kindheart213:

Oga Tvegas.. Please i sent you an email, i will be expecting your reply..
Thanks

Tvegas:

Hi, I responded to your PM.

mumkay:
Quite new here and I appreciate all d info I have gotten from dis trend.I am an Oct mum but will be travelling second week in Sept will likely use Oakbend or WHMC.I need ur advise on accommodation,preferably an apartment.Any mom heading same direction shod pls try lets hook up.

justwise:
@Deyonsesi

I see your posts as an indirect advert for that Dr, please enough.

Thank you.

Hello everyone, I have been a silent member and follower of this thread and pretty excited to be posting. May God bless every contributor here as you've all provided valuable info to help people like me on this 'blue kpali journey'.

So I already had a valid US visa when I stumbled across this thread but I got the valuable info about the 'change of intent' letter amongst other things from here and info from friends.

So, I came into the US on the 1st of July (sorry for taking this long to share jare..plenty things). Btw, I'm a July/August mum. I flew Delta at 34 weeks with my 5 year old daughter. The flight was just there, slightly uncomfortable because I'm pretty tall. My POE was Atlanta en route LA (en route Bakersfield..2 hours away). So, in the spirit of giving back, here's my POE story:

The line at Atlanta no be child's play..stood for like an hour before it got to my turn. Thank God for a very co-operative daughter
Anyway, when it got to my turn, they kept moving me from queue to queue. First queue, it was a white guy, I was like, hmmm cos his face looked stern but I was like, "God, just give me favour sha". Cos I was pregnant, the person controlling the lines was looking to place me in the shortest queue possible so she moved me to another line. That one had one elderly white guy, I was like, "Hmm, ok". Just as I was settling in, she moved me to another queue that was shorter. Now this one had a black guy and I was like, "Ok oooo". So here goes:

CBP (A big black guy with attitude): Hello, why are you here?
Before I could answer, he's like, "To give birth right?"
Ah, ahn, na spirit! Cos the truth is people barely noticed my pregnancy even during my flights cos I didn't really look too far gone. In fact, I had to tell people I was pregnant just to get help with lifting my luggage at some points. Yeah, true story.

ME: Anyway, I smiled and said, "yes, and vacation for my daughter"

CBP: We've been having people come here to give birth here and all bla bla bla. So when's your EDD?
ME: I'm like August
CBP: Have you seen any doctor?
ME: Not yet but have correspondence with them.
CBP: Sits back. "How the heck are you going to give birth in like a month and you've not seen a doc here yet?! Let me see the correspondence ( I show him, which includes all the fees). "Have you made any payment?"
ME: Not yet.
CBP: Making faces...."So how much do you have?"
ME: $3500 in cash and the rest in cards
CBP: "How do I confirm that you have the rest in cards?. There are no ATM machines here. Do I just take your word for it?" I just smile.
"So how long do you plan to be here for?"
ME: 2 months plus
CBP: What does that even mean? It could be 4 months or more.
ME: Smiling "I couldn't be here for that long. I have a job" Still smiling.
CBP: So why do you want to give birth here? Did you have your daughter here?
ME: For access to better health care. No, I didn't.
CBP: "So, what did your doc in Nigeria say?"
ME: "I'm sorry, I don't understand your question"
CBP: "Wasn't he mad that you're coming to spend your money here and not spending it in Nigeria?"
ME: "He in fact gave me his blessings, gave me a letter (fit to fly and to whom it may concern) to come with and my test results" I showed him the letter.
All the while, he's muttering something about if his wife says she wants to come and give birth in Nigeria, he would wonder why (In my mind, I'm like, yeah of course!)

As he's stamping my passport, he's like, "Are you married?" and then he looks at my finger and sees and is like "Oh yeah" and then he asks, "So, is your husband coming?", I answer, "We're expecting him some time around the baby's delivery". He replies, "I'll be watching out for him", I reply smiling with a glint in my eye, "You can't miss him, he's extremely tall". He smiles back and gives me passport..otoun.

Then I go on to the secondary check point, the guy that gives the files says, "Hello Ma'am, what do you have?" Meanwhile, the CBP had asked me the same question and I told him. So I answer this guy and he's like, "Ma'am, do you have any plants or fresh stuff?". I say, "No". He says, "Go right along ma'am" and that was it o.

The key to going through successfully, I believe, is trusting in God all the way, being truthful and confident.

I have already seen my OBGYN twice. All my Naija test results were accepted but had 2 outstandings which I did today.

Doctor - $2520 (discounted)
Tests - Don't know yet but an estimate of $487 (might be lower cos I'm just doing 3 tests)
Hospital - $4000 (discounted)

Now awaiting arrival of Americana baby o

tk8681:
Am coming to phoenix next week but sorry am already in new york. Please which of the accommodation are you as staying,scared of been bored seems people are not coming to that direction again

silverplum:
Hi everyone
Please i want to find out if there are medical test you can take here in Nigeria to cut down cost before to travel to the US?
Also does anyone know any good doctor in US who can arrange a medical letter for visa purposes?

thank you

0yin:
So in the spirit of giving back I landed atlanta via jfk. My POE was quite boring,was expecting more as I was ready with all my documents,appointment letter....


Now waiting for my 1st appointment.

Zedaii:
Hello everyone, I have been a silent member and follower of this thread and pretty excited to be posting. May God bless every contributor here as you've all provided valuable info to help people like me on this 'blue kpali journey'.

0yin:
So in the spirit of giving back I landed atlanta via jfk. My POE was quite boring,was expecting more as I was ready with all my documents,appointment letter....
Officer:So u r in the US for vacation?
Me:yes (dont say more than they ask)
Officer:how long are you staying?
Me:2 months
Officer: how did u get ur British passport
Me:my mum
Officer:schooled or worked in the uk?
Me:both
Officer:so what do you do now?
Me:I'm a ***** in *****
Officer:wa food items do u av
Me:beans cassava floor n grounded pepper
Officer:visited any ebola countries in the last 3 months
Me:no
He stamps me in till October.

No secondary inspection no one asked about my bump.

Now waiting for my 1st appointment.

blackedwin:
Does anyone have any idea about this airport as per POE with Pregy mama(34weeks)
Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport

saddyn:
Please house, i have a troubling question. I am pregnant with twins and want to give birth in new Orléans, but am wondering If am gonna be charge hospital fee for each baby or i just pay once and it covers for both babies. Also, can Anyone advice of a cheap hospital in New Orléans, as that is where i have relation. Thanks for your quick response.

Phema:


You will be charged once with a lil extra for twins.

babyspice:
I don't think so o! i had twins and each child had a separate bill PLUS mine too! so i suggest OP should do her research very well

feddy27:


Yea, I used Minneapolis at 34 weeks too. No stress, though all my documents were asked for and I was stamped in.

mumkay:
@ Ozycy .Yes bought my ticket,using emirate and leaving from Abuja.

Phema:
Ralphlauren, how are you these days?

Ralphlauren:
I dey kampe. Thanks for asking. How's your hubby and son?
Why I follow this thread, I don't know
I'm baffled on why mothers with EU passport still fly over to the US to have kids.
Cc: 0yin and Riz2015
Una never hear of FATCA?
The US/UK/EU dual nationality is no longer attractive these days.

sayoberry:
*zooms in* How una dey o. Mothers of Americans congrats to babies and successful Poe-s .
I just say make I come greet u o. Phema and tvegas I sight u.
Justwise you still dey? U never go u.s go born?

Let me go before u people transfer belle to me.

Ennie83:
Hi Everyone, I will be in El Paso to give birth in September. Anyone else travelling around that time to El Paso? Lets connect pls.

sayoberry:
*zooms in* How una dey o. Mothers of Americans congrats to babies and successful Poe-s .
I just say make I come greet u o. Phema and tvegas I sight u.
Justwise you still dey? U never go u.s go born?

Let me go before u people transfer belle to me.

Ralphlauren:


I dey kampe. Thanks for asking. How's your hubby and son?

Why I follow this thread, I don't know

I'm baffled on why mothers with EU passport still fly over to the US to have kids.

Cc: 0yin and Riz2015

Una never hear of FATCA?

The US/UK/EU dual nationality is no longer attractive these days.

Phema:


Are you serious? Which hospital? That's a first. . .

Most hospitals i know don't charge two separate bills for each baby.

I guess it depends on the hospitals then. So OP, please ask the hospital you will be using.