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milkweedma · Joined: 15 Dec 2006

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/2482954/Pregnant-Korean-woman-forced-to-leave-NZ

halfmanhalfbiscuit · Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Location: Seoul

A student visa is not a visa of convenience.

gprov · Joined: 05 Jun 2009

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Geckoman · Joined: 07 Jun 2007

Koreans going to the US island of Guam to give birth so that their kid will have US citizenship has created an entire industry. See:

Korean Tours to Guam for U.S. Citizenship Babies Uncovered!
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=137734&highlight=

Cool

okokok · Joined: 27 Aug 2006

I love how Koreans expect to have 'rights' wherever they go yet don't feel the need to give foreigners any rights in their own country.

'How could they do this to me and my baby?' Laughing

Benicio · Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:04 am Post subject:

This woman had no intention of being a proper student.
She was looking for any way to stay so that her impending birth could be an "anchor baby".

I completely agree with not granting her a visa!

This birthing tour crap needs the smack down!

cdninkorea · Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

jahson4 · Joined: 17 Feb 2009 Location: Jamsil

Maybe you didn't read all of the article.

"A law change in 2006 means children born in New Zealand will not obtain citizenship unless at least one of the parents is a New Zealand citizen."

She was willing to pay for the maternity care of her child that would not be granted citizenship. What's the problem?

Xuanzang · Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Sadang

Funny. Could go either way as a passport baby but still if she had the sejongs and kicked her out. I`m surprised. Usually capitalism trumps social welfare system.

Horangi Munshin · Joined: 06 Apr 2003 Location: Busan

Seems a bit strange since the kid would have no claim to citizenship and they were prepared to pay. Can't be a big shortage of doctors. Facilities maybe...

Adventurer · Joined: 28 Jan 2006

Well, a woman who is pregnant and all of a sudden wants a student visa doesn't really look good on paper. You don't usually have pregnant women all of a sudden applying to go to school. However, since her child can't get citizenship it doesn't make sense to give birth in New Zealand.
Why not do it in South Korea? Perhaps, the woman didn't know that you can't get citizenship in New Zealand if none of your parents are from the country.

Do you think the US should copy New Zealand? Why or why not?

That sounds like an essay question.

sojukettle · Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Location: Not there, HERE!

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10577280

another one - not just students......

Shortage of facilities is said to be the reasoning behind the rulings.

eperdue4ad · Joined: 22 May 2006

It reads like she got pregnant in Korea with her Kiwi boyfriend, and doesn't want to go home-- not for the citizenship, but because she can't face her family maybe.

She'll just have to go home, marry him and come back on the spousal. You can't overstay your tourist visa. "How can they do this to me and my baby" doesn't hold up. Unless she's at the very end of pregnancy or has complications preventing travel, it's not a death sentence, just a visa refusal. Happens all the time.

eperdue4ad · Joined: 22 May 2006

jahson4 · Joined: 17 Feb 2009 Location: Jamsil

Immigration NZ could simply use better judgment and allow both ladies to stay. It's really hard to believe the entire country lacks medical facilities for two cases.