jeffreyhy

I mean what I wrote - "after the mother's visa was issued."

Had I meant "until they were already in the US" I would have written until they were already in the US.

Regards, JEff

slummymummy

Why? Would the baby not have needed his/her own visa then?

jeffreyhy

I recommend that you bookmark 9 FAM, it's an excellent reference.

Regards, JEff

slummymummy

Ok - got it... annoying for the OP! But no big deal anyway the way it is.

NA 211(a)
a. Except as provided in subsection
(b) and subsection (c) no immigrant
shall be admitted into the United Stat
es unless at the time of application
for admission he (1) has a valid unexp
ired immigrant visa or was born
subsequent to the issuance of such
visa of the accompanying parent

jeffreyhy

+1

Regards, JEff

ian-mstm

I suggest you switch to decaf.

Ian

slummymummy

Well... I got praise from Jeff above so I can't be doing too bad!

Original poster, I hope you saw Ian's excellent post about writing to the Visa Branch of the US Embassy in London. Hopefully they will sort it out for you and "add?" the baby to the application.

Needgreencardhelp

Yes I did and I actually phoned the US embassy earlier on today at the £1.23 p/m number (was not pleased about this!). However, he told me to email the department (different to the address above) where the baby should be added to the petition. I will keep you posted when I receive a response.

Thank you all for your advice!

jeffreyhy

Of course he did - the petition is a USCIS issue, not a consular issue. Cudos to him for telling you the better place to ask the question.

Regards, JEff