Is it legal , Does anyone know?

12-04-2006, 07:09 PM

My husband and I have been talking with a young woman over the internet
that is pregnant and in her fifth month we wish to adopt her child ,is
it legal for her to come to the US for the remaining months and have
the baby and then us adopt? And how would we go about doing so and how
much?

12-04-2006, 07:48 PM

> My husband and I have been talking with a young woman over the
> internet
> that is pregnant and in her fifth month we wish to adopt her child
> ,is
> it legal for her to come to the US for the remaining months and have
> the baby and then us adopt? And how would we go about doing so and how
> much?

Contact an attorney who specializes in adoptions, preferrably overseas
adoptions. This is not the forum for your needs.

Good luck.

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12-05-2006, 05:10 PM

> My husband and I have been talking with a young woman over the
> internet
> that is pregnant and in her fifth month we wish to adopt her child
> ,is
> it legal for her to come to the US for the remaining months and have
> the baby and then us adopt? And how would we go about doing so and how
> much?

A child born in the US would be a USC.

She would need at least a B2 Visa, VWP assuming she is eligible is only
good for 90 days.

12-05-2006, 05:55 PM

> A child born in the US would be a USC.
>
> She would need at least a B2 Visa, VWP assuming she is eligible is
> only good for 90 days.

All the more reason to be wary of this situation and go through an
adoption agency and the proper channels. I don't know much about
adoption laws, but the birth mother seems to have more and more rights
these days, is sometimes legally able to change her mind even AFTER the
adoption has taken place. Just imagine if this person -- a total
stranger off the internet, no less -- came to the US, had her USC baby,
then changed her mind and either stayed in the US or returned to her
home country. The term "anchor baby" comes to mind, only this time with
benefits (flight, clothes, food, delivery, medical care, etc. all paid
for by someone else).

Not an appropriate topic for this forum, I agree, but I just had to say
that I see red flags flying over this one...

~ Jenney