Immigration Visa for new born?

[albertoavena]

Getting my wife's paperwork ready for us to move to the U.S. in hopefully a year or less, depending on how the paperwork goes but there may be a possibility that she's pregnant.
Is it difficult or even needed to prepare the visa for a new born? Would it be more advisable to have the baby in the U.S.?

If anyone has any experience with this, please share. Our baby's health is our number one priority and I know that traveling while pregnant may have some risks involved, especially because my wife may have to get some shots before moving.

Feel free to advise.

[rayb]

Where one gives birth, U.S. or abroad is a personal choice, but often decided by visa status of mom.

My advice would be to try for birth in the U.S.:
1. Will avoid hassle of dealing with Embassy to establish derivative citizenship and U.S. passport, which might be available if father had not been in the U.S. at least a specific amount of years as a U.S. citizen.
2. For many countries, birth of the child in the U.S. might be less risky.

--Ray B

Getting my wife's paperwork ready for us to move to the U.S. in hopefully a year or less, depending on how the paperwork goes but there may be a possibility that she's pregnant.
Is it difficult or even needed to prepare the visa for a new born? Would it be more advisable to have the baby in the U.S.?

If anyone has any experience with this, please share. Our baby's health is our number one priority and I know that traveling while pregnant may have some risks involved, especially because my wife may have to get some shots before moving.

Feel free to advise.

[albertoavena]

Thank you very much.

We are looking for the best and less riskiest options available so we will look into having the baby in the U.S.. We were just worried about the injections she has to get before moving and how she or the baby will react to them if we were to have the baby in the U.S.

What is you take on the CRBA? Complicated?

[rayb]

The CRBA processing at the Embassy is not particularly difficult, but easier if both parents appear at the Embassy, and if there is good evidence of the father being present at estimated conception time.

Also, the father must have been a U.S. citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least a set number of years for the child to be processed with the CRBA option and to get a U.S. passport.

There is also a risk of the Embassy asking for DNA testing when going through CRBA processing, another $600 or so.

--Ray B

Thank you very much.

We are looking for the best and less riskiest options available so we will look into having the baby in the U.S.. We were just worried about the injections she has to get before moving and how she or the baby will react to them if we were to have the baby in the U.S.

What is you take on the CRBA? Complicated?

[albertoavena]

Ah thank you for the quick reply.

We will take our time with this and look for the best option.
I was actually born and raised in the U.S. but now am living with my wife overseas so this *might be the best option but, we will look into all options available.

Thank you and again, if you have any more advice, it is always welcome.