Visa Update: Trump Admin Targets Birth Tourism 'Fixers'
The policy targets people who profit from birth tourism, including visa fixers and commercial networks that charge foreign nationals tens of thousands of dollars.
- On Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new visa restrictions targeting individuals who "engage in or facilitate" birth tourism, hours before Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for a three-day state visit.
- The policy, established under Section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, targets commercial birth-tourism networks, visa "fixers" who coach applicants to commit fraud, and foreign medical providers who knowingly facilitate such travel.
- Rubio stated the administration is using "every tool at our disposal" to protect American public benefits and safeguard national security, following an August executive order by President Donald Trump.
- Chinese nationals have often featured in birth-tourism investigations, though the administration says the restrictions apply broadly to facilitators rather than targeting any single nation.
- Xi Jinping arrives Wednesday evening for a summit with Trump on artificial intelligence and tariffs, marking his first state visit to Washington in over a decade.
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The U.S. State Department issued new rules on Wednesday (September 23) to crack down on commercial birth tourism and related fraud and profiteering activities aimed at giving birth in the U.S. and obtaining U.S. citizenship by restricting visas.
The new policy will be implemented under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and will be directed against those who, knowingly, participate, participate or facilitate tourism by birth to the United States.
US imposes new visa restrictions on birth tourism operators
The United States has announced new visa restrictions targeting individuals and businesses involved in commercial “birth tourism” schemes designed to help foreign nationals travel to the country to give birth and obtain U.S. citizenship for their children.
US announces new visa restrictions for birth tourism facilitators
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