Going to give birth in the u s

[mcdull 474]

1 hour ago, missileman said:

What is the purpose of the child being born in the US?????  

Thousands of Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese women come to the US and Canada to deliver anchor babies. There is a whole industry behind it, from coaching ladies how to secure visa and entry to envading bills.  

 

Reminded me of one Taiwanese woman who already had two babies in America and coming here for the third and then went to labour whilst in the air, refused to give birth until plane entered alasaka airspace. 

[Auds 223]

No one answered your question am sorry for that and I don't have 100 percent answers for you.

 

The US LEGALLY ALLOWS THIS. 

 

Its expensive but for sure you are okay with that as you know what you are doing.

 

While dating and the awaiting for CR1 papers.  I have travelled in and out of the US at least 15 times on long haul flights via diff airlines and countries -every flight had anchor babies flying back home.

 

Dear original poster wait for a bit longer you will get you answers.

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

person is asking if she can come on tourist visa as he asks what state and hospital to go to

means she is not here (at least to me that is what i read)

so, all of us are answering about the cost and problems from doing this 

from the problem of traveling as pregnant woman to cost 

these are all good and honest answers 

and we are not offending but advising as to issues

please understand, we really are here to help but what u suggest is a poor idea

you do not mention if you, yourself, are a USC,  if so, don't worry your child will be a USC 

[Mina90 134]

4 hours ago, Ify.o said:

Hi, my wife have a tourist visa and she wants to go and give birth in the u s. Do we need to pay the medical bills before she travel's or when she gets there? Any idea on hospital/state with best prices for delivery? Thanks

Plenty of good advice given here already. Just to add:

 

1. No guarantee that the CBP will alllow your pregnant wife to enter at port of entry. So, even though she has a tourist visa, doesn't mean it automatically allows her entry. Gotta pass this part first.

 

2. If she is allowed in, medical bills will need to be paid for AFTER because depending on the birthing situation, will determine cost (i.e. if C-section is needed, if complications arise and baby needs to be in NICU, etc. will significantly raise the price).

 

3. Each state/hospital has variables in their pricing. I gave birth in Virginia (one of the best hospitals-Inova Fairfax Hospital), my whole pregnancy was normal until I went into labor then had to have an emergency C-Section. Cost was about $40,000 (but we have insurance so we had to pay our out of pocket only).

[ConOfficer 167]

As others have mentioned it's not illegal. CBP can refuse entry if they think someone is likely to use social services programs (ie, Medicaid), did not declare intent to give birth in the U.S. during their visa interview (this mainly relates to Chinese people), or, like any other visitor, if they think the person is lying about what they intend to do in the U.S. 

 

It's also free - Medicaid will pay all the costs. When we find out someone has used medicaid to pay for their child's birth (and we do have ways of getting this info) it will basically become impossible for them to get a tourist visa again. It's not a reason to revoke a visa but we have lots of discretion to refuse people if we think they're likely to abuse their visitor status again. They have to wait until the kid turns 21 and then they can immigrate as an IR5. 

 

Chinese applicants have been known to show up at their visa interviews with wads of $100 bills to show that they will pay their hospital bills. 

 

I personally continue to support birthright citizenship, even with all of the abuse of this provision you see working in a consulate (rich families with no connection whatsoever to the U.S. will make their kids dual citizens and then demand the same level of attention we give to a U.S. traveler in an emergency). Congress could easily solve this problem by amending the Immigration and Nationality Act - make anyone that has entered on a tourist visa and given birth to a child permanently ineligible for an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa (with a waiver available if they can show there was an actual medical need). The State Department can easily match passport application information to visa records to get that info. 

Edited October 15, 2017 by ConOfficer

[Nitas_man 3,100]

There ya go.  'Merica has spoken and the official position is - please bring wads of $100 bills with you when you land. 

Advice from experience:  Schedule about an hour in post-landing time-out to explain them

[Sunnyland 639]

Why your wife can not give birth in her country and then you go there to be at birth? The baby does not need to be born in U.S to be an US citizen. If you are willing to risk that she is denied entry and sent back, then do it. How advanced she is in her pregnancy?

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Being pregnant already raises the risk of blood clots. Please don't make her fly all the way to the US, to then possibly be denied and have to fly alllll the way back again. It's just not good for her.

[Crazy Cat 39,742]

4 minutes ago, Sunnyland said:

Why your wife can not give birth in her country and then you go there to be at birth? The baby does not need to be born in U.S to be an US citizen. If you are willing to risk that she is denied entry and sent back, then do it. How advanced she is in her pregnancy?

Neither of the parents are USCs......neither one.........

[Sunnyland 639]

2 minutes ago, missileman said:

Neither of the parents are USCs......neither one.........

Thanks for the clarification. Why I thought the father was an USC? Is he even in US?

[Crazy Cat 39,742]

Just now, Sunnyland said:

Thanks for the clarification. Why I thought the father was an USC? Is he even in US?

No..

[-Trinity- 513]

This baffles me; why would you want to go through all the hassle just to get you child US citizen ship? Especially if you are from a wealthy family,  I can understand it from the point of view of a person who wants a better life for their kids. But djeezs, it's not the ticket to heaven....

I think America should put an end to this strange right, I don't know any country that automatically grants you citizenship just because you're are born there.

 

The strangest thing I read was about a Western European lady who deliberately planned a trip to New York at the end of her pregnancy ( 7/8 months) and was hoping she would give birth in America. It didn't happen and afterwards she acknowledged that it was a weird action from her end.

Edited October 15, 2017 by Beachlover

[Lemonslice 4,609]

1 minute ago, Beachlover said:

This baffles me; why would you want to go through all the hassle just to get you child US citizen ship? Especially if you are from a wealthy family,  I can understand it from the point of view of a person who wants a better life for their kids. But djeezs, it's not the ticket to heaven....

I think America should put an end if that strange right, I don't know any country that automatically grants you citizenship just because you're are born there.

 

The strangest thing I read was about a Western European lady who deliberately planned a trip to New York at the end of her pregnancy ( 7/8 months) and was hoping she would give birth in America. It didn't happen and afterwards she acknowledged that it was a weird action from her end.

Look up jus soli and jus sanguinis - it is quite common to get the citizenship of the place you are born.  If you wan to know more about how valuable a "Western" citizenship can be, you can look at all the articles on Chinese birth tourism.  

[Mina90 134]

5 minutes ago, Beachlover said:

This baffles me; why would you want to go through all the hassle just to get you child US citizen ship? Especially if you are from a wealthy family,  I can understand it from the point of view of a person who wants a better life for their kids. But djeezs, it's not the ticket to heaven....

I think America should put an end to this strange right, I don't know any country that automatically grants you citizenship just because you're are born there.

 

The strangest thing I read was about a Western European lady who deliberately planned a trip to New York at the end of her pregnancy ( 7/8 months) and was hoping she would give birth in America. It didn't happen and afterwards she acknowledged that it was a weird action from her end.

Agreed! 

[Delirium 114]

4 hours ago, canadian_wife said:

How far along is she?  CBP may not like the idea of her birthing in the US and will deny her entry.  Or if she is too far along the airline won't let her fly. 

 

I was in secondly once and saw a pregnant lady denied entry because the CBP said she had immigrant intent

 

Good luck 

Also saw this before. Chances are that they will deny you at the point of entry if your intent is for immigration purposes and if you can't prove that you are able to pay the medical expenses.