the fact that my fiance's chronic pregnant and in the Philippines
does it affect her k1 process right now or process Tony doing the ladies more
well it does not affect her k1 right now I you don't you don't give me any times
here and that's okay I mean is she due imminently I mean or she gonna have the
baby before the k1 I mean these are all questions but generally speaking a child
born to US citizen fought in this case father so we'll say father is
automatically eligible for US citizenship so what you would do is
follow what's called an FS 240 with the US Embassy in it's not something we do
but you know you can just go to the u.s. embassy Manila website and they have
information on there and the child is all is automatically eligible for a
unisys ship so the child does not need a visa of any type but you will need to
file and get that US passport USMC now they're having cases where they they
want a DNA test and if so they'll direct you on how and where to do that
fortunately the price of those things has come way down and you can understand
that you know they you know they just don't want people claiming babies that
maybe aren't there so you know if that happens to you what I would say is you
know it's aggravating because basically making accusations and whatever but you
know just be humble about it and give it doesn't
it won't do you any good to argue if they decide they want DNA that's it
you're getting a DNA you can jump up down and stomp your feet write your
Congressman all you want it won't change anything so and then they'll just make
them hate you so be prepared for that in case it happens doesn't happen in every
case but it very well may happen and of course make sure your name gets put on
the birth certificate as the father one when the child is born that obviously
makes things a lot easier so so not a problem if you know again to be if she's
still pregnant it can get here that's great some of the airlines maybe all of
the airlines have a policy of when they want to allow pregnant women fly
but there have been babies born on airplanes too so there are there are
plenty of airlines that that aren't too strict about that so obviously if you
can get here before the baby's born that's that's better
unfortunately you will not be able to expedite the petition based on the
pregnancy so you know don't waste your time but that's not gonna happen really
I mean if there's some rare thing you've done an ultrasound a doctor says there's
some medical procedure if the baby needs and you know I mean you can go down that
long winding road but the reality is for most of the time you're not going to get
an expedite so that's that's probably not worth your time and effort even
entertain that but yeah I don't worry about it it won't you it's not gonna
change your timeline it's not going to cause a denial it's really not gonna
cause any problem at all except that now you got deal with this baby the baby's
born to US citizen is already a citizen and most of the times the embassy will
not let you get a visa because they will say hey this child is already held with
precision shows we're not gonna grant a immigrant visa or non-immigrant visa so
it's so really the answer if the baby's born here is you do that FS 240
consulars report of birth abroad is the name of the forms you look that up and
you file it directly with the MC in Manila and then you give them whatever
additional evidence they may ask for which could include a DNA test and if it
does they'll direct you on where and how to do that but you know just have a
little patience and you'll definitely make it happen it's it's actually fairly
common we see it several times a year and they're always successful so there's
no chance that you know you'll get denied with the baby or the car she's
big problems okay back to Rick in Las Vegas
thanks man just add one thing to that with the pregnancy what we've been
seeing lately is that the consular officers are requesting a sworn
statement or affidavit from the US citizen or petitioner recognizing the
pregnancy in order to get approved for the visa
want to make sure they are aware of it and then it also usually comes up in the
medical exam of course as well and so just to throw that out there to set your
expectations so that you're not you know caught off guard or surprised if the
consular officer asked for this sworn statement so you may even want to have
that prepared before the interview and you know just to be make the process go
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