Giving Birth in USA before recieving my Greencard, possible problems?

[oreos 0]

Hello All,

My name is Oreos and I am new to these forums.

My husband is a US permanant resident. My 2 kids and I are Canadian citizens. I am currently 6 months pregnant with baby no 3. We have been living abroad (KSA) for the past two years (with hubs applying for a multiple entry visa in order to keep his green card alive.) We will be leaving for America, indefinitly as my husband has found work in Atlanta. The application of our kids and myself for our US permanant residency is currently pending and past the first stage. Hubby has sponsered us as his dependents.

Due to unforseen contraints I am unable to give birth in Canada or in KSA, and I was wondering if giving birth in Atlanta (without insurance, a homebirth with the assitance of a midwife) would create any problems for us with the immigration officers? Would they assume I had the intent to reside in USA before recieving my residency because of the birth and hence destroy all my chances of getting the greencard? and how do I explain to them that I had no other option but to give birth in USA and that my intent is/was to return to Canada as soon as babys birth in order to fullfill my requirements to obtain the greencard?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Oreos

[Penguin_ie 5,995]

***** Moving from Effects of Major Changes to Bringing Family of Perm Residents ******

Giving birth itself is not a problem (and the child would have US citizenship). As long as you do not cost the tax payer money, and you leave within the 6 months usually given to Canadians for visiting the USA. Be aware that, being obviously pregnant and with an immigration petition pending, they may not let you in the US.

[oreos 0]

Thank you for the quick response. So basically what your saying is if they do manage to allow me in,(I will probably be around 7.5 months or so at the time) I can have the baby in Atlanta and not have any issues with immigration so long as we (the kids and I) fly back to Canada within my six month time frame? If this is the case my life will be alot less stressful, would you happen to know of any official links which go into this type of case into detail?

[SingleDad2usc 71]

no idea about immigration requirements; but isn't there any better humanitarian solution? You flying with kids from Atlanta to Canada?? While husband staying in Atlanta??? Is everyone robot-slave to bureaucracy in this day and age?

[kzielu 1,149]

no idea about immigration requirements; but isn't there any better humanitarian solution? You flying with kids from Atlanta to Canada?? While husband staying in Atlanta??? Is everyone robot-slave to bureaucracy in this day and age?

Of course there is, not to come in the first place.

[Avery Cates 1,141]

You should probably talk to your doctor.

Pretty sure flying at 6-7.5 months pregnant isn't advisable.

[belinda63 3,041]

You might want to check on the availability of home births in Atlanta as some areas have restrictions on who qualifies for them and might require you have arrangements with a hospital in case of complications. Other than having to pay for it out of pocket there shouldn't be any problems. They have that place in California where the Chinese women come to give birth and leave.

[Penguin_ie 5,995]

There aren't really any links, because it is an unusual situation (esp with the home birth), and the USCIS website tends to detail things in broad terms.

I assume since you will only be there for a couple of month pre-birth, you do not plan on shadow care and have a midwife already in mind? If not I can ask around for you, I know a few doulas in the area.

[Boiler 45,767]

What will you do if there are complications?

Birth tourism is pretty big business in the US, but probably less so in Atlanta.

[a+j 77]

Anything can happen during labor/delivery, what if you need hospitalization and don't have insurance? Unless you have several thousand dollars saved for emergencies, I would think twice before pursuing your plan. Good luck.

[Boiler 45,767]

You might need to move the decimal point.

[NikLR 13,230]

What will you do if there are complications?

Birth tourism is pretty big business in the US, but probably less so in Atlanta.

According to new reports actually Atlanta airport is the largest hub in the USA for human trafficking.

[Boiler 45,767]

I did not know that, you tend to think of California as being the center of the Birth Tourism business.

[NikLR 13,230]

Georgia, as a state, does not provide any health coverage for pregnant non-residents or for unborn children. http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/11/ImmigrantAccess/Eligibility/ib.shtml#Medicaid

[NikLR 13,230]

At 7.5 months the OP wouldn't qualify for health care in Canada either. You have to be a resident of a province for 3 months to get health care. It's very possible that because she's a Canadian citizen they'd allow it and assume that she'd become a resident in the next 3 months, but it's also possible they'd hand her a bill if she wasn't paying a midwife up front.

Good luck at entering the USA OP. I do suggest having a plan if they don't let you in.