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TBH, and people might get mad at me for this (because taxpayer money) but I'd rather pay for a woman that was desperate to get help for herself and her unborn child, than a person that was strictly doing it for birth tourism. I believe this woman's intentions were in a good place, and she still entered legally, unlike many others that don't. We unfortunately don't have visas for people in these situations, so she chose the best path she could. If you have read anything about this woman's story, she had been ill and feared that she would give this disease to her unborn baby.. because of the poor healthcare system they not only told her she was fine but that the baby was fine too. Perhaps if she had an accurate diagnosis she may have made a different choice, and then had people screaming at her for getting an abortion (if it is even legal or accepted in her country)... by then it was too late. A person cannot 100% foolproof being bit by a mosquito. It's simply impossible. There is a lack education and uncertainty going around about Zika. How long to wait to get pregnant, what to do if you are already pregnant and have been bit, what to do if you think yourself ill but your stupid doctor says nah it's okay, what to do if your husband doesn't tell you he's been exposed, people that show no symptoms at all and don't know, and lack of testing. There are even significant unknowns about how long to wait to have children, if at all once exposed.

I completely agree with you and as I said, as a normal human it is impossible to don't get involved in a sad situation like this and agree to pay for it. In my country I pay a loooooot of taxes and if it was used to help this kind of people, it's ok, but here, the government use it just to enhance the corruption.

About lack of information... Yeah... Information and prevention don't belong to a 3rd world country... This is just for whom is about to grow in life on those places.

There are and there were a lot of possibilities to avoid this, to act in a situation like this, for sure.

Life is a choice every single minute. We choose all the time things for us. No one can judge about our choices but we are not obligated to accept everyone's choices and situations. We need simply give respect.

I respect her choice. But I don't accept by the simple fact that she had an opportunity that many other could not have.

Under the law, everyone is equal, isn't it?

There are tons of cases like her case around me... I wish I could help!

So it will be ok handle the situation like this? Closing eyes? Is it fair?

The mom can't stay here. I would not leave my baby in the US, if it was me. I would be illegal and have no life except taking care of my sick and sad baby. And I would have no healthcare myself, no job, no DL, no nothing.

And pregnant women can fly until 8/8.5 months on many airlines. I flew in my third trimester; no one batted an eye.

So I don't really get what you are mad about? That the US might spend money on this baby? About birth tourism? About the bad care in Nic? Honestly, there are going to be more cases like this.

Yes, probably I would do the same for my kid.

I'm not mad! Lol

I just wanted to see and show others that immigration it's not just about law and so on and forth... It's a mix of a lot of stuff.

Everyone gets compassionate with this really sad story.

I could not hold my emotions if I was about to admit someone in this situation and even help in every way that I can.

But I can guarantee that there are many other sad stories in between immigration situations but not all these stories people involve themselves. What is really sad for one can be without any meaning to another one.

Following this thoughts... I just wanted to say that once we all are humans and have emotions, even the most trained ones can make mistakes because they were dominated by their feelings... so immigration IS not just a matter o laws... It involves luck and many other things that people just realize that happens in extreme situations like this.

So... That's why I'll be always saying GOOD LUCK to everyone here in VJ who is passing through the bad situations that I'm passing for now because of this process. And I wish that everyone who's reading this think about how many stupid judgment happened and still happens in this site.

I always felt bully with lots of answers from people here. Maybe I'm over reacting but I can say that a person on their emotional limit like me and others are for now, they can't handle that as a simple stupid reply.

Thank you for your replies and I'm sorry for the outflow

This is only assuming that the mother will abandon the baby and leave her with relatives, and that the relatives do not have health insurance.

Pregnant women are allowed to fly.

If it was you?

Go back to the middle of "nowhere" with a sick baby or stay with medicare?

Yes they are allowed to fly, but not after 28 weeks pregnancy (more clear, on the third trimester) without a doctor allowance.

Yet pregnant men are not, damn feminazis!

Hello everyone I talk to lizz cannon this morning and she gave me some good advice she told me that I can file for a K-1 Visa or an i29f for my fiance which will be most likely denied due to the fact that she worked on her tourist visa we would then have to file for a waiver she said it sounds like we have a winnable case but she would not be able to take it until the beginning of July so I'm still looking for lawyers I have two appointments 4 Tuesday and Wednesday hopefully they'll be able to let me know if they can help I was also thinking about starting the i29f by myself if anyone here could help me out with the process that would be awesome

Nice!!!! I´m happy with it!

You see? Do not loose your hope!

The $1mil estimate is lifetime costs. The baby is a US Citizen and can stay, but the mother cannot stay, so it is unlikely that the baby's care will be here. That is just sensationalist journalism. Even if the mother gave the baby up, whoever cared for the baby would have her on their insurance, unless they are so poor they are on medicaid, which is possible. But most likely the US gov will not be paying for this baby for her whole life.

The baby was delivered premature, so we don't know how far into her pregnancy the mother was when she flew.

The baby has relatives in US, she (it´s a girl) will stay, for sure.

If it was on my family, I would choose this for a better care.

Not enough premature to don´t appear any sign of pregnancy... If it was too premature, no condition to survive, specially with this sequels...

U$1.000.000 at least. It can be U$10.000.000.

I understand all you guys about the suffering situation... I "breathe" that everyday. I live in Brazil and this is my daily basis.

What I wanted to know is how everyone face it (and until now it looks exactly how I expected) looking by the immigration point of view.

Yeah... Everyone feel sorry from the woman and the baby, but let's take the emotions by the side and look in another point of view...

I'm a woman who lives in a "Zika virus" country... The last thing that I want in my life is have a baby with those sequels... What should I do? There's a lot of things to do... Don't get pregnant for now or if I'll get pregnant take all the necessary care to be away from mosquitos, right? Or go to a city in my country less affected... So she got the risk. I'm crazy to have a baby too but do you guys think that I'll get this risk for now? No way! And I'm not on my 20's anymore and I have to be fast because soon I'll be very "old" for it and the risks are others...

Then it will come more 1.000.000 excuses, like: oh, she got pregnant suddenly... Ok...

No, it's not ok... If you use an anticonceptional method correctly, the chances to get pregnant are in between 1%...

Ah, but she came legally...

Well... Many people when they got their ban and are here on VJ waiting their huge immigration process arrived legally in US! Even me! And I can say that a good amount didn't gave this kind of expense to the government, but they had their bans and that's it.

CBPs don't feel sorry from anyone! They just do their job (I read that here sooooooo many times that I think I learned that very well and it was my mantra for a while when I didn't wanted to accept what happened to me). And they have to keep doing it.

In her case, something happened, for sure.

Because it's clear that women next to their due time in tourism have to be questioned. They have to be retained to fly.

I'll just say that this is just another sad 3rd world country story that was unluckily lucky to receive this gift.

People really don't like to face wrong things... And life is a learning time for all of us. Everyday I learn and I do my best to don't commit any mistake and don't be unfair with anyone not putting an excuse for a mistake that I made. Suffering time it's not an excuse.

This week, the news came up with something that made me really intrigued...

A oman from Nicaragua gave birth to a baby with microcephaly from Zika virus infection. Ok...

They said that she got Zika in Nicaragua, so the problem was not in US...

But now my question (or polemic) question is:

- How she could get a flight close to her due time?

- How a CBP allowed her to be admitted?

Sure that he didn´t knew about the Zika situation... But come on... She wasn´t an immigrant and she wanted to come to America to seek treatment... And as a doctor I can say that once the baby is diagnosed with microcephaly, there´s NOTHING to do... Just go to a very nice obtetric clinic to give birth and keep this baby in intensive care to try to make him develop. And the mother of the baby said that she was there to visit her family too...

Now? It will cost at least U$1.000.000 to treat this new american citizen.

From which pocket?

Wow... Many people told me even here that there´s nothing about luck to be admitted in US... But she got her jackpot! Wow!!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3623706/Mother-Zika-baby-born-New-Jersey-says-flew-America-seek-treatment-doctors-Honduras-underestimated-symptoms.html

I feel sorry for the baby, but not for her.

And if Dilma from Brazil get back from her "180 days of ban"... We in Brazil will follow Venezuela... and the people want it!

Just one thing: if you are certain abou your ban and you don´t have any other ban, you can file the K1 and the I-212 together... I did that... and my lawyer use to work with Valerie May (a famous and great immigration lawer) and he´s great! If you want his contact, pm me.

I wish I could have another good option... This immigration process is taking my family health and is playing a burden on our pockets... Everyday I pray to handle that with at least food on my plate and no debt´s.

But K1 is not an immigrant visa...

1) Husband don´t speak portuguese and with the Brazil´s situation, even as a physician I can´t support the whole family;

2) I´ll have a much better salary in US as a physician (now in Brazil I receive U$280 for a 12h shift at the ER...);

3) Kids education;

4) Safety (Brazil was detected as the 6th most dangerous country in the world);

5) The antisemitism in Brazil is growing (we are a jewish family);

6) My husband has a great job in US that he is already for 7 years at the same company;

7) My family has tourist visas to visit me as the same that my hubby´s family can visit us too (His family is from Germany);

8) I don´t speak German and I´ll loose my graduation in Germany;

9) My hubby will have difficulties to support the whole family in Germany;

10) Kids don´t speak german;

And many others...

I think those ones are enough, right?

Glad to hear it is so easy for you to make a baby right away. It took us 10 years.

Hope the visa won't take another 10 years

Normally I say that everything happen at the right time.

I have already 2 kids from another relationship and I can tell you that I got pregnant with an IUD (I didn´t wanted to get so I was using IUD), and the biological father of these kids abandoned me with no child support. The law in my country is horrible, so I´m waiting to get this it´s been 2 years... During this time, I got married back again. And I´m waiting my visa it´s been more than a year... So, 5 years by myself with 2 kids... I can tell you that raise a kid (2 in my situation) is nothing fun. Maybe it was better for you to be able to get pregnant after 10 years... Try to look at the things in a positive way.

Don´t loose your hope... We feel that it looks endless but one day you will be together with your partner.

It will not take 10 years

Be fine!

If it was the case... I was going to make a baby right away!

I want to have one and be with my husband, but I´m waiting to get pregnant...

Good luck and I hope you will have a smooth journey!

Depending on the state, I'm not sure how valid a promise about child support yes/no is enforceable unless your spouse adopts your children legally. I'm only guessing here since I'm not a lawyer.

That´s fine. I was never about to ask him for it. We got married to be together forever and if something happen, I don´t want child support from him.

The adoption will occur just if the kids want it and if he want it too. He said that he prefer wait a bit more and let them grow a little bit and they will decide together. Kids already ask to have his last name but they are still too young to make such a decision.

By the way, thank you for the advice!

My partner decided to make a prenup but to protect my assests. He's the US citizen and I'm the applicant. And about this I decided to protect him too and state that if we divorce he don't need to pay child support for his step kids (my 2 kids).

And I was really happy that he did that.

I'm married because I love him insanely, he tells me that he is madly in love with me too, but we never know the future.

Family box of blueberries, huge crunchy cherries, ready hummus and rye bread!!!

OMG... it will be a hard work to be fit and have it all over around me...

I did not made an I-601, but I had an I-212. It´s not the same, on I-212´s you don´t need to be so "profound".

But once I had to share with my lawyer all the information for him to help me to write something, I took all the statements that are shown on USCIS site about what they can take as something good from your person. And I made it on topics. After that, I started to develop each of them...

It helps to start something.

I took a lawyer to do my I-212 and I agree with the colleagues here that you really need help from a lawyer.

Good luck for you.

All the best.

Thanks, and it was you I was asking about sending a message to if I have any further questions. You've been very helpful.

Thanks anyway, Brazil guy!

lol you are welcome!

Very good. May I message you in the future if I have more questions?

Sure, no problem!

But I think Hank_ know these things better than me! lol

Feel free to message me!

Once it doesn´t matter where you got married, the marriage is valued worldwide.

I didn´t made my marriage valued in Brazil but I use ALWAYS married, even because you are officially married and if you say differently, it doens´t matter where, you are making a fraud!

In attempting to fill out the DS-260 online, we get to the previous address page and it keeps “Timing Out”,

even though only a few minutes of continuous typing is occurring.

Without the DS-260 confirmation page, there can be no interview.

Any suggestions?

J

Are you talking about the confirmation page or the cover page?

Because I could not print / make my cover page and my docs after 2 or 3 weeks were sent to the embassy without it.

My kids were 8 and 9 at the time of my interview and the CO didn't ask anything to them. The CO was very friendly.

Thank you very much for your information!

I appreciate!!!

Hi,

Does anyone has an experience with bringuing kids to the interview?

I have 2 kids from my other relationship and they will move to US with me.

They are 8 and 9 years old, they speak english really well.

Do they make questions for kids of this age?

What can I expect from this?

When we were removed, kids became scared about everything related to this (CO interviewed them during the removal and they got scared because on their minds, be questioned from an officer - "police for them" - and see their mom crying insanelly was the worse thing in their lives, they say) and, I want to have a talk with them before the interview and let them know exactly how it will be, than they can feel relaxed, answer questions and not be scared.

Thanks!

Olha... O meu recebeu "expedite" sem eu pedir... Pulou do NVC direto para a embaixada sem eles receberem o packet!!!

Meu advogado nem acreditou...

Ele falou as possíveis razões:

1) Situação do país: a menos provável

2) Zika vírus (questão de saúde): a única provável

3) Tenho Senator Liaison envolvida no meu caso: talvez, mas pouco provável ou fizeram por "erro"