Asking question for a friend. About visa and child is citizen

[OrihimeandIchigo 216]

3 hours ago, BadAmmoWitch said:

For how long was she in the US? Did she overstay her visa/VWP, file for an extension, or do Taiwanese women have super fast gestation periods?

This is what i was thinking how did she stay in the US on VWP (90 days) for probably at least 10 months? Even if you add the 6 months regular tourtist visa on to it. The time to get pregnant plus 9 months and time to recover after giving birth and traveling is way longer than 10 months.Thats crazy 

Edited March 2, 2020 by OrihimeandIchigo

[Dashinka 24,505]

16 hours ago, kalbitang said:

Hi,  hopefully someone has some insights if this or had gone thru same situation.

 

first off the mom is from Taiwan and came to USA with tourist visa but while staying in the USA she met someone and then they had a child.  The problem is the guy does not want to have anything to do with them.  The child is a citizen.  She had to go back to Taiwan since her visa was expiring.   
 

is there anything she can do to come back to the US and apply for visa? So that she can send her child to school in the US?

 

any info would be helpful.

 

thanks.

You should suggest your friend get an account here on VJ to get her specific questions answered.

 

Good Luck to your friend!

 

Edited March 2, 2020 by Bill & Katya

[African Zealot 1,455]

Just as an aside there is nothing special about American elementary, middle, and high school education. In reality they lag behind most developed countries. It is at undergraduate and graduate level that the quality of American education shines and rises to the top.

 

Actually Taiwan is ranked above the USA in pre-university education.

 

http://ncee.org/what-we-do/center-on-international-education-benchmarking/top-performing-countries/

 

Most of those high priced American Schools around the world are not the best schools. They are expensive because they cater to a demographic who are affluent (like expats) and/or have their employers picking up the tab.

 

Of course if the real intention is to use the child as an anchor into the USA, the facts I have presented won’t mean anything to her.

[NikLR 13,227]

The education the child would receive in Taiwan would be better than the education she'd get here at public schooling.   It's not until post-secondary that the US kinda shines at all tbh. 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

31 minutes ago, Ray.Bonaquist said:

Just as an aside there is nothing special about American elementary, middle, and high school education. In reality they lag behind most developed countries. It is at undergraduate and graduate level that the quality of American education shines and rises to the top.

 

Actually Taiwan is ranked above the USA in pre-university education.

 

http://ncee.org/what-we-do/center-on-international-education-benchmarking/top-performing-countries/

 

Most of those high priced American Schools around the world are not the best schools. They are expensive because they cater to a demographic who are affluent (like expats) and/or have their employers picking up the tab.

 

Of course if the real intention is to use the child as an anchor into the USA, the facts I have presented won’t mean anything to her.

 

7 minutes ago, NikLR said:

The education the child would receive in Taiwan would be better than the education she'd get here at public schooling.   It's not until post-secondary that the US kinda shines at all tbh. 

let’s be honest, do y’all really think that’s the actual reason OP’s friend wants to move?

[OrihimeandIchigo 216]

3 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

 

let’s be honest, do y’all really think that’s the actual reason OP’s friend wants to move?

I was....just..about to say this lol but the other posters are nice to give her friend the benefit of the doubt. It was nice.

[NikLR 13,227]

9 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

 

let’s be honest, do y’all really think that’s the actual reason OP’s friend wants to move?

I'm trying to take people at their word instead of trying to determine if they have ulterior motives. 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

6 minutes ago, NikLR said:

I'm trying to take people at their word instead of trying to determine if they have ulterior motives. 

I’ve obviously spent too much time on VJ which has made me cynical, but anyway, as has been said, there are alternatives for an “American Education “ that don’t involve the mother moving to the US - an option she doesn’t appear to have at the moment anyway. If that’s the objective she needs to look at those.

[geowrian 22,337]

11 hours ago, BadAmmoWitch said:

For how long was she in the US? Did she overstay her visa/VWP, file for an extension

No extension possible for VWP.

 

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The child can study in the US fine. They just need a guardian to take care of them in the US.

[NikLR 13,227]

1 hour ago, SusieQQQ said:

I’ve obviously spent too much time on VJ which has made me cynical, but anyway, as has been said, there are alternatives for an “American Education “ that don’t involve the mother moving to the US - an option she doesn’t appear to have at the moment anyway. If that’s the objective she needs to look at those.

I understand. hopefully the mom or the friend can update us more.  Its too bad the child's father has chosen not to be involved in the child's life. 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

32 minutes ago, NikLR said:

I understand. hopefully the mom or the friend can update us more.  Its too bad the child's father has chosen not to be involved in the child's life. 

I was thinking about that, as the otherwise obvious route is for the child to live with the father, at least during school term.
He is of course liable for child support regardless, should the mother choose to enforce it. 

[kalbitang 6]

Thank you all for the options and opinions.

 

I will relay this to her and hope she will know what to do.    I do not believed she over stayed her visa.   And I think her best bet is have someone in the USA take care of her child.  Or have the father of the child sponsor her.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

4 minutes ago, kalbitang said:

Thank you all for the options and opinions.

 

I will relay this to her and hope she will know what to do.    I do not believed she over stayed her visa.   And I think her best bet is have someone in the USA take care of her child.  Or have the father of the child sponsor her.

You said the father wants nothing to do with her, the only way he can sponsor her is to marry her.

[kalbitang 6]

12 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

You said the father wants nothing to do with her, the only way he can sponsor her is to marry her.

It looks like this is the best option.

[Boiler 45,522]

34 minutes ago, kalbitang said:

It looks like this is the best option.

Maybe not for him.