Having US Citizen baby can effect processing time ???

[VikingMamma 2]

Hubs and I had a baby before sending the I-130 petition and it didn't help us speed it up at all. Still took the average amount of time.

[Rahstyles 10]

NONONONOONOOOO

I heard that it will delay your medical exam and also it will show the interviewer that you did this just to get approved.

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

NONONONOONOOOO

I heard that it will delay your medical exam and also it will show the interviewer that you did this just to get approved.

Why would it delay your medical? They still give the chest X-ray and can do a waiver on vaccinations.

I don't think I've ever heard that the interviewer will think less of the relationship if the woman is pregnant. That is awfully silly.

[Justine+David 218]

Why would it delay your medical? They still give the chest X-ray and can do a waiver on vaccinations.

I don't think I've ever heard that the interviewer will think less of the relationship if the woman is pregnant. That is awfully silly.

A x-ray is contraindicated with a pregnant woman.

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

A x-ray is contraindicated with a pregnant woman.

My mother actually does the dose calculations for pregnant women for radiation. It can be done. I had one done on my pelvis at 9 months pregnant of which the Yale doctors thought it was of little risk.

I know for some of the medicals, they will shield the baby with lead apron.

Edited March 1, 2013 by Nola123

[Harsh_77 718]

the person who got approved from ireland in 7 weeks is because they applied outside of the US...if you apply while inside the US, you will be waiting forever like me. due with my first baby any day and my i-130 was filed in july 2012 from the US with no answer yet

Inside US or Outside US it does not make any sense all the application goes in same line and thru same process.

Just like everyone some application move faster some take little extra time.

If the having baby would had helped move faster in line every wife waiting out of us would have had a baby.

[*Milly* 3]

NONONONOONOOOO

I heard that it will delay your medical exam and also it will show the interviewer that you did this just to get approved.

[*Milly* 3]

Common who will do that just only to get approved.. First of all having baby is very responsible and serious issue, it doesnt matter with USC or Non USC, i never heard that interviewer thinks opposite and hesitate your real marriage, that's the biggest prove of real relations and big step in marriage life which holds wife and husband together in any situation

[*Milly* 3]

the person who got approved from ireland in 7 weeks is because they applied outside of the US...if you apply while inside the US, you will be waiting forever like me. due with my first baby any day and my i-130 was filed in july 2012 from the US with no answer yet

[*Milly* 3]

Unbelievable what a long time.. Here I've heard petitioners who lives in Chicago area are getting approved very slow, aren't you from Chicago? Coz my husband applied from there, he's living overthere and we are still waiting our Noa2

[Justine+David 218]

My mother actually does the dose calculations for pregnant women for radiation. It can be done. I had one done on my pelvis at 9 months pregnant of which the Yale doctors thought it was of little risk.

I know for some of the medicals, they will shield the baby with lead apron.

No amount of radiation from an x-ray has been proven 100% safe for a fetus; they are considered at a risk/benefit ratio to the mother and her baby depending on the health problems.

A standard immigration medical exam (in the absence of other health problems) hardly qualifies...

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

No amount of radiation from an x-ray has been proven 100% safe for a fetus; they are considered at a risk/benefit ratio to the mother and her baby depending on the health problems.

A standard immigration medical exam (in the absence of other health problems) hardly qualifies...

That might be true, but the risks are minimal especially later in the pregnancy and are nothing compared to a CT-scan or the like.

Anyways, for an official opinion women can have the xray done when pregnant or have it postponed until after:

If the applicant is pregnant must she have a chest x-ray?

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requires that women who are pregnant and required to have a medical examination in connection with the issuance of a visa, and are examined in a country currently using the 2007 TB Technical Instructions must have a chest x-ray examination conducted. Pregnant women will have to provide the panel physician with consent to conduct the chest x-ray. For the health of the applicant and her unborn child, CDC instructs panel physicians and laboratories to provide abdominal and pelvic protection with double layer, wrap-around lead shields when they receive the chest radiographs. This requirement does not apply to countries using the 1991 TB Technical Instructions which allow for an exemption of the chest x-ray requirement for pregnant women. Pregnant applicants who do not wish to have the X-ray will be granted a temporary exemption when they provide written certification of pregnancy signed by their personal physician or obstetrician.

http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3745.html#_What_if_the_1

And here

http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/safety/index.cfm?pg=sfty_xray

A chest x-ray is about equivalent to 10 days of natural background radiation.

Edited March 1, 2013 by Nola123