Baby born in US with a B2 Visa Holder Mom

[Roel 7,191]

9 minutes ago, Sarah&Facundo said:

I don't get it. The US is literally the MOST EXPENSIVE place in the world to give birth. There are so many other better options in other countries with affordable prices and the same, if not better, care. Why would someone choose to come to the US to give birth from another country? 

https://www.globalimmigrationblog.com/2018/03/u-s-cracks-down-on-birth-tourism-industry/#page=1

Edited September 17, 2018 by Roel

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56 minutes ago, NovaDC said:

And she is planning to rent a townhouse to stay in Fairfax, Northern Virginia. 

Generally people coming to the US for birth tourism/vacation tourism (and honestly planning on returning to the home country after giving birth) do not rent property or set up leasing in the US.  Normally they stay with friends.

 

CBP may question her intentions after giving birth as well as it would appear to them she is then taking steps to set up residence.

 

I assume your friend will be properly informing CPB when they ask "purpose of travel" that she is traveling for the sole purpose of giving birth in the US?

 

 

Edited September 17, 2018 by Going through

[CEE53147 559]

OP,

 

I am older than dirt so have a far greater body of knowledge to draw from.  I am sorry I cannot convince you that you are at risk.  I expect that after she returns home, you will realize that she is no longer your "family" and leaves you stuck with a boatload of bills.

 

Please do not participate in this!

[NovaDC 270]

3 minutes ago, Roel said:

https://www.globalimmigrationblog.com/2018/03/u-s-cracks-down-on-birth-tourism-industry/#page=1

 

1 minute ago, CEE53147 said:

OP,

 

I am older than dirt so have a far greater body of knowledge to draw from.  I am sorry I cannot convince you that you are at risk.  I expect that after she returns home, you will realize that she is no longer your "family" and leaves you stuck with a boatload of bills.

 

Please do not participate in this!

Thank you so much for the concern. 

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12 minutes ago, Sarah&Facundo said:

I don't get it. The US is literally the MOST EXPENSIVE place in the world to give birth. There are so many other better options in other countries with affordable prices and the same, if not better, care. Why would someone choose to come to the US to give birth from another country? 

Some people believe that having a US born child automatically grants the parent(s) a right to citizenship.

Most of those people don't realize that they have to wait 21 years for the child to even petition them, though.

[Roel 7,191]

Please update this thread if your friend will success in entering the US. Please make sure to write also if she admitted at the POE that she wants to give birth in the US and also rent an apartment.

[NovaDC 270]

1 minute ago, Roel said:

Please update this thread if your friend will success in entering the US. Please make sure to write also if she admitted at the POE that she wants to give birth in the US and also rent an apartment.

I will. She plans to get here first week of October.

[Boiler 43,760]

VRBO or AirBnB may be more suitable.

[Mina90 134]

I live in Fairfax County, Virginia. It is not cheap. Not to mention the cost of birth is expensive too. 

 

Sorry, but this kind of thing grinds my gears a bit since most of the time tax payers do end up paying ultimately, but people will do what people want to do. 

 

Anyway, if the friend wants to come here to give birth and has the means to, she can, but as other members stated, she needs to provide proof of ties to her home country, have enough $$ to show, and it's 21 years before parent has any kind of eligibility for US status.

[belinda63 2,981]

Problems with timing. Three months until she give birth then she has to wait for the birth certificate then she has to apply for a passport for the baby and receive it. Even if she get the full 6 months when she enters the timing will be really tight. 

Problems with you signing/co-signing for anything for her. You are the one on the hook. No matter how good a friend or family member they are I never trust anyone with more money than I can afford to lose. Have her pay you in advance (before signing the lease) for the 6 months rent. Even the best of friends seem to "forget" to repay their debts, especially when they are in another country. 

Hope everything goes well for her and the baby as a normal birth can cost more than $5,000 and if complications arise we are talking a lot, lot more. Also remind her the US has the highest health care costs and one of the highest infant/mother mortality rates of developed countries. 

[Chocobo 196]

You're gonna do what you're gonna do, and you sound like you have your mind made up already.  That being said, some other factors to consider:

 

1) How many weeks pregnant is she?  Depending upon how far along she is, an airline will not permit her to fly w/o a doctor's order.  Flying from the Philippines to VA is not a short journey.  

2) Finding an OB/GYN to take on a new patient in her 3rd trimester can be VERY difficult!!  It is a doctor's choice to refuse to take her on as a new patient for prenatal care.  (Emergency care cannot be refused, and delivery of course cannot be, but prenatal can be.)  

3) Prenatal care and labor & delivery will cost tens of thousands of dollars w/no insurance.  If something were to happen and the baby is a premie and spends time in the NICU, you're looking at easily $70+K.  

4) If border patrol denies her entry, she's going to have to go through a flight back home and, depending upon how many weeks she is pregnant, that's HORRID for her and baby.  

 

If she wants you there for support for the birth, it would be much simpler for you to fly to her.  

[geowrian 22,336]

1 hour ago, NovaDC said:

As i mentioned earlier, she has proper documentation that shows her medical records as well as the payments made to her medical provider here. She has been coming here in the US for medical purpose even before she got married.

As a note, she needs evidence of her upcoming medical plans and costs, not past ones. Having paid for small bills in the past doesn't mean anything for a potentially very large bill in the future. This won't involve just her regular physician.

 

Not to jump on the bandwagon, but....anybody else find it odd that a tourist is coming to the US to see a US doctor regularly (with no indication of an unusual, chronic illness)? Even if you have all the money you can imagine, it seems very odd to to do so as a tourist. Definitely more to the story here...

[NovaDC 270]

7 minutes ago, geowrian said:

As a note, she needs evidence of her upcoming medical plans and costs, not past ones. Having paid for small bills in the past doesn't mean anything for a potentially very large bill in the future. This won't involve just her regular physician.

 

Not to jump on the bandwagon, but....anybody else find it odd that a tourist is coming to the US to see a US doctor regularly (with no indication of an unusual, chronic illness)? Even if you have all the money you can imagine, it seems very odd to to do so as a tourist. Definitely more to the story here...

Both of her parents were diagnosed and died because of cancer. She has her blood tests here and procedures to hopefully lower the chances of having cancer as well.

[Chocobo 196]

1 minute ago, NovaDC said:

Both of her parents were diagnosed and died because of cancer. She has her blood tests here and procedures to hopefully lower the chances of having cancer as well.

I'm very sorry to hear of her losses, and her situation.  Her visits to an oncologist (I'm assuming that's who she is seeing) will have no bearing on her proof of leaving after her baby is born.  Additionally, that medical history may put her into a high risk category for pregnancy, further complicating that she will be able to receive prenatal care while she's here as now she'd not only need an OB/GYN but possibly MFM (maternal fetal medicine) and they're even MORE expensive.

 

[geowrian 22,336]

10 minutes ago, NovaDC said:

Both of her parents were diagnosed and died because of cancer. She has her blood tests here and procedures to hopefully lower the chances of having cancer as well.

I'm sorry for her losses.

 

But can't they do the blood tests + CAT/MRI/PET scans in PH? Maybe the readings of the scan results might be better suited for a cancer center in the US, though...but they utilize a PACS system so the scans can be sent anywhere (either via CD or electronically).

As for risk factors, that's typically a one-and-done deal. There's only so much one can do to reduce the risk of developing cancer...the rest is early detection, which is what thew tests and scans come into play for. And those are read by a radiologist...an oncologist can explain them, but there's nothing to explain if there's nothing there yet.

I'm not one to question somebody's medical decisions. But this is an area I am quite familiar with and it still seems quite unusual for the need to have the care in the US for somebody who is not currently ill.