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AzubuikeOnyeka:
Hi Please,

Did you do a document upgrade? If yes, how much did you pay for it and how did you go about it

No I didn't do a document upgrade just the regular

etrange:
Exactly... It will be done today; latest tomorrow.

Thanks

Debsify:
It's out since Monday 7th

Okay, thank you

etrange:
Not that one. There's another tab on top of it. Or maybe yours is not showing yet. It should say "final review in progress" then it'll say something like "report is ready and will be sent to your recipients" and then move on to "preparing pdf document". It'll then be sent to your mail box and the status will finally change to "completed". All this while, your due date will not be updated. It'll still read 7th until final completion.

Don't worry, all these changes can happen in a day or two.

It was updated this morning and reads "Your order is under final review and your evaluation report will be sent to your recipient(s)." Hopfully its completed today
Thanks

Satubeee:
They probably have backlogs cos of the holidays, it should be sorted soon

Okay, thanks for the encouragement, I am just upset, I wish it can comes out early so I can update my records before the next draw. It is well

etrange:
Mine has been completed. I've gotten my soft copy since Monday. What's the status on your profile now?

Nothing, "it says your verification is due for completion on 1/7/2019".

Debsify:
same here o

Pls confirm if yours is out yet and when?. Thanks

etrange:
So WES promised to complete my assessment yesterday. Till now, nothing from them. The status is still saying it's due on the 4th of this months (yesterday).

Y'all should calm me down...

How did it go, is your WES out yet? My DH was due since 7th yet nothing. I don't understand WES again...

My first attempt was almost close to yours but my second attempt was LRSW: 8,9.5, 8, 7. Your can DM me if you want study materials that helped me.

[Qquote author=Jamezy4u post=74241291]Hi to the House!

Am just in serious pain! Just check IELTS now and am so disappointed in my result. I can't just say or think of what exactly is the issue, either with me or the IDP center I took the test with.

I can Imagin having L=5.0, W=6.5, R=7.0, S= 6.5, so poor!

I knew I prepared very well.

I do not just know what to do, either to just forget this EE of a thing as a whole.

Any suggestion is highly welcomed, I know myself, am not this dump![/quote]

[quote author=JERRYMAG4 post=74190228

I was told at Qlife that people book ahead even though they've not gotten the ITA. I am therefore begging the house, if you have booked ahead and you are ready to help a friend, kindly give me your slot and rebook. IOM charges are exorbitant and considering that there are still so much expenses involved in this struggle, your kind gesture will be highly appreciated.

Finally, I want to thank you all for your advic and help from different angles that make the struggle fruitful. Don't give up and your own ITA will land very soon.

Thank you!

Just call the hospital, I think they now have different dates for people that have ITA (medical form) and those that don't.[/quote]

fmsimple:
Try and use courier service to deliver the verification to WES.

This won't work, it has to be sent from the registered email address of the school.

bskyb:
Hello everyone,
My wife is having issues with the evaluation of her degree certificate. She graduated from the University of Ibadan (distance learning) . The verification is being done by WES.
Her status reads "awaiting verification by your institution" for both transcript and the degree certificate. Meanwhile, the school claims to have sent emails to WES confirming the authenticity of the documents. I have called WES on her behalf and they haven't updated her status till now.
Any advice from anyone would bey appreciated.

I'd advise that you ask your Uni to send it again. My hubby's Uni had to send his own 3 times before WES finally received it. We just gotta ladys number and she kept sending it for us until they finally accepted that they have seen it. It might cost you small sha but its worth it at the end.

Dear all, please I need clarification.

1) On the Express entry from, there's no place to fill in the details of my daughter as a dependant. The only dependant option/ information required is for my husband. Is this normal?

2) Please advise on the passport to submit (for medicals etc) for my daughter. She currently has a US passport. Can we use this or do we have to apply for a Nigerian passport for her.

Thank you

Mummychichi:
Congratulations @Maworld, @naijaismyown, @toske0, @ebi12, @teoyubel, @kiboe and @rijo02.
Go and prosper in

@cutiep, thank God you still have another buffer for the 5 points loss. Happy birthday in advance.

Thanks @mummychichi

Medal007:
That's was the same date a friend's own was sent and it has been verified. The contact I have is in there lag office and he kept telling us we should chill that if truly Wes send the quality dept at minna will surely do it, he never collect my friend's detail. WES updated his status on Nov 7th that NECO is verified.

Then what is happening to ours....���

Ramj:
YESS what a joy to hear this.

Speed in Jesus name.

Happy birthday in advance. Invite us ooo. let's come and chop small POFPOF money ..
B
runsaway

Lol

MrOba:
I see you are still expecting your hubby’s ECA - that’s an additional 8/10 points that should cover for the points you will lose on your birthday so all hope is not lost. I heaved a sigh of relief on your behalf. May all our heart desires come to fruition.

Amen...thanks

muta18:
PM for a contact .

I sent a pm pls accept

mcstan18:
I took particular note of your post. It must've been a heartbreak seeing the cut-off today. Are there other ways still available to you too make up for the points that would be lost on Sunday?

Do cheer up, we shall all get there someday soon

Awnnn..thanks....It actually broke our hearts and it was a sad evening.. But we are waiting for NECO to verify my hubby's result. With hubby's WES our score goes up to 445. Also, with the perfect IELTS score for me, we get additional 3 points is 448.

joo2018:
Wawu! I feel for you o.

Pls don't give up! Na to look for a way to add points now.

My hubby's WES will take us to 445 I.e after they cut off 5 points for my birthday but NECO has not verified since 22 October. Its just so frustrating. Can anybody give me a contact in NECO who can help us out pls

Medal007:
NECO will do the verification as soon as the mail is received, I can say they are handling the verification at a speed almost to that of the speed of light

I beg to defer jare....they haven't responded to hubby request from WES since 22 Oct. Pls do you have a contact there?

Abeg when is the next EE draw, it's over 17 days since the last one on Oct 29th. Currently at CSR 442, Sunday is my birthday...Oluwa, I need this ITA b4 my birthday....Pls who knows why the delay.

chloe00:
I use one regularly it takes one week to get to Lagos

Please which one do you use?

Àdear bubelahot, can I get Dr Z's contact please. I have checked but can't find it

bubelahot:
Had my baby in Houston Methodist sugar land in 2016. Used Dr Z but used the peaditrician" gentle hands". and My son's circumcision was neatly done.

Saw a cheap deal of N357 on emirates. You can check that out

Waarreng:
Please did you pay the doctor before applying for the visa? Thanks

I saw a deal of N357 via wakanow for Emirates. Maybe you can check it out.

ayenikunle:
So, I have been looking forward to share my POE experience even before getting my visa. Thank God it was approved yesterday and hope to share it soon. Cheap flight deals needed pls... for March ending, LOS to IAH.. is there any other place I can check apart from travelstart?

Hi dear, please I sent you a PM kindly respond

Adedoyin2108:
Good afternoon ladies

Baby girl arrived on the 3rd of January 2018 at Houston Northwest Medical Center through vaginal delivery.
Breakdown of cost:
Dr Xydas: 2000
Hospital: 2000
Induction: 200*
Stress test: 200*
Epidural: 650*
Hospital peadiatrician: 675 (the normal fee is much higher, this is the The Healthy Baby Package rate)
Pathology: 97 (after discount)
Peadiatrician(after discharge): 75
Birth certificate: 75 (plus delivery charge)
Passport: 160 (expedited)
Visa on arrival 190
*these are optional

I got baby's birth certificate 18 days after birth, 22/1; it was delayed cos of the adverse weather. It's 23 per copy but I paid 75 because I ordered it online (http://houstontx.gov/health/BirthCert/) and it was delivered to me next business day. To save time, I booked my appointment at the passport agency while waiting for the birth certificate. I booked two appointments actually, with different email addresses just in case [(https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/apply-renew-passport/hurry.html)
(https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/apply-renew-passport/apply-in-person.html)]
When booking the appointment, it's important to indicate that you need the passport same day in order to obtain a visa. After I got the birth certificate, I went for the passport interview the next day, 23/1. My husband wasn't present for the interview, but he was around for the baby's birth so we notarised in the US. If your husband isn't coming to the US, it's best to notarise the document at the US embassy before travelling to the US, notarising at a Nigerian notary public is no longer accepted. I got the US passport same day and sent the email for visa on arrival that night, got approval on Thursday 25/1 (https://immigration.gov.ng/visa-on-arrival/) and travelled on Monday 29/1 via Lufthansa. I had called Lufthansa customer care a day earlier to book a bassinet seat.
I got to Lagos on the 30th, straight to visa on arrival office, presented the approval and other docs, filled a form, paid the fee and baby was stamped in for a month.

NB: Got the Social security number in less than 2 weeks


Thanks to everyone for sharing info on this thread, God bless you all mightily!. To God be the glory!

chibertha:
Sorry to hear that but to the best of my knowledge there is no email add. You can reach them by phone that might help this the number to call
+1 866-888-4439

Thank you dear

Quin17:
Congrats, was a smooth one. Lagos or abj?

Lagos

So we are back to give a tiny bit of what we have learnt from the house that silently assisted us in our first ever application for a US Visa.

Alert!!!!! Very long post...

Sometime in August after my DH and I found out I was pregnant, he came to this tread to enquire as to the best option to take in order to obtain a US visa for birth. We had the options of hiding the pregnancy, obtaining a Visa, using same for holiday purposes in DEC. And later for birth purposes in April. We were however advised by the member of the tread to come clean from the onset and declare real intent of the Visa. After so much prayers, preparation (we read and read and read all the readable on this tread), we got all our documents ready and we booked our appointment together for 8th Feb. 2018. 7:15am. I applied for B2 medical visa while my DH applied for B1/B2 visa. Below is a transcript of our interview.

VO: Good morning
Us: Good morning

VO: can I have your passport please
DH: sure hands them over

VO: what's ur purpose for travelling
DH: vacation
ME: I immediately chip in and say "I plan to give birth in the US" circling my obvious bump.

VO: what your relationship?
DH: she is my wife, we got married in April, 2017

VO: have you ever travelled out of Nigeria before?
DH: yes, in April to Dubai for our honeymoon (VO picks up one passport and flips through to confirm this) she then nods.

VO: okay, and what do you do?
ME: I work in bank ***.

VO: still looking at me for more information she asked again what does your job entails?
ME: I explain in details my job functions ***

VO: okay, how long have you worked there
ME: 6years in march (she looks at her computer and nods as though confirming the answer with what I filled on my DS160 form.

VO: look to DH and askes same question, what do you do?
DH: I am a human development consultant plus I also own an online paint consulting firm.

VO: smiles and says "that's a first for me" what does a human development consultant entail?
DH: launches into detailed explanation of his work...offering training for individuals, businesses, corporate etc on skills acquisition et al.

VO: DO you have any staff working for you?
DH: mostly freelancers paid on commission basis

VO: can I see your statement pls
DH: sure and passes part1 of the statement ( note that DH statement was quite bulky - about 1146 pages but we stapled them very neatly and placed each part neatly in labelled envelopes)

VO: looks through the first statement (dollar) and picks out a payment of USD25k paid in much earlier (Oct last yr) and withdrawn the next day. She asked who paid in this $25k?
DH: my sister, but it was for a purpose to assist her do something, it wasn't "dashed".
VO: smiles and says I know, dash never gets that high.

VO: flips through the naira statement and asked for part 2 of the statement,she randomly flips through and goes to the last page of the statement

VO: where did you do your most recent training?
DH:*** community

VO: how did you get paid?
DH: ***,*** & sales of materials.

VO: nods ( I am thinking she is correlating this with the very bulky statement of account)

VO: do you have a personal statement of account
DH: yes but I didn't bring it along cos I plan to use my business to fund the trip.

VO: how long have you worked as this?
DH: about 8 years

VO: but your statement shows that this account was opened in Sept, 2017
DH: yes, along the line, I had to switch and do something else. I only got back to doing this about a year ago, decided to register a new company and start afresh.

VO: so do you have a doctor yet?
ME & DH: yes and hands her the Dr correspondence (I carefully highlighted each conversation with the doctor and labeled it as 1st msg, 2msg etc so as not to stress the VO)

VO: carefully goes through the correspondence and asked what is your budget for this trip?
DH: 17k - 20k, I hand over the budget sheet.

VO: almost didn't look at it. Types, types,types
DH & I: silent prayer prayer prayer

Eventually, the VO looks ups at us, gathered our documents smiles and says keep all your documents and take them to the POE as your may need them......congrats your visa has been approved, hands us the white paper and dishes some info. Which in truth, I was too excited to recall.

DH & I: (big smile on our faces)Thank you.

VO: you may consider printing statement for smaller periods for the POE because what you have here today is overwhelmingly
DH: sure, thank you.

I was shocked, relieved as well as excited. I went out of the room and did a small dance We wanted this so bad and it seems the odds were against us given that we hadn't gotten Visa before nows (virgin passports) and I was already pregnant. I thank God for this tread which assisted us make the right informed decisions.

LESSONS LEARNT:

1) NEVER EVER use an agent to fill your DS-160 form. Trust me, the form is pretty straight toward and there are some information that an agent might not put much thought to. But if you do it yourself you have all the right information in there and can't be thrown off balance.

2) Discovering this thread is one of the best things that can happen to a first timer. Don't go for the quick fix. Take time and read read read. You will become even more informed than the so called agents.

3) Truth is Paramount to these VO and in the entire process. We declared our true intention despite discouragement from family and we eventually proved them all wrong. We can go to the POE without any doubt or fears knowing that the truth has been told.

4) In situation like ours, its always best to go together. You never can tell what questions may come up. For instance if I was asked to explain in details what my husband does, I don't think I would have done such a good job as he did nor will I be able to remember the last community he trained vis versa.

I will be back shortly to give my smooth POE story IJN...

Now onto the next agenda, flight tickets...any houston based mum with good ticket deals for 2nd week in April? Kindly share.

Thank to my NL family and may God answer all our silent prayers. Amem...

N/B:
We took the under listed documents to the embassy
1) Doctors correspondence
2) budget sheet
3) Comprehensive bill from the doctor, covering Dr fee, Hosp fee etc
4) Appointment letter
5) DS- 160 confirmation page
6) My doctor's report
7) passport photographs ( same as what was used to complete the DS-160 form)
Bank reference from my employer
9) My salary account statement
10) My mutual funds statement of account
11) DH reference letter for account
12) DH bank statements
13) Marriage certificate and newspaper publication (We still bear single status on our passports)
14) Land documents (To prove ties back home)

We didn't print our GTBank receipt and that cost us precious time and money.

Eugene111:
Thanks Chibertha...
Can you kindly write me the name or site of the hospital you used in Houston?

Thanks

My email add. Is chiomzbabe@gmail.com

Thanks