<\/a>Chino Hills residents held up signs that read “Not in Chino Hills” and “No Birth Tourism” at an intersection close to the “maternity hotel.”<\/p><\/div>\n
Facing all the controversies towards childbirth tourism, however, the trend of US birth-tourism has not stopped. Since the U.S. allows individual tourism visa for Chinese residents less than a decade ago, the number of Chinese visitors is rising. According to Dube, right now, everyday on average 4,000 Chinese come to the United States, and the number is increasing. Most of them are not pregnant, but with the overall increase, birth tourism booms at the same time. Plus, since Hong Kong stops mainland pregnant women from giving birth there, more families in the Mainland are considering coming to the U.S. instead.<\/p>\n
For parents travelling 6500 miles to the U.S., they have faith that U.S. citizenship worth this long trip and high cost. To many of them, it\u2019s a lifetime decision planned for years, not just to follow the fashion.<\/p>\n
35-year old Xiaoyi Hu and his 31- year-old wife got married two years ago. They made the decision to give birth to their baby in the US even before they got married, and they came\u00a0to America to do some research on birth-tourism in their honeymoon. Born and raised in Beijing, Hu said Beijing\u2019s living environment had been degrading year to year. \u201cBeijing is not what it was like 10 years ago,\u201d Hu said. Air pollution, expensive housing, inconvenient medical service, and government\u2019s opaque system makes this long-time Beijing resident feel the second thought of the future of his child.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just want to give my kid an opportunity for his future. It\u2019s up to my boy whether to come back or just stay in China when he grows up.\u201d In Hu\u2019s mind, he just bought his child a possible alternative, lowering possible barriers for the long run.<\/p>\n
The goal of those parents who come all the way to America to give birth is surprisingly consistent- for the better education and life of their children. Panpan Li, who plans to give birth to her baby in Los Angeles is a primary school teacher in Beijing. Even though her child is not due for another eight months, she already is planning everything for the coming child. Li has made two plans. Plan A, she wants to let her child attend kindergarten and primary school in Mainland China, and go back to America from middle school. Plan B, her child will attend American schools from kindergarten with her companion. The latter plan requires her visa status, and she seems ready to be busy for her child for the rest of life.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s harmless to have an extra opportunity. Maybe my kid won\u2019t keep the US citizenship in the future. But it is the best I can think of, so if I can, then I\u2019ll do it for my child.\u201d Li said.<\/p>\n
To those parents, the expense of birth tourism is probably the cheapest way the bestow their children U.S. citizenship. Xiaoyi Hu thought it was actually a very good deal for the long run. In Hu\u2019s opinion, spending $20,000 to buy a US citizenship is much cheaper and more convenient than applying for immigration in the US in the future. For example, Chinese EB-5 immigration visa required an investment of $500,000 in an American company. Although in EB-5\u2019s case, investors might get back their money several years later, but the amount of \u201cinitial funding\u201d is 10 times bigger. As a company\u2019s middle manager in Beijing, Hu thinks he is not rich enough to get his child investment immigration, but a $20,000 worth equivalent investment is something he can give to his son.<\/p>\n
As long as it\u2019s still legitimized to obtain a U.S. passport if born in this land, in Hu\u2019s mind, the market is not likely to diminish. Plus, from the U.S. perspective, the chance that the constitution changes the law is highly doubtful.<\/p>\n
Clayton Dube also believed the trend of US birth tourism would continue, unless the living condition, education, and many other components progressed in China, which would made it less necessary for parents to pave a better way in another country for their children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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