Weperwema:
@ Everyone Pls I need clarification with this Annotation on the visa page.

DW went for interview and was granted Visa
During the interview she on her own informed the VO that she was pregnant even though she just applied to go on vacation with me this December(I have visa already and traveled before).The V.O asked if she intends to give birth in the US and she responded by saying.... that would be next year in February.The V.O then said he would put that in her records but that she should inform them at the POE when she is doing and get necessary papers ready.Now she is considering going to deliver next year January because the allowed office leave for the December is just for fewer days than expected.She is now planning to deliver in Missouri.

How can we know what Annotation is on her visa?
Would she have any challenge at the POE even with all her possible compliance?

From what you wrote down here,I think what the VO meant was that he would record it In her interview transcript that she mentioned that she would love to use the visa for delivery. As we have been made to understand on this forum that CBP do pull up visa interview transcripts at poe

ugoguchy:
[This was how my own interview was the first time i got a visa,i went for my vacation and came back and travelled to have my baby,can u believe that i did drop box and was called for a follow up and during the interview the VO said i didnt declare i was going to give birth that she can only see i said i was pregnant but nothing like i would return to have my baby,i was shocked to my bones,i even showed her d paper the last VO gave me with requirements of wat i will need if am travelling back to have my baby,but the VO wasnt having it,that was how my interview took a left turn and i was denied,i hope it wont be your case becos it wasnt funny at all,i was truthful in all even at d POE...
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Hope you have reapplied, maybe that particular Vo woke up on the wrong side of the bed that day. I'm sure if you reapply, you might meet a reasonable vo

ladeonas:


you wont get a response, you are meant to print out the confirmation letter go to DHL and drop your passport. then pick it up a week later.

all the best

I thought you are suppose to get a mail from the embassy informing you that your passport is ready for collection at dhl

meadows:
In d spirit of giving back.... I have been a silient reader and I must say dis thread is d best thing dat has happened to me dis year.. I have applied for America visa 3 times with my family for vacation and we have always been denied, today God did it for me. I went with my son and my mum for child birth... Below is my transcript .....
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Finally some breath of good news.
Congratulations,this would go a long way in encourage others.

Benekruku:
Hello All, someone should please help with Dr Fagboun contact. It's an emergency.

Drop your email or send a pm

agwuda:


pls can u send me Dr Z or Dr F contacts, my email is elegantjoy81@yahoo.com. thank you

Sent. Check your email.

Terese69:

Accommodation - After my horrible experience living with a family friend during my last missionary journey, I decided to rent a one bedroom apartment via Airbnb. Paid $3,400 for 11 weeks. God blessed me with the most fantastic airbnb host ever. I can't sing her praises enough. She made sure I had everything I needed in the apartment to make me comfortable. She bought a dry mill blender so I could blend my banga and pepper soup spices, bought a bassinet for my baby, books and toys for my toddler daughter and a sweater for my mum when it got cold. She took me to my doctor appointments, to the hospital, passport appointment, shopping, sightseeing and then returned to pick me up afterwards when she could. She took me to pick my husband up from the airport when he arrived and even went to drop him when he was returning. Upon my departure, her car was too small to fit me and my countless bags so she rented a truck just so she could drop us off at the airport. At the airport, she helped with my bags and paid a trolley guy to move my bags to the check in area before leaving. All this she did at no extra cost to me. Even when I offered to buy her fuel for her car, she'd vehemently refuse and tell me I am spending enough already as it is. This is a total stranger o, oyibo woman at that. Someone I didn't know from Adam and had never met before. I was beyond amazed at her hospitality and generosity. She saved me a lot on transportation and made my trip a lot easier. She was simply amazing to my family and I. God bless her immensely!b]

This your Airbnb host has passed host and turned friend and family for life o. To have shown you this much kindness,God bless her. In life we find kindness and help at times from people we least expect.

blueblood1:
Hi guys,

Please a quick one. Would airlines allow a Peggy to fly at 35weeks?

Also, if a hospital offers a discount, because u are opting for self pay, and not insurance, should you take it. (The bill was computed with a discount for self pay patients) hope this is not medic aid ooo

Pls check your particular airline for their policy,each have a different policy for flying pregnant women.
Most hospitals in the Us offer this self pay discount and it's totally different from Medicaid.

fola62:
Dear house,

Is it possible to have a baby in a state, get babys birth certificate and SS in the birth state, then travel to another state to process the American passport.

Absolutely nothing wrong in it, infact a lot of people do it.

ALADE4J2:
DW and I are considered El Paso. But the $900.00 and $1,300 per day for mother and child respectively for hospital stay after 2 days is scary. We are now considering Houston Northwestern Medical Center. Please what is their policy for hospital stay beyond 2 days? DW will require a CS.
Thank you.

Don't they have a cs package?

Adedoyin2108:
Hello Nairalanders

I must salute the great work you all do here. Just thought to post my visa interview experience. Interview was on Nov 1 in Lagos.

Congrats,it's great to read a success story here after a lot of negative visa refusal stories in recent times. Yours was just favour all the way.

Tshozzy:
Hi Friends,

I am new here. I have read a lot from different post. however, please i have some questions to ask. I intend to go to Northside hospital Atlanta by February to have my baby. I have gotten a quote from them which is 3,550 dollars just for 2 nights excluding other services like PED, GYN etc.

Please can anyone assist with the procedure after getting the bill especially on getting a doctor?

Do i have to pay any upfront to the hospital before getting my appoint letter?

Also between Atlanta and Maryland please which is more expensive to give birth?

Thank u so much

With regards to upfront payments,it depends on the hospital,some do require you to,while others don't..
Hospitals in Maryland is more expensive than Atlanta in my opinion.

hotlarry:
Good morning house, a quick one, please can one tell them at the POE that you r staying at a hotel or mother care centre? If yes what document do you need to provide/ present for confirmation? Thanks for responses.

For hotel,I guess you should have a print out of your hotel reservation.
And for the mother care center you should have a receipt of your payment and the phone number of your host handy,so that if they are in doubt they can call

Osinowoosibanjo:
Hello,

I must confess, thumbs up to the brain behind this forum. The most reative and educative forum so far. My wife is May mother and am planning she shld go and birth in U.S but she will be accompany my mother. Have started gathering information and i will start the application in February 2018.

Pls can someone share a template how a budget sheet look like.

Thank you.

Just type budget sheet on the search space on top of this page and narrow it down to travel section

talk2jt:
Hello Guys,

I have a question. My friend and his family got their US visa in 2015. They have traveled twice btw 2015 and 2016. This year his wife went to give birth, she's back now, she didn't spend up to 6 months. So he tried to renew their visa through dropbox but they were told to appear for an interview. Does anyone know why this might have happened? He also stated that they made all payments in America for the birth of their son. Thank you guys.

They must have noticed that she stayed unusually long on her last trip,most likely that's why she was invited for the interview.They might want to confirm what she was doing in the Us for that long a time. Since you said she had a baby,she should go with evidence of payment for all medical services received and if possible a letter of zero balance also.

nobody09:
please does a preggy lady need to carry along a medical report from her doctor here in naija to go for her interview?

Not really,but she has to carry along correspondence between her and her Us Dr & hospital.

Supernaturalone:
Download southwest mobile app and use that instead, for your booking.

Thanks for this info,most appreciated o.

goobyparks:
Pls house, Is it possible to bring back a baby to Nigeria and then do d baby's US passport in Nigeria. (A woman did this abt 8yrs ago wen custom stamped just one month stay for her.) Dunno if it's still possible now.
In my case I was stamped in for 3months. So I have jst 3/4weeks to process baby's papers. It takes abt 3wks to get BC alone in Virginia nt to talk of passport

Won't it come out if you keep calling them everyday?

ogemele:
Pls who knows how to book domestic flights from.naija. southwest airlines to be precise. Am trying to book but it keep showing access denied message.

It use to be very straight forward,but not anymore,it looks like they've bared naija IP addresses. If you know an it expert,he just might be able to go around it.
Or better still,get someone in the Us to do it for you.

From what I've been reading here for some days now,VO's are really very strict these days o,ki lo de?
I think the question that should be addressed now is whether if discounts given to cash paying patients is illegal? Because e be like say the thing dey vex dem no be small o,as it's quite obvious they frown at it these days. It seems they expect us to be paying like $15k for hospital & Dr alone. Abeg where that kine money dey,just to go born pikin?

Bisoye76:
Pls am new on this platform i have 2 major questions bothering my mind.
Am trying to apply for visa to the US inorder to have our baby i already contacted an hospital in Houston and a confirmation letter has already been sent to me without asking for any comitment fee so am wondering if this confirmation letter only can increase my chances of getting our visa.
And am planning to apply and travel with my 3yr old son is it advisable we state we are staying with a friend in US or its better we book an apartment for our stay.
Pls note i have not been to d US before but Uk severally.
Pls ur candid opinion will be appreciated.

Did the confirmation letter sent to you state that they are willing to accept you?
Did it state their prices for services?
Does it have Dr's contact & phone number?
If yes to the above questions then you are good to go.
Which ever option (either you book an accommodation or you stay with a friend) you chose is ok

nefertitiram:

What is claim future salary by faith. Isn't that lying? Anyways, what do I know. I'm just a biafran housewife

You this Nef no go kill somebori,which one be 'Biafran housewife' again?

iykmon:
You can use your existing VISA for giving birth, so far you have the money and you have correspondence with a doctor In the US. You just have to be confident during the interview at the point of entry.
Applying for a new VÏSA will automatically cancel the existing one you have.
Try and read previous trends you will see people that have use their VÏSA other than the reason for previous visit.
All these people want to see is that you return back home and pay your bills and have your receipt. Your job back home matters to the VO. Just the truth is what they want to hear.

I beg to disagree, among other things,it also matters to the VO and the CBP officer at the Poe that you didn't misrepresent,the issue of credibility is also very important to them. The said person might be lucky to get into the us,but who can confidently say her visa would be renewed or not.my 2 cent.

Curiiuz77:
for the doctors bill...for mother and pediatrician bill for baby after delivery

Stay away from Medicaid in whatever form or for whatever reason,na complete bad market

litylity55:
Good evening my people. Pls I need urgent advise and enlightement on this issue.

I got B1/b2 visa for me and my family to go for Easter break last March but we couldn't make the trip due to my work. But we are planning to go by next year Easter which is March ending. But now I discovered my wife is pregnant and we are planing that if we travel that next year March she shd stay back and have the baby and come back after the child birth in Houston. Her due date is ending of June or early July. And we will travel by March ending 2018.

We have family to stay with there but we are yet to get a doctor and hospital for her which I believe we will get by grace of God. My issue is that shd we inform the embassy of change of intent because of point of entry issue, and when buying tickets me am going to stay for just two weeks but she and the kids will stay back until after delivery they will be coming back with new baby. When buying the ticket shd I buy two weeks for my self and like 5months for them cos of the duration of her coming back. Pls advise me am so confused here. Plsss Biko.

The only problem I see here is that your visa was not used for what it was gotten for,so you have two options you might want to explore.
1. This is the ideal option, your wife should do her homework and apply for a new medical visas and come clean.
2.Send the change of intent letter,buy 2wks ticket for yourself and 5months for your wife and kids,and make sure that their (your wife and kids) ticket is a flexible one i.e. that you can change dates for a small fee,don't go and buy those promo tickets where they ask for an arm & a leg when you want to change dates. This route is not advisable cause your wife might have issues renewing her visa.

Renee25:
Hello house, I'm new to this forum. Please i'm in a fix at the moment. I am 12weeks pregnant, though not showing. I applied for a B1/B2 visa for vacation. DH applied through dropbox. I just realized i should have applied for a B2 visa instead. My appointment is on the 19th. I havent made correspondence with any doctor in the US. And right now, it's late to do that since my appointment is next week. Please what do i do?

I will advise you to tell them at the embassy when asked what you are going to do in the us,that you are going to give birth. Intensify your hustle for dr & hospital correspondence,you still have 10days to go.
With regards to the account statement,there is not much you can do at this stage,it would have been better to go with a personal statement,but since its has happened like this just go with your husbands business account and also go with documents to show that the business belongs to him.
As for going to the embassy with dollars? It is not a good idea at all, I have not heard of anyone that did this o.
You'll be fine by his grace.

TripleKMama:
Arrival time JFK?
Pls if u've flown via JFK to Naija, wen did u arrive airport? How many hrs before Departure should I arrive?
Missionary journey winding up sofri sofri. So surreal. Adonbilivit

Flew Delta from JFK to Lagos .I arrived 3hrs before my departure time

LYDIAMOND:
happy new years mamas and daddys
i will be traveling third week from Lagos to Houston.
really confused on food stuffs to travel along with
please i need your help.
will appreciate if i can get a list of food stuff allowed n those not allowed
momas pls help me out on this one as you've always done.

I know things like Palm oil,Snail anything that has chicken,seeds that can germinate are not allowed
Why don't you mention the things you plan to take along and let people tell you if it's allowed or not..

Pls what was the experience like for those that used Egypt Air recently, Did the airline provide transit visa and hotel accommodation for those with long layover?

nefertitiram:
Chanbaby, correct!

Enjoy yourself jare. Sorry about MIL. So sad!


Goodluck with everything.

@chloe7, d prices na helele, r ur dates flexible? Can get you to Ny for 315k, den look for domestic flight to IAH.

Lagos to IAH is above 540k for ur dates. U sure say u no go shift ds trip so? Cos around march u can get to IAD (WAS) for 272k

Madam Nerf ,
Biko, i am interested in the 272k IAD deal for march,it suits my purpose just fine. Pls,can i pm you so that you can tell me where to get it. Thanks

ada87:
Hi all ,I am the lady her husband abused physically sometime in September,I would be due God's grace in a week's time,e hasn't bothered reaching out,but I decided to reach out to ask him on two occasions on what contribution he would make regarding the birth of the baby,he read and ignored,now I am confused on what last name I should give the child,because from all indication he has proven he doesn't want to be involved in the child's life,note I still bear my last name cos we did just traditional marriage,if I give his last name won't father's consent be required and won't I be disturbed at the airport when we want to travel?pls I am open to suggestions pls!thanks

I would advice you to thread cautiously here because this is a very important and sensitive issue,if not for the consent issues,i would have advised you to go ahead and give your child his last name despite all you wrote above that has transpired between the both of you.I have seen and heard of situations where the man behaved far worse than this and at the end fences were mended ( pls note that, in no way do i condone or support his behavior,in fact i find it totally appalling ) I would still advice that if there is a way to go around the consent issues,pls give the child his last name. I know you are hurting now,but this phase would surely pass i guarantee you. Stay well and be strong. Wish you a safe delivery