that if i'm doing it wrong, i will jeopardize the process of getting my fiance here. Forgot to mention, I am US citizen and my fiancee is Vietnamese citizen. Thanks again.

1. USCIS has nothing to do with your case anymore.

2. No

3. If she wants to, i don't think it will affect the case either way.

4. Born inside the US, yes. Born outside the US, no, but if you meet the conditions you can apply for a consular report of a birth abroad which will make your child a USC. Which you can use to get a passport.

5. Nothing will change as far as the visa is concerned for your wife. Other than certain vaccines will be delayed until your fiance is in the US and after the child is born.

[YuAndDan 153]

1. USCIS has nothing to do with your case anymore.

2. No

3. If she wants to, i don't think it will affect the case either way.

4. Born inside the US, yes. Born outside the US, no, but if you meet the conditions you can apply for a consular report of a birth abroad which will make your child a USC. Which you can use to get a passport.

5. Nothing will change as far as the visa is concerned for your wife. Other than certain vaccines will be delayed until your fiance is in the US and after the child is born.

Exactly and to the point!

[garya505 2]

Actually I have to disagree on one point above. If the medical exam shows that the foreign fiancee is pregnant, and the CO suspects the USC might not be the father or might not know about the pregnancy, it could cause a delay while the CO confirms that the USC is aware of the pregnancy and still intends to marry the beneficiary. I'm not speculating here, as I have direct knowledge of such a case. I'm sure it depends on the Consulate, but it's better to be prepared. Just in case, I would give the fiancee a notorized letter from the USC stating that he is aware of the pregnancy, that he is the father, and he still intends to marry the fiancee. Anyway it will do no harm to have such a letter even if it's not needed.

ETA: Hint - FedEx.

Edited February 19, 2008 by garya505

[rebeccajo 14]

Actually I have to disagree on one point above. If the medical exam shows that the foreign fiancee is pregnant, and the CO suspects the USC might not be the father or might not know about the pregnancy, it could cause a delay while the CO confirms that the USC is aware of the pregnancy and still intends to marry the beneficiary. I'm not speculating here, as I have direct knowledge of such a case. I'm sure it depends on the Consulate, but it's better to be prepared. Just in case, I would give the fiancee a notorized letter from the USC stating that he is aware of the pregnancy, that he is the father, and he still intends to marry the fiancee. Anyway it will do no harm to have such a letter even if it's not needed.

ETA: Hint - FedEx.

Right. In HCMC, it'll probably be an issue.

She can carry the letter and produce it if needed. And she probably will.

The pregnancy will be revealed at the medical. If it's not visually detected at the medical by a 'female' exam, it'll show up in the bloodwork.

[bakofoil 27]

Plus she doesn't want to be having an x-ray if she's pregnant.

[tommyle08 0]

Thank you everyone for your quick assistance. Your consultation really eases my worries. I just called my fiancee (it's 3:20 AM in Vietnam now ) and told her to bring the medical report of her pregnancy to the interview next week. She will get an X-ray within 3 weeks.

In the meantime, any additional information about my case is always needed.

[Gaby&Talbert 1]

Yes please tell them, you dont want them to do anything to endanger the baby. Tell them, my wife was pregnant during her interview and she breezed through it with no problems. We did a K3 but her being pregnant made everything go easily even the green card interview was easy.

[Teacher Mark 53]

They have been known to ask for DNA evidence at that Consulate. That means waiting for the birth, even though it is a Citizenship issue rather than a Visa Issue. Welcome to HCMC.

[pushbrk 14,063]

They have been known to ask for DNA evidence at that Consulate. That means waiting for the birth, even though it is a Citizenship issue rather than a Visa Issue. Welcome to HCMC.

The notarized statement from the USC father is an excellent idea and I would get on that post haste. Also, if the fiance is 9 weeks pregnant, there better be documentation that the USC was in Vietnam with her at the time she conceived. If not, a whole other can of worms is opened, so make sure your evidence of that trip is close at hand with the letter.

[Cassie 8]

Thank you everyone for your quick assistance. Your consultation really eases my worries. I just called my fiancee (it's 3:20 AM in Vietnam now ) and told her to bring the medical report of her pregnancy to the interview next week. She will get an X-ray within 3 weeks.

In the meantime, any additional information about my case is always needed.

make sure she knows to ask the x-ray techs for a lead apron to cover her abdomen, if they forget to ask her!

[garya505 2]

They have been known to ask for DNA evidence at that Consulate. That means waiting for the birth, even though it is a Citizenship issue rather than a Visa Issue. Welcome to HCMC.

The notarized statement from the USC father is an excellent idea and I would get on that post haste. Also, if the fiance is 9 weeks pregnant, there better be documentation that the USC was in Vietnam with her at the time she conceived. If not, a whole other can of worms is opened, so make sure your evidence of that trip is close at hand with the letter.

[ForeverAmen 0]

They have been known to ask for DNA evidence at that Consulate. That means waiting for the birth, even though it is a Citizenship issue rather than a Visa Issue. Welcome to HCMC.

The notarized statement from the USC father is an excellent idea and I would get on that post haste. Also, if the fiance is 9 weeks pregnant, there better be documentation that the USC was in Vietnam with her at the time she conceived. If not, a whole other can of worms is opened, so make sure your evidence of that trip is close at hand with the letter.

[b_weeks 6]

By the timing you stated, I assume your finace is going to give birth in the US?

If so, I would still recommend that you have a notarized document similar to the one I have attached..

[b_weeks 6]

I took the one the HCMC consulate provides for Birth of a Citizen Abroad and modified it.