Hi all,
My wife and i recently had our green card approved as a result of the Diversity Lottery 2011.
My signature should tell all but basically we were approved in October and were planning to leave for the US just prior to the expiration of the 6 month activation window; late march early april 2011.
However, my wife (who is pregnant) is due mid february, and after some thought we felt this plan is too risky as we simply may not get enough time to arrange all the paper work (birth certificate, citizenship, passport) for our new arrival and their is very little room for 'expecting the unexpected' or delays.
So the plan now is to go to NYC next month and activate our visa. She will be around
32 weeks pregnant!
Questions:
1) The airlines say you can normally travel up to 36 weeks, is this likely to be a problem from the IO's perspective in the US?
2) Our plan is still to do the big move early next year, as a result we will be entering NYC on a return ticket, staying around 4-5 days? Could this be a problem?
Can anyone offer any informed advice? Or provide suggestions that may help this go as smooth as possible?
Cheers,
AJK
My wife and i recently had our green card approved as a result of the Diversity Lottery 2011.
My signature should tell all but basically we were approved in October and were planning to leave for the US just prior to the expiration of the 6 month activation window; late march early april 2011.
However, my wife (who is pregnant) is due mid february, and after some thought we felt this plan is too risky as we simply may not get enough time to arrange all the paper work (birth certificate, citizenship, passport) for our new arrival and their is very little room for 'expecting the unexpected' or delays.
So the plan now is to go to NYC next month and activate our visa. She will be around
32 weeks pregnant!
Questions:
1) The airlines say you can normally travel up to 36 weeks, is this likely to be a problem from the IO's perspective in the US?
2) Our plan is still to do the big move early next year, as a result we will be entering NYC on a return ticket, staying around 4-5 days? Could this be a problem?
Can anyone offer any informed advice? Or provide suggestions that may help this go as smooth as possible?
Cheers,
AJK