Als9

I entered the US with my wife and 7 yr old son. My wife (a nurse) and
son have Green Cards, this was disclosed and I was given a 6 months B2
visa which expires very soon. I did not apply for a green card
originally because I do not wish or need to work in the US. My wife
does not plan to stay permanently in the US rather this is an
opportunity to have a working holiday, (she worked in New York on a H1
visa for 18 months in 1993/4 and I visited for 6 months then), and a
chance to explore "donor egg" programs which are unavailable in
Australia and have another child. We found a program and are scheduled
to start in early June. If a pregnacy results my wife would like to
give birth in the US as after 4 miscarrages flying is risky.Naturally
I would like to be with my wife during all this then soon after the
birth we would all return to Australia. If we are unsuccessful I would
like to be able to stay till the end of 04 as my wife would find
working (to pay for the program) and our sons school hours a difficult
juggle on her own and we want to disrupt his education as little as
possible by having a year of school in the US before returning to
Australia where unlike here the school year starts at the end of
January. I fear that the INS will view my wanting to stay longer as
evidence to settle when my wife has a green card. Do we have any
options, any advice would be greatly appreciated

Ingo Pakleppa - see web site for email

I would indeed share your concerns. If I was in your shoes, I would
probably apply for a GC of my own, based on hers (assuming that she got
her GC after you were married, that likely is possible) rather than trying
to extend the B-2.

On Thu, 06 May 2004 16:35:01 -0700, als9 wrote:

    > I entered the US with my wife and 7 yr old son. My wife (a nurse) and
    > son have Green Cards, this was disclosed and I was given a 6 months B2
    > visa which expires very soon. I did not apply for a green card
    > originally because I do not wish or need to work in the US. My wife does
    > not plan to stay permanently in the US rather this is an opportunity to
    > have a working holiday, (she worked in New York on a H1 visa for 18
    > months in 1993/4 and I visited for 6 months then), and a chance to
    > explore "donor egg" programs which are unavailable in Australia and have
    > another child. We found a program and are scheduled to start in early
    > June. If a pregnacy results my wife would like to give birth in the US
    > as after 4 miscarrages flying is risky.Naturally I would like to be with
    > my wife during all this then soon after the birth we would all return to
    > Australia. If we are unsuccessful I would like to be able to stay till
    > the end of 04 as my wife would find working (to pay for the program) and
    > our sons school hours a difficult juggle on her own and we want to
    > disrupt his education as little as possible by having a year of school
    > in the US before returning to Australia where unlike here the school
    > year starts at the end of January. I fear that the INS will view my
    > wanting to stay longer as evidence to settle when my wife has a green
    > card. Do we have any options, any advice would be greatly appreciated

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