Visa for pregnant girl

[The Healer]

Dear Guananico, consider your problem solved. Tomorrow morning at 11:00am bring with you a current picture of the girl, the thousand dollars that you keep for emergancies, place them in an envelope, and tape them up under the sink in the Men's Bathroom at Rocky's bar. Also, your social security number, date of birth and your mother's madian name. I will get back to you.

The Healer

[Hillbilly]

Come on guys, tell it like it is, for the luvva Pete!

The girl will not get a visa now or anytime within the next year.
She needs to have you here for the birth, and she needs your forceful support for the pre and post natal care of the baby. Since i am supposing that you are a US citizen with at least 4 years of residence in the US after your 14th birthday, you automatically pass your citizenship on to the baby.

The baby must be registered at the US consulate as soon as possible after birth. This means that you need to be here, file and get the baby squared away.

Lots and lots of paperwork, but it is a fairly straight forward process. Do NOT expect any sympathetic assistance from anyone at the Consulate.

HB

[Rick Snyder]

As the authorizing authority for any type of visa for the US is the US Department of State then it is understood that all procedures are in English. If you are a non-English speaking person then the use and need of an immigration attorney is a given. If you speak, read and write English then the need for an attorney is not essential. Due to computers and the US Dept of State web-site and your ability to read English you can do the procedure yourself. Unlike here in the DR, who you know or the use of an attorney will not speed your application up. There is a set procedure and it must be followed and due to that fact I don’t think any attorney or Yadira can make the system work any faster.

To find out about US visas go here. FAQ about visas go here. To determine what type of visa you wish to apply for go here. If it’s an employment visa you want then go here.

The visa I acquired for my wife I did at the US consulate in SD myself and the total process took about 3 months but that was back in 1999 which was before (9-11). I also did it after my son was born which may have helped my case. All indications and everything I hear indicates that it is much more difficult now as compared to when I did it. The numbers haven’t seemed to have changed as to the number of visas allowed but rather in the added bureaucratic red-tape required in the process and the fact that there is now a Home Land Security agency which works with the Dept of State.

Rick

And as HillBilly said, the baby, its health and that of its mother should be on the front burner.

Hillbilly said, "Do NOT expect any sympathetic assistance from anyone at the Consulate.", and that's a fact Jack!!!

[twincactus]

Rick is correct in most of what he says except that if you are a non English speaking person that you need an attorney. The paperwork can be in Spanish at the Consulate and they will give the interview in Spanish also. Rick, it may have changed since you went through the process, but there have been several people on my board who have gotten visas without attorneys and their spouses or fiancees' didn't speak English at all. There is NO shortcut. Period. We have had cases where someone got an open cita when the beneficiary was pregnant but quite frankly, this case already is fishy. You can't come on a public forum and say you are going to try to get a work visa if you can't get a fiancee' or spousal visa. The US government is not stupid and does investigate these cases. I remember his other post and I think he has little chance unless he goes through the normal process. Even then, it will be a good 6 months before the petition even gets to the Consulate. Like someone said here, it would be easier and faster if he waits until the baby is born and then gets the DNA test. There is a good chance the Consulate will require it, and he might just possibly find out something he didn't want to know anyway.

-Tim
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