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Terese69:
Thanks a lot for your response lalavita.

I intend to use Dr. Fagbohun so all I have is the generic email he sent me stating that he is happy to have me as his patient and he does not accept advance payment, neither does the hospital (oakbend). He also attached the cost of services in the email so I intend to take those with me to my interview. I wonder if that will suffice. I have never had a baby in the US before, this is actually my first pregnancy.

I haven't booked an accommodation yet, however I intend to use soulcare concierge. I have email correspondences with them and also the quote they sent me. So I will take those too. I have my bank statements and budget sheet already, pay slips for the past 6 months, letter from my boss confirming my maternity leave and an introduction letter from my company. Is there anything else I should take with me?

Bravo ! You have done well. I guess it was the 3months stay and travelling with your mum that gave you away. I guess they just want to see your burden of proof. Some people on this thread were also invited and they were granted visa after the interview,so no worries. I wish you all the best.

Terese69:
I applied to renew my B1/B2 visa via drop box last week. I just got an email from the embassy asking me to come for an interview. Should I be scared? Has anyone been in a similar situation? Any tips/advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys.

You will need to give more information,so that we will know how to advice you. Did you have a child in America in the past?

100dollarbills:


General nor be so ooo! Na hustling ur boy dey o! The cheapest ticket (Airfrance) to New York is N1.2m (just me, wifey and my son). Na so i provoke my annoyance carry vex enter hustling wether ground for level small If u have head-ups as per cheaper flight ticket lemme know pls

Professor Emeritus Fredoricko
Chloe7
Shine Jackie

Una boy dey local o, I nor even reach state! Una be federal! Na ghost mode i dey o!

Guy, try check wakanow.com. i see some cheap New York tickets there depending on your travel date . You fit get Delta Airlines for like 640k for una three.

teeboztb:
Hi All,

I have been following this thread quietly for a while now because i desire that my wife delivers our baby in the US. I am presently considering Atlanta for logistic reasons but also considering cost. It appears a couple of people are heading towards phoenix.

Can someone please spell out the likely cost implications of having a baby (VAGINAL AND CAESAREAN PLEASE) in phoenix from registration to delivery.

If you are thinking of going the Phoenix route, MIHS (Maricopa Intergrated Health Service) seem to be your best bet for now.Google them and check out their self pay deals for pregnant women and also check out budget spread sheet posted by Phema and some other people on this thread.. I guess with that,you are good to go

sayoberry:
Lol I'm an Ibadan mama o. Compression socks ke? Na wheelbarrow socks I buy o when I go all the big chemist and I no see, I carry my money buy #100 socks and wear am and I wear boot join.

Haba sayoberry! I'm sure ib city is not that bad now. I am almost certain Kunle-Ara or Danax will have it.

lesplus1:
I got a ticket to houston for 289k yesterday. I was considering doing lagos-new york but after after adding flights ticket from NY to houston and maybe 1night hotel bill. It didn't make much sense....

I agree with you,289k for Houston is not a bad deal at all after considering all,if you had bought lagos - New York an added domestic flight and hotel money,i am sure your bill will climb 300K+ infact you have done well.

Newmum0615:
Good morning mamas & papas in the house, is anyone travelling in May with Delta? Just called their ticket office and the price they gave me made my eye water! N391k something. Biko nu, does anyone have a better alternative? On wakanow, the same ticket and date goes for N338,095 & 377,623. I have never booked tickets through an agent b4 except with Dubai and I hear that if u experience challenges or want to change dates, that it is difficult when u use any agent. Anyone with useful info, please help out.
Thanks.

Try wakanow on Lagos- New York Route ( leaving lagos on 15/5/15 and returning on 30/7/15) Virgin atlantic,BA and Delta are all between 210k/220k. If you get a suitablle date,i would advice you call their office and find out if you can change return date for a liitle fee before you go ahead and pay.. You can then buy a domestic airline ticket from New york to whereever you are going.

dittobaby:
If I may continue,

Now, the issue on ground now is that my son doesn't have a US visa. I just got his interview date today which is in April.
How do I prepare for this? Do I go with him like I'm the one preparing for the interview with all my burden of proof? I am thinking they might now want to question me based on my child birth since they did not have the opportunity the last time Or do I stay back and let my husband take him (he his not traveling with us but joining us after the baby is born).

I dont think who takes your son for the visa interview matters,i think what matters here is that whoever is taking him should be prepared with your burden of proof,since the reason for your sons trip is that he is accompanying you for child birth. You just might be lucky and they might not ask to see much,but it is better to be prepared just in case they ask.

demiiii:
Hello guys,

I need urgent advise on this. You guys have been really helpful.

My self and my child have 2yrs Visa we got in 2014, we travelled in the same year and spent 2 to 3weeks. we currently in naija. While we were dere, my hubby applied for d visa for the 1st time stating he was going for a conference for enterpreneurs in a state he knew nobody. He wasn't given d visa. This was around october

What should he do?

I would advice that your husband should reapply and go for the interview just after you have gone and his reason for travelling should be that he is going to join his wife who is having a baby there.There is no big deal about it,there are people on the thread that were denied visa on 2/3 diffrent occations and were finally given ,and most of these denials were within 6months, so your husband does not have an issue.
Did you say he was denied because he was going to a state where he knew no one,what happened to hotel accomodation reservation or dint he make a hotel reservation?
I would advice him to try Abuja this time around,though i doubt it makes much diffrence anyway,but lets believe the ppl that say they are nicer VO'S in Abuja.
If he is asked about his last interview,he should be truthful and tell them exactly what transpired,because they will have it on record.
If asked where he will be staying,he should give them the same address you did,since his reason for travelling it to be with you during child birth
He should go with the Following:
Photocopy of your passport information page and visa page.
Your hospital and doctors correespondence.
Evidence to show he can afford the trip & to show ties to home country e.g. bank statements, Cof O of landed property,houses etc
Evidence to show what he does for a living e.g. letter of employment,pay slip,letter from his employer stating he is going on vacation, but if he owns his own business ,he should go with documents to prove this.

Phema:
Bless you too!
He's doing very well. And the "bun in the oven"?

@ Phema
What are you people baking again o, are you sure its not buns and puff puff this time around,double for the trouble lol

beepearl03:
Hello everyone pls I'm new here but I will like if you can be of help to me.I will like to give birth in u.s precisely columbus ohio because that is where I have a relative there but I don't even know how to go through everything. hospital charges and doctors charges.I saw riverside hospital and mount carmel east but it's only delivery charges that is there without charges like epidural and pediatrician and all other things.
Thanks for all the advice in anticipation

Go back to the hospital website,there should be a way of contacting the hospital and doctors affiliated with this hospital,this can be done by mail or phone and ask them for a detailed bill break down

oluwafunkenny:
@dere5,

good day, a friend just mentioned that Ben Taub hospital is cheap and that she will be going there. immediately I heard the name, I remembered it was mentioned here and was traced to you. please before she enters one chance, do you have any reservation for the hospital?

Anyone with information on this can please assist.

thanx

Sorry,cant give you any 1st hand info on Ben Taub,i just know it a hospital in houston. But since you asked,i decided to do a bit of research on them,so i google d "ben taub review" they had some bad reviews but the majority of the reviews i read were good.. you can check their web site and also google their reviews and draw your own conclusion.

demi2000:
Dear E-fam
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@ demi2000
Na wah o,the cbp officer sabi you from 9ja,abi he was sent to frustrate your american birthing waka?
All these plenty wahola on top of say person won born for yankee and she get her money to pay bills,abi e pass so?
Any way,we thank God for a successful poe

Riz2015:
Hi Guys, I was wondering if any of beautiful and optimistic people can help me.

Me and my wife is in USA on b1/b2 visa Untill end of July, my wife is pregnant and our baby is due first week of June, I have been told to go to ben taub Hospital.

It's only me and my wife here since its first baby I am running around like headless chicken.I was wondering what would be the process.
I have taken my wife to ibne Sina in southwest and they gave me confirmation of her pregnancy and told me to apply for chup as far as I am concerned I am not us resident on b1/b2 visa.any help would be much appreciated.
Kind Regards
Riz

If you were told to go to Ben Taub i am guessing you are in the Houston axis. So you should search for hospitals and doctors in that axis and tell them you are paying cash,so that you can get the self pay discount.
Dr Fagbohun and oakbend hospital is a good place to start.
On no account should you take anyform of medical aid o,except you and your wife dont have any plans of coming back to the Us ever again,because visa renewal would almost be impossible if you do that.
With a bit of research on the old and new thread,you should be ok.

slanliz007:
Yes this helps. Thanks a lot But do you advise I purchase the ticket from Nigeria here or when I arrive New york I should purchase the ticket from the airport I decide to leave from?

I will advice you to buy it from 9ja,infact buy i will advice you buy it as soon as possible. Because the sooner you buy it the cheaper it will be. Pls dont wait till you get to new york before buying it o. A ticket that will cost you $150 if you buy it lke 4wks before the date might end up costing you about $800 if you wait till the day of travel.

slanliz007:
Hello everyone,

Please for those of us that landed in Newyork and then moved on to Houston, please I need some very important information from you guys.

Although I have bought my ticket to houston direct, however I am planning to change my poe to Newyork.

So I need to know how you got a domestic flight from new york to houston details and possibly accommodation in new york that is if you stayed in an airport hotel.

Thank you.

For the flight from New york to Houston,i will suggest Southwest Airlines because they are one of the few local airlines that allows you to carry up to two 23kg bags (46kg) free,most of the others will charge you for load. For hotel accomodation,you can try booking.com and search for hotes close to JFK or Laguardia Airports. Hope this helps.

Oresmum:
Send me a message for the details.

@ oresmum
Sent you a pm for the 9ja visa guy contact in dallas.

mumcshyn:
@dere5 Thanx for the info.were you able to book your flight on LOS - JFK route withe them because I can't find JFK on there website.

They definitly fly Los-Jfk route,maybe their promo for that route is over.You can try wakanow.com or travelstart.com.ng,you are likely to get good deals there

mumcshyn:
gud morning mother i got my visa last week monday.i will be travelling with ETHIAD AIRLINE by 1st week in april pls i need first hand information abt the no of hours for the stop over in abu dhabi and how convinient is it to travel with a two year old on ethiad.GOD BLESS

Diffrent flights have diffrent stopover times,it all depends on your particular flight, some 4hrs,others up to 11hrs. Just make sure you check both legs( To and From)

@ olokings
@ Amazing85

I have replied your pm's. Pls check

Luckychild2015:
Hello house, Can I travel to USA with cash of $4000 and cash of #1m naira,? Dollar rate is high @ the moment ,I was lucky to get PTA of $4k.
If I tell the CBP officer that I have cash of $4k and cash of #1m will that be a problem? My POE is JFK. Urgent response pls.

Haba! Dont even make the mistake of taking 1M in cash to the US,1st of all,you will be drawing unneccesary attention to yourself,because i guarantee you,the cbp officer would count it to the last kobo before he converts it to know the exact dollar equivalent,after all that stress you wont even get a place to exchange it to dollars. Just bank the 1M in your account and get a card and inform your bank that they should open your card because you plan to use it in the Us . Moreover,you can use your debit card for almost any payment over there,so why the stress of carrying that much cash around

olokings:
@kanuvivian. Please thank you for mentioning Dallas. I've been combing thru the posts for anyone who birthed in Dallas.
I've been searching for choices such as JPS, Arlington Med Centre.
Please cud u ve kind enough to avail me info such as affordable accommodation, and do either of those 2 hospitals have hidden charges. Your experience there could really come in handy.
My wife is going to Dallas by Aug 1st. Flight tickets confirmed. She's a Sept/Oct mum to be... this is our no. 3..buh 1st for delivery at the US.. adoptif we were at new York for family vocation oct-nov 2014.
Are there naija communities in Dallas so she can mingle while she's there before I join her b4 delivery.
Tnx nuch

Dallas is not a very popular sport with 9ja mums and most ppl that go there go there because they have family there.
There is a 9ja woman in Arlington that i saw her email address on this thread that provides accomodation ,feeding, transportation to shopping and hospital appointments,all for a fee. Pm me for her email if you want to go that route.

I remembered my 1st trip abroad to chicago,that was how i woke up in the middle of the night and saw light and i quickly rushed to charge my phone and iron my clothes, only to remember that i was in Amee and not 9ja

Another one was one night a friend left the door of his apathment wide open for a while,na him i beging quarel am say mosquitos go enter house o

Ochioraumu:
hello everyone. sorry to take you all back to something that appears to be a closed case. if you read my post on 12th February, i am the chicago lady who was sent back dues to different misunderstandings in my application.

So,so sorry that you could not get the expidited appointment. I still believe you should still show up for your april appointment if you can since you have paid for it ,even though you cant use the visa for birthing anymore i believe its an oppotunity to give your side of the storey and explain yourself,they just might give you the visa even though they know you wont use it for birthing. There was the case of a woman tha applied for visa to go for birthing and lost the pregnancy before the interview and they still gave them the visa.
In the case of your husband,he can still use the visa for vacation,since its a multiple entry visa. I was given a us visa sometime ago for a confrence,but could not attend due to some reasons,but i later used the visa for vacation some months later and no issues were raised at poe,was just asked why i couldnt make the confrence and i told them my reason,which was i took ill.

[ajobi21 post=31350364][/quote]@mummyprincess and @airpure I never meant that as an insult o, that's why I said correct me if I am wrong. I apologise if it came across as such. With your explanation, I like that you said you don't have to wait to be turned back before showing all your cards, so thank you for teaching me something new. we hear different things about answer only what you are asked, that's why I had that feeling. I'm glad I spoke my mind and got corrected.

@ ajobi
Other on this thread should learn from you. This is a very matured and civilised way to behave,if it was someo other persons by now this issue would have draged on to another 2 or 3 pages

Omodaraju:
Please help answer this question in details. My cousin needs guidance on this.

What exactly do you need to take back to the embassy if the VO has held on to your passports and requested that you return with a birth plan. Is it just the travel budget sheet.

If anyone has encountered this issue, please assist

Aso include doctor and hospital correspondence also add accomodation booking if you are not staying with family and friends

Terese69:
Please does anybody have any information on obgyns and hospitals in Dallas? Does anyone have any Dallas experience to share?

Thanks in advance

Google dr dennis abass,someone mentioned him sometime ago

mamacajah:
In the last thread, the use of arik was discussed and most preggy mums discarded it becos of their policy. Arik does not fly any pregnant woman over 28weeks. You end up being stressed and buying another ticket. Their website information is not accepted for international flights but I think someone wrote here of using the policy to fly their plane locally while pregnant. This seems to me that the 34weeks is valid only for local flights but for international definitely 28weeks max. Hope this helps.

I guess Arik strict fit to fly policy started when a pregnant woman on their Lagos/new york flight went into labour mid air and they had to divert the flight to somewhere in Europe, And this must have cost them some serious money. So i guess once bitten twice shy.

mummyprincess:
Wow! Congrats Sayo, may God continue to bless you and your little ones.

@ mummyprincess
Haba! Na wa for grilling o. These cbp officers are becoming very nasty o. Make God just help us..
Congrats on your poe exploits

MrMandilas:
thanks a lot. Pls do u have any hospital and doctor i can use?

My brother! Hospital plenty. There is oackbend in Houston,drresparati in Elpaso, MIHS in Phoenix etc. Send me a pm before justwise go come flex muscle.