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march16filer   153

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Hello everyone,

 

I have a friend whose two kids are US Citizens and she was wondering if there's a legal way for her to reside in the US. Anyone has any experience with that?

 

Thanks in advance!

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AOS 

 

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JFH
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The children, when they reach 21, will also have to live in the USA. At least for the amount of time it takes for them to petition her and her visa to be granted. If they have no interest in living in

Cyberfx1024
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Not until the children are 21 and can petition for her. 

SusieQQQ
SusieQQQ

Nope, or we would have anchor babies left right and center. 

Cyberfx1024 Grand Master

Cyberfx1024   7,980

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5 minutes ago, march16filer said:

Hello everyone,

 

I have a friend whose two kids are US Citizens and she was wondering if there's a legal way for her to reside in the US. Anyone has any experience with that?

 

Thanks in advance!

Not until the children are 21 and can petition for her. 

payxibka Grand Master

payxibka   10,047

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2 hours ago, march16filer said:

Hello everyone,

 

I have a friend whose two kids are US Citizens and she was wondering if there's a legal way for her to reside in the US. Anyone has any experience with that?

 

Thanks in advance!

The kids must be 21, agree to it and petition.  Lots of people have experienced this 

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march16filer Community Regular

march16filer   153

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1 minute ago, payxibka said:

The kids must be 21, agree to it and petition.  Lots of people have experienced this 

That's what I know. I thought there was another way.

Thanks, though. 

2 hours ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

Not until the children are 21 and can petition for her. 

I know that much, but, thought I would still ask. 

Naturalization

 

Day 000 - 12/28/2023 Package Filed

Day 000 - 12/28/2023 Biometrics Reused

Day 038 - 02/03/2024 Interview Notice

Day 085 - 03/21/2024 N-400 Interview

Day 085 - 03/21/2024 Oath Scheduled

Day 117 - 04/22/2024 Oath Ceremony

 

ROC 

 

Day 000 - 10/04/2021 Package mailed

Day 002 - 10/06/2021 Package arrived at Phoenix PO Box

Day 002 - 10/06/2021 NOA1 Date

Day 004 - 10/08/2021 Credit card charged

Day 012 - 10/16/2021 NOA1 Received

Day 016 - 10/20/2021 Notification that biometrics were waived

Day 035 - 11/08/2021 Biometrics waived NOA received

Day 696 - 08/31/2023 NOA Approval Received

Day 702 - 09/06/2023 Green card in hand

 

 

AOS 

 

Day 000 - 04/08/2019 Package mailed

Day 001 - 04/09/2019 Packaged delivered to Chicago Lockbox via Fedex

Day 010 - 04/17/2019 Check cashed

Day 035 - 05/12/2019 NOA1 received in the mail

Day 047 - 05/24/2019 Biometrics notice received in the mail for 06/05/2019

Day 051 - 05/28/2019 Biometrics - Early walk-in

Day 119 - 08/02/2019 InfoPass to apply for Emergency AP (Approved)

Day 120 - 08/03/2019 EAD Card in production

Day 179 - 10/03/2019 Interview Notice

Day 213 - 11/06/2019 Interview 

Day 219 - 11/12/2019 I-130 & I-485 Approval Notice Received (Approved 11/06/2019)

Day 220 - 11/13/2019 Email Notification (Card was mailed)

Day 221 - 11/14/2019 Green card in hand

march16filer Community Regular

march16filer   153

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Just now, payxibka said:

What have you think you heard?

No, nothing. I just thought there might be something I am not aware of, so I thought I would ask the experts. 

Naturalization

 

Day 000 - 12/28/2023 Package Filed

Day 000 - 12/28/2023 Biometrics Reused

Day 038 - 02/03/2024 Interview Notice

Day 085 - 03/21/2024 N-400 Interview

Day 085 - 03/21/2024 Oath Scheduled

Day 117 - 04/22/2024 Oath Ceremony

 

ROC 

 

Day 000 - 10/04/2021 Package mailed

Day 002 - 10/06/2021 Package arrived at Phoenix PO Box

Day 002 - 10/06/2021 NOA1 Date

Day 004 - 10/08/2021 Credit card charged

Day 012 - 10/16/2021 NOA1 Received

Day 016 - 10/20/2021 Notification that biometrics were waived

Day 035 - 11/08/2021 Biometrics waived NOA received

Day 696 - 08/31/2023 NOA Approval Received

Day 702 - 09/06/2023 Green card in hand

 

 

AOS 

 

Day 000 - 04/08/2019 Package mailed

Day 001 - 04/09/2019 Packaged delivered to Chicago Lockbox via Fedex

Day 010 - 04/17/2019 Check cashed

Day 035 - 05/12/2019 NOA1 received in the mail

Day 047 - 05/24/2019 Biometrics notice received in the mail for 06/05/2019

Day 051 - 05/28/2019 Biometrics - Early walk-in

Day 119 - 08/02/2019 InfoPass to apply for Emergency AP (Approved)

Day 120 - 08/03/2019 EAD Card in production

Day 179 - 10/03/2019 Interview Notice

Day 213 - 11/06/2019 Interview 

Day 219 - 11/12/2019 I-130 & I-485 Approval Notice Received (Approved 11/06/2019)

Day 220 - 11/13/2019 Email Notification (Card was mailed)

Day 221 - 11/14/2019 Green card in hand

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We already do have anchor babies left, right, and center. It just takes 21 years for the baby to fill out the application paperwork for the parents to benefit. Here's an interesting link to statistics from 2018.

 

https://cis.org/Report/Births-Legal-and-Illegal-Immigrants-US

 

SusieQQQ Grand Master

SusieQQQ   11,587

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14 minutes ago, theresaL said:

We already do have anchor babies left, right, and center. It just takes 21 years for the baby to fill out the application paperwork for the parents to benefit. Here's an interesting link to statistics from 2018.

 

https://cis.org/Report/Births-Legal-and-Illegal-Immigrants-US

 

lol, according to their methodology they would deduce that I am an illegal immigrant. They don't seem to understand the concept of certain types of green cards apparently.

 

Never mind that illegals may have babies here just because they live here (even if illegally),  rather than with the intention of being used to file citizenship for parents - which is how i would define an anchor baby. I would think there are more anchor babies by this definition among Chinese birth tourists (all legally done) currently back in China than among some illegal populations, for example.

 

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Oh I agree. Most of the data that I found on a quick search does not include that much detail. Instead they prefer to frame it as a legal/illegal immigrant situation. I'm sure there is data somewhere that shows birth tourism data  where the mother had legal entry and then returned home after the baby was born. Not sure if there is any data that specifically pertains to the number of those babies who later as adults move to the US and petition their parents. Probably it's in the I-130 stats.

carmel34 Experienced

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There was a recent NPR story on the whole industry around Chinese women coming to the US to give birth.  Very interesting!

 

https://www.marketplace.org/2019/03/06/why-chinese-parents-come-america-give-birth/

SusieQQQ Grand Master

SusieQQQ   11,587

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25 minutes ago, carmel34 said:

There was a recent NPR story on the whole industry around Chinese women coming to the US to give birth.  Very interesting!

 

https://www.marketplace.org/2019/03/06/why-chinese-parents-come-america-give-birth/

Well, there’s much more to what goes on than interviewing a few people. You may have seen some articles earlier this year about arrests in connection with birth tourism -

 

“The businesses coached their clients to deceive United States immigration officials and pay indigent rates at hospitals to deliver their babies, even though many of the clients were wealthy, investigators said.

...On its website, Ms. Li’s company touted the benefits of having an American child, including a “most attractive nationality;” “priority for jobs in U.S. government, public companies and large corporations;” and the opportunity to immigrate to the United States once that child became an adult and could sponsor a parent for a green card.”

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/anchor-baby-birth-tourism.html

JFH Grand Master

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The children, when they reach 21, will also have to live in the USA. At least for the amount of time it takes for them to petition her and her visa to be granted. If they have no interest in living in the USA (and if they’ve never lived there before and are perfectly happy where they are then why would they?) then it’s game over for the mother and her plans to live here.

 

The IR-5 is a family reunification visa to allow parents of USCs to move to the USA to be in the same country as their children. It’s not for people whose children happen to be USCs living elsewhere to be able to start a new life for themselves without the children. 

Timeline in brief:

Married: September 27, 2014

I-130 filed: February 5, 2016

NOA1: February 8, 2016 Nebraska

NOA2: July 21, 2016

Interview: December 6, 2016 London

POE: December 19, 2016 Las Vegas

N-400 filed: September 30, 2019

Interview: March 22, 2021 Seattle

Oath: March 22, 2021 COVID-style same-day oath

 

Now a US citizen!

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15 hours ago, theresaL said:

We already do have anchor babies left, right, and center. It just takes 21 years for the baby to fill out the application paperwork for the parents to benefit. Here's an interesting link to statistics from 2018.

 

https://cis.org/Report/Births-Legal-and-Illegal-Immigrants-US

 

Not the most independent of sites.  Quite right of center (some may call right-wing). . 

I-751 journey

 

10/16/2017.......... ROC package mailed

10/18/2017.......... I-751 package received VSC

10/19/2017.......... I-797 NOA date

10/30/2017.......... Notice received in mail

10/30/2017.......... Check cashed

11/02/2017.......... Conditional GC expired

11/22/2017.......... Biometrics completed

  xx/xx/xxxx.......... waiting waiting waiting

WeGuyGal Proficient

WeGuyGal   1,052

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19 hours ago, march16filer said:

Hello everyone,

 

I have a friend whose two kids are US Citizens and she was wondering if there's a legal way for her to reside in the US. Anyone has any experience with that?

 

Thanks in advance!

How did she enter the US? How long has she resided in the US? 

I-751 journey

 

10/16/2017.......... ROC package mailed

10/18/2017.......... I-751 package received VSC

10/19/2017.......... I-797 NOA date

10/30/2017.......... Notice received in mail

10/30/2017.......... Check cashed

11/02/2017.......... Conditional GC expired

11/22/2017.......... Biometrics completed

  xx/xx/xxxx.......... waiting waiting waiting

 
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