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QUESTION: Does the fact, that I am the biological father of an American child generally influence my possibilities of living in the USA to be able to raise / visit / see my child (visa / Green Card etc.) in case the biological mother decides to permanently live in the USA ?
ANSWER: Unfortunately, the only way the child can help you is once the child turns 21 years old.

QUESTION: Do my rights or possibilities to visit or live in the USA to raise / visit / see my child depend on, if I will be married to the biological mother in the future?
ANSWER: Not automatically. The only way this would help you is if your wife sponsor's you for a Marriage based green card herself.

QUESTION: What is the procedure / what are my possibilities to permanently live in the USA, if I will NOT marry her and/or if she will NOT be divorced, but I still want to raise / visit / see my child on a regular base?
ANSWER: Your only option would be to get a long-term, employment based visa, or to get a green card in one of the other ways: employment, Diversity Visa lottery, investment.

QUESTION: Will I actively need to establish my custodial rights by filing a petition to determine paternity (form 983a Florida) to improve or generate my possibilities to permanently live in the USA to raise / visit / see my child on a regular base OR do the clarification of my custodial rights have NO impact on my rights to live in the USA, as long as I am NOT married to the biological mother of my child?
ANSWER: Unfortunately, custodial rights will not, by themselves, grant you any access to immigration benefits. Yes, these rights could help you down the road, should you be in a situation where you are filing a hardship waiver to get over a ban from entering the US for immigration or criminal violations, or for cancellation of removal. But simply being the biological father of the child does not grant you immigration benefits or eligibility for them, I'm afraid.

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