Hi all,
So I have this complicated situation and would appreciate any input on this.
I won the DV2023 with a case number of AS2xxx. Not high for Asia, so the odds are pretty good in my favor so far.
I have just recently learned that my wife is pregnant with our first child. Our due date will be early February, so the odds of getting the green card before then are not bad. Probably a 50/50 at this point by looking at the Visa Bulletin history for the past years and the spreadsheets posted in this forum.
Many of my American friends are encouraging me, with great passion, I might add, to try as hard as possible to give birth in the U.S, citing the difficulty of a future in politics if they are born to immigrants outside the US. I was never interested in politics, but a part of me wants to keep the option open should my child decides to pursue a career in politics.
By the time we are in the US, the due date for my child will be extremely imminent (about a couple of months), and I will probably not have enough time to apply for Medicaid or private insurance through healthcare.gov. I have substantial savings, enough to cover the birth costs and still make it there, but I would obviously prefer for the funds to be put into settling in in our new country instead of starting the journey with an $18K hospital bill right off the bat.
Do fresh immigrants get access to health insurance (private or otherwise) right off the bat, given that I will probably not have a U.S.-based source of income nor a SSN for at least a month or two after arriving in the country?
Giving birth in my country of origin is free, of course, but that might, albeit very remotely, affect my child's future, and I don't want to carry the guilt or the blame.
Any input would be appreciated.
J
So I have this complicated situation and would appreciate any input on this.
I won the DV2023 with a case number of AS2xxx. Not high for Asia, so the odds are pretty good in my favor so far.
I have just recently learned that my wife is pregnant with our first child. Our due date will be early February, so the odds of getting the green card before then are not bad. Probably a 50/50 at this point by looking at the Visa Bulletin history for the past years and the spreadsheets posted in this forum.
Many of my American friends are encouraging me, with great passion, I might add, to try as hard as possible to give birth in the U.S, citing the difficulty of a future in politics if they are born to immigrants outside the US. I was never interested in politics, but a part of me wants to keep the option open should my child decides to pursue a career in politics.
By the time we are in the US, the due date for my child will be extremely imminent (about a couple of months), and I will probably not have enough time to apply for Medicaid or private insurance through healthcare.gov. I have substantial savings, enough to cover the birth costs and still make it there, but I would obviously prefer for the funds to be put into settling in in our new country instead of starting the journey with an $18K hospital bill right off the bat.
Do fresh immigrants get access to health insurance (private or otherwise) right off the bat, given that I will probably not have a U.S.-based source of income nor a SSN for at least a month or two after arriving in the country?
Giving birth in my country of origin is free, of course, but that might, albeit very remotely, affect my child's future, and I don't want to carry the guilt or the blame.
Any input would be appreciated.
J