Hello, we just found out my wife's pregnant and I couldn't be happier. But here are some complications: Where should she receive her pregnancy care and deliver the baby?? I work in the US and she works in Canada. We are both Canadian PR (no citizens). I am in the process of getting green card for the both of us, and we should be getting it approved this fall (before the baby's birth).
Wife has health insurance in both Canada and the USA. Delivery a child in the US will cost about 4k USD after the insurance.
So here are some thoughts regarding my question of where to give birth, I hope folks here can help me think more clearly.
Wife has health insurance in both Canada and the USA. Delivery a child in the US will cost about 4k USD after the insurance.
So here are some thoughts regarding my question of where to give birth, I hope folks here can help me think more clearly.
- Obviously, I hope the baby can eventually get dual citizenship or citizenship in one and PR in another.If the baby is born in Canada as citizen, and if wife have the green card, wife can simply bring the baby into the US (before 2 years old), and the baby will automatically get Green card.
- On the other hand, if the baby is born in the US, we will have to apply for Canadian PR for him/her as a dependent of us, which is not hard but annoying and can take up to 14 months. So logistically, (Canadian citizen+ Green card) is easier than (US citizen + Canadian PR).
- One other consideration regarding immigration is that I would probably lose my Canadian PR in 5 years, since I am mostly in the US. But if I have a Canadian citizen (the baby) living with me in the US, I think those days can count towards days in Canada when renewing Canadian PR?
- Lastly, about our family, if wife gives birth in Canada, I will go to Canada and WFH for a few months for my job and later return when she is better or when her parents can come take care of them. We'd keep both our apartments in the US and in Canada. But if she gives birth in the USA, she can simply stay in the US with me through her 1 year mat leave. We will get a bigger place but she won't have to pay a year's rent for her apartment in Canada (~1.5k per month?)