Pulaski

Honestly, if there were loopholes, everyone would be using them. Even the most commonly used employment visa, for people not transferred by an employer, the H1-b, is capped with twice as many applicants as available visas this year.

There are many visa types available, but aside from family and inter-company transfers, they mostly focus on highly qualified individuals, hard to find skills, and extraordinary performers, (and those with boat loads of money ) not run-of-the-mill occupations no matter how skilled or experienced the would-be immigrant is.

Sorry, you appear to be SOL.

Jonboy5

Thanks rene

S Folinsky

Legal consultation may be in order. And there may be facts in OP's situation that is more than a "loophole" -- it may be an 800 pound gorilla.

BTW, in the construction trades there is a little beastie called "Davis-Bacon" which sets wages paid by the Federal Government and the Feds purportedly pay "prevailing wage."

Jonboy5

What would happen if my pregnant wife were to give birth in America would the baby be American and would that mean me and my wife would become American citizens?

Bob

The baby if born in the US would be a US citizen.

They could sponsor you for a greencard upon reaching 21 years of age.

Michael

The baby becomes an American citizen but has no effect on the parents except the child can petition the parents when he/she becomes 21 (anchor babies).

steveq

the baby would be a citizen I think, but you can only use that status to apply for family visas when he's 21 IIRC. and the family visa may very well be killed off soon anyway. current processing times are 10 years, so you'll be good to go in 31 years or so.

hoffage123

Seriously? You run a good risk of being done for criminal fraud if you and your wife purposely visit America with the intent of trying to get around the visa rules this way whilst coming in on the VWP. Also airlines will usually not allow pregnant women past a certain stage to board.

Even if you got in and convinced the admitting officer that your intentions are just to visit (again completely illegal as you have already stated in previous threads you want to move there), then you do realise that healthcare isn't free in America??

No-one on this forum is going to recommend that you do anything that endangers the health of your wife, your baby, yourself, and breaks visa rules.

Also, as others have said, you have at least a 20 year wait before you could 'use' the babies citizenship to 'anchor' you in to the USA.

customsquestion

It should be noted that doing such a thing would be very expensive. You are unlikely to get health insurance to cover the cost of the birth which would leave u with a massive bill for the cost of the baby's birth tens of thousands even hundreds of thousands maybe.

SanDiegogirl

- Unless you had good health insurance you'd be landed with a huge bill!

- the child would be a US citizen but it would make no difference to you and your wife until child was 21 - and he/she could then sponsor you.

hoffage123

+1

Look, as others have told you in other threads, unless you have some extraordinary skill, boatloads of cash, or are in on a family route (i.e. married to an American, or have American relatives) you aren't going to make it over there. Sorry to be so harsh about it, but that is the reality.

It is hard enough for those of who do have a valid reason to get in, let alone those who just want to have a 'try' at living and working in America.

customsquestion

The health insurance provider would probably refuse to pay due to the pre existing condition (being pregnant).

ian-mstm

Oh dear god... no, he doesn't. Why? Because even if she gave birth in the US they can't take advantage of it for another 21 years! And, on its own, giving birth in the US is perfectly legal.


True... but that's an airline issue, not an immigration issue.


Personally, I don't care if he risks his own health, his wife's, or the baby's... but I do draw the line at breaking immigration rules and definitely don't recommend that as a strategy!

Ian

ian-mstm

You sound like a nice guy... but, given your previous posts, you also sound pretty desperate. When you're desperate, you use very poor judgement and make very poor decisions.

So, my advice: don't be an idiot!

Ian

Pulaski

Travel insurance won't cover it, and you won't get short term insurance for a "pre-exisiting condition" when your wife is pregnant. The cost of medical support for a totally straightforward birth starts around, $20,000 in the cheaper parts of the country, and can run up to $50,000 with only minor complications and an extra day or two in hospital in the more expensive areas. With significant complications and a spell in neonatal intensive care the bill will reach $100,000 in next to no time!