Mandex11:
Hello all!!!!, please what's the actual exchange rate the embassy recognised when drafting a budget sheet? thanks

Ddoy2003:
good morning my wonderful family please a quick one in order to avoid chicago point of entry its my final destination though.what POE would u advise to get to chicago.pls its urgent.thank you.

shakidude:
Hello all,

Continuation of my experience.

Part 2:

After I was denied the visa renewal in Abuja, I contemplated going to Canada but found out that it takes about 4 month for visa processing and I'm far gone in my pregnancy. Hubby planned to send me to UK (I have a valid UK visa and family there.) since my pregnancy is high risk but me I was skeptical. If we are going to spend that much for birthing, it's better in the US where I get to have d health care that I want and also citizenship for my baby. I decided to try again this time in Lagos (exactly 2 weeks) as earlier adviced then by nefertitiram but I went alone cos hubby was not interested.

Here goes the transcript:

VO: good morn ma'am
Me: good morn
VO: where are you going in the US and why?
Me: Texas and to have my baby
VO: what do you do?
Me: I'm a physical therapist(physiotherapist)
VO: what are your roles?
Me well composed, told him a lot about all I do
VO: nodding and smiling. Okay, let's say I have left shoulder dislocation, how are you going to manage it?
Me: in my mind, I was like, is this a promotion interview or visa interview? Still calm and smiling I told him about how i will first assess him and how I will rehabilitate him till he will regain  functional use of his limb.
VO: impressed. Now glanced to d screen and read for a while. Turned to me and said. I see that you were recently refused in abuja
Me: that's correct
VO: do you know why?
Me: No I don't she no kuku tell me. Na green paper she give me.
VO: I also see that you have applied for all your visas in Abuja. Why have you decided to come to Lagos this time?
Me: like I said earlier. I was refused in Abuja and couldnt understand why and I wanted to reapply as soon as possible and I was under the impression that I will get a faster date in Lagos.
VO: how much are you paying for the birth?
Me: this time, I didn't bother to ask whether na doctor's fee or total. My budget is 20k. About 8500 for the doctor and other expenses
VO: can i see ur Dr's correspondence
Me: handed it over and he read through it
VO: how much did you pay the last time
Me: Though the hospital fee was  4200, I rented an apartment and paid 1500, I flew to Arizona with my husband, I bought groceries and others so if I calculate everything, I will say about 8 to 9k
VO: why are you not going to this same hospital this time around?
Me: this time I'm going alone. I can't afford to stay alone in Arizona without my husband since I have no family or friend there. I'm going to Texas to stay with a friend.
VO: how did you find out about this hospital
Me: smiled and answered. I did research online.
VO: He began typing for so long ooooo and I'm like wow! I hope he's not going to deny me again. Na so I begin fire prayer
VO: looked at me and said excuse me ma'am. He went inside with my passport oooo. I knew i had done my best and he was impressed with me. So maybe he went inside for further discussions. I continued praying and asked God to take control.
VO: came out much later with a bright smile. Congratulations ma'am, your visa has been approved. At that point, I went to Cloud 7 abi na 9 self.
Me: thank you, thank you.

I prayed before I went and friends and family prayed with me. I give the glory  to God for directing me to the right person and staying with me throughout the process.

Conclusion: If you are really convinced in your heart that you have not done anything wrong, never lied during your application or interview but was still refused, apply again, go with confidence and state your case. Most importantly, avoid Abuja embassy now if you are pregnant and going for visa renewal, they already have a mindset for refusal and it would be very hard to convince them.

Good luck to others.

oppaxy:
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Kween2014:
Congratulations @shakidude, your story is quite an inspiring one. May God see you through the rest of the journey. God bless

favouredmum:


Hi,am considering Kansas by October/November,which hospital offered you the 4,550? How did you get the estimate? Via email or phone call?



Goodmorning House,

Any October/November mum in the house looking at Houston, Chicago and Kansas can pls reach out to me.

Had my first child in 2015 and used OBMC and Dr. E.

Looking to explore a different state this time around but then again accommodation is another issue here.

Got a package for $4,550 in Kansas and it covers physicians fees, 2 ultra sounds, one post partum visit, Hospital stay for 2 days and Epidural (This is only for VB and I am not sure of CS). The pediatrician is about $200 and one will have to run some other tests which I am not sure of the actual.

shakidude:
Hello all,

Continuation of my experience.

Part 2:

nefertitiram:


Wetin una wan Import wey una de find Form M?

I'm guessing you mean Form A

Babatwi:


Haba ! You for don tell us say part 2 dey come now and that it ended in praise.lol
Glad it ended well for you.

Orestik:
Hello house, I had my LO last week Wednesday at Medical centre, toms river NJ. Still trying to gather my strength back and trying to have a grasp of breastfeeding as a first time mum. I'm so thankful for all the useful info I got on this forum. God bless you all.

Ddoy2003:
good morning my wonderful family please a quick one in order to avoid chicago point of entry its my final destination though.what POE would u advise to get to chicago.pls its urgent.thank you.

Oloye12345:

I will STRONGLY advise you use the POE of the city you told the VO you are visiting. Except where the city doesn't have airport, then use the one very close...

Most people have encountered issues recently using a different POE compared to what they stated on their application. If you are straightforward, all POEs are easy.

ODBae:


The consulate's exchange rate of 340naira to 1dollar should suffice. As that is the exchange rate used to calculate the Visa fee. Not the CBN rate. I should think so. Correct me if I am wrong.

ODBae:


The consulate's exchange rate of 340naira to 1dollar should suffice. As that is the exchange rate used to calculate the Visa fee. Not the CBN rate. I should think so. Correct me if I am wrong.

shakidude:
@ Nefertitiram, sorry don't really know how to quote.

Lemme clarify some things.

2. You guys left bobo with a cousin and went together to US for 2 months... hummnnn

Now, you're sounding like her. Lol. Would I have allowed him to miss school for 2 months just to accompany us to America? Will he benefit anything from that? Its not holiday season you know and he has traveled abroad countless times. A child of 9year old that is comfortable around his extended family. All the children attend the same school.


B1 is for business and not for tourism... Is your son going on business? Also this may have led to her question on "did you buy stuff to supply while you were there. Seem hubby applied for B1 visa the first time too? I'm just assuming though.

Well, I mean the bi/b2 together, the one for pleasure and tourism for them. In my own application, I specified medical. I guess she asked that question cos sometimes we declare more than 10k when we travel so she is assuming maybe we re buying things to sell.

olajay5:
Good people of Nairaland,

Thank you all for the wonderful contributions to this thread. I am sure we are learning one thing or the other. How I wish I know about info like this earlier, guess I would have done a lot of things differently. My DW embarked on a missionary journey to Houston, so I wish to share her POE experience. She left aboard a Turkish airline and landed around 7:30pm Houston time and below is her encounter with the CBP officer.

CBP: Good evening, may I have your passport
DW: Evening madam, here please (extending her hand to hand over her passport)
CBP: Why are you here?
DW: To have my baby
CBP: Looked up, frowned her face and murmur something like "why are many people coming to have baby in the US lately?" (at this level, DW said she almost passed out because the same woman has sent 4 of the last 6 people who she attended to for second interrogation/screening)
DW: Kept mute as though she didn't hear what the woman said.
CBP: Any Doctor's correspondence?
DW: Quickly forward the appointment letter from Dr. E
CBP: Threw the letter aside and said this is unacceptable. Any other correspondence? DW started scrambling through the envelop with her to get out the mail exchange between her and the doctor. Then the CBP said, just bring the whole envelop. She collected the envelop, remove all the documents and started looking one after the other. She saw my DW's mail exchange with the doctor, read through it, read through the change of intent letter, my own documents such as bank statement, she looked at the bank statement from page to page, read our Nigerian's doctor's letter and started the questions again.
CBP: How much cash did u have with you?
DW: $$$$$ and have more money in my card (brought the cards)
CBP: Who is responsible for your bills
DW: My husband
CBP: Where is your husband working?
DW: Bla bla bank
CBP: If you are having an elective CS, how come nobody accompany you? Why is your husband not coming with you? (CS was stated in the doctor's correspondence)
DW: My husband is busy at work as well as taking care of the children but he will join me later towards my EDD
CBP: Will your husband be coming? U need to confirm that
DW: Yes please
CBP: Looked at Nigerian doctor's letter again and said, Oh! Your doctor recommend quality medical for you
DH: Yes
CBP: Make sure u pay all your bills and welcome to America
DW: Thank you

So she went to pick her luggage and zoom to town as a friend was already waiting for her.

My DW however have a challenge with Dr. E. I will come back to you on that.

jesufifunmi:




Haba! Una October mums too dey rush Is morning sickness not supposed to be dealing with y'all at the moment?

shakidude:
Hello all,

Continuation of my experience.

olajay5:
Good people of Nairaland,

My DW however have a challenge with Dr. E. I will come back to you on that.

favouredmum:
Good morning House,

Any October/November mum in the house looking at Houston, Chicago and Kansas can pls reach out to me.

Had my first child in 2015 and used OBMC and Dr. E.

Looking to explore a different state this time around but then again accommodation is another issue here.

shakidude:
Hello all,

Continuation of my experience.

Part 2:

After I was denied the visa renewal in Abuja, I contemplated going to Canada but found out that it takes about 4 month for visa processing and I'm far gone in my pregnancy. Hubby planned to send me to UK (I have a valid UK visa and family there.) since my pregnancy is high risk but me I was skeptical. If we are going to spend that much for birthing, it's better in the US where I get to have d health care that I want and also citizenship for my baby. I decided to try again this time in Lagos (exactly 2 weeks) as earlier adviced then by nefertitiram, misssexiest and others here but I went alone cos hubby was not interested.

Here goes the transcript:

VO: good morn ma'am
Me: good morn
VO: where are you going in the US and why?
Me: Texas and to have my baby
VO: what do you do?
Me: I'm a physical therapist(physiotherapist)
VO: what are your roles?
Me well composed, told him a lot about all I do
VO: nodding and smiling. Okay, let's say I have left shoulder dislocation, how are you going to manage it?
Me: in my mind, I was like, is this a promotion interview or visa interview? Still calm and smiling I told him about how i will first assess him and how I will rehabilitate him till he will regain  functional use of his limb.
VO: impressed. Now glanced to d screen and read for a while. Turned to me and said. I see that you were recently refused in abuja
Me: that's correct
VO: do you know why?
Me: No I don't she no kuku tell me. Na green paper she give me.
VO: I also see that you have applied for all your visas in Abuja. Why have you decided to come to Lagos this time?
Me: like I said earlier. I was refused in Abuja and couldnt understand why and I wanted to reapply as soon as possible and I was under the impression that I will get a faster date in Lagos.
VO: how much are you paying for the birth?
Me: this time, I didn't bother to ask whether na doctor's fee or total. My budget is 20k. About 8500 for the doctor and other expenses
VO: can i see ur Dr's correspondence
Me: handed it over and he read through it
VO: how much did you pay the last time
Me: Though the hospital fee was  4200, I rented an apartment and paid 1500, I flew to Arizona with my husband, I bought groceries and others so if I calculate everything, I will say about 8 to 9k
VO: why are you not going to this same hospital this time around?
Me: this time I'm going alone. I can't afford to stay alone in Arizona without my husband since I have no family or friend there. I'm going to Texas to stay with a friend.
VO: how did you find out about this hospital
Me: smiled and answered. I did research online.
VO: He began typing for so long ooooo and I'm like wow! I hope he's not going to deny me again. Na so I begin fire prayer
VO: looked at me and said excuse me ma'am. He went inside with my passport oooo. I knew i had done my best and he was impressed with me. So maybe he went inside for further discussions. I continued praying and asked God to take control.
VO: came out much later with a bright smile. Congratulations ma'am, your visa has been approved. At that point, I went to Cloud 7 abi na 9 self.
Me: thank you, thank you.

I prayed before I went and friends and family prayed with me. I give the glory  to God for directing me to the right person and staying with me throughout the process.

Conclusion: If you are really convinced in your heart that you have not done anything wrong, never lied during your application or interview but was still refused, apply again, go with confidence and state your case. Most importantly, avoid Abuja embassy now if you are pregnant and going for visa renewal, they already have a mindset for refusal and it would be very hard to convince them.

Good luck to others.

nefertitiram:


Lols @ sounding like her. Im trying to imagime her face.
No mind them in Abuja. They are just throwing daggers and vexing. You can see as Godwin last last. Good thing you followed your gut instincts to Lagos.

As usual, your experience has valuable lessons. Thanks for sharing

Babatwi:


Someone mentioned that she used form M about 2 or so pages back

modath:


Go to biz section... on the Currency/E currency thread, you'd find some reputable people to transact with.....


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