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salawu5: Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,

A good news from here...I got into Houston this morning with Madam Via United Airline and had a serious 3 hours row with the POE who threatened to handcuff me because i was raising my voice. all in all the guys from Doctores Para TI did a good work as they confirmed we are being expected, I was made to pay 300 USD fine for failure to declare prohibited foods like Ponmo and Garlic. The dollars i carried was counted note to note. We are presently chilling in Houston before heading to Indianapolis where Madam we have our baby, Wishing all the intending travellers to the United States a safe trip and Allahs favour and we should try as much as possible to harm ourselves with enough informations as possible.

Thanks to everyone out here for your contributions and criticism.

Indianapolis? Isnt doctoresparati in El Paso? You are very brave, from the email you put from doctoresparati it looks like they have to confirm your arrival. Please excuse me if I am wrong, is what you are saying is that you paid doctoresparati to get a letter from them to lie to customs and use at POE?

firsttimer: Hallo my fellow Nigerians, hope the babies r kicking well and I hope all mothers are doing great? God is still on the Throne and God will see parents thru in this course.

Desertorange71, I have come again o. I have very important questions for you even though I guess it has bn said in this forum before.

1. How was the post delivery in El Paso?
2. How fast was the processing of the birth certificate?
3. How did you go about the issue of Nigerian Passport/Visa for your baby since El Paso is far from all Nigeria Embassies?
4. How fast was the processing of the Social Security Number? and finally
5. How many weeks did it take to process all these documents.

This is the best I can do for my wife as I cant help carry the baby, I am sure your husband was superb too. God bless us all in Jesus name.

Hello Firsttimer,
I hope I can answer answer as best to clear everybody's doubts. One thing I must point out is that the letter of medical responsability that they send is very thoughtfully written. The people who have enrolled know what Im talking about. It is a big help if you decide to use it, and it is an extra step thet they take to trying to help international patients. Here are the answers to your questions, If there are more, Ill try to answer them all as soon as I can God bless

1. All very well, and it was included for myself in the obstetric package.
2. I followed the advice of one one the previous patients on this forum and expedited the birth certificate via vitalchek.com which doctoresparati has that info on the website.
3. Also, I got the information from this forum (god bless all the people that have contributed to this forum) and got an attorney to apply for the visa while in El Paso. I have to admit, when I told other patients here many were surprised. I didnt know if it was possible and I was ready to go to washington like everybody else. Fortunately that was not necessary. BTW, even the people at doctoresparati were surprised when I mentioed this was possible!
4. I think it was less than 2 weeks
5. If you move and do all things as you are supposed to, it is possible to have your documents (passport/visa) ready in 2 weeks. I wasnt in a big hurry and wasted some time so i ended up leaving a month after delivery. I think its always best to plan as if its going to be a month.

Also, as many people have stated, houston and atlanta are not the best place to do your POE. I heard many stories about the officials returning anybody and evrybody they see pregnant from the Nigeria. Best options are new york (jfk) and dallas to El Paso. El Paso officers are great! Very kind and friendly, you will have no problem when you arrive to El Paso.

Kayjay23: Thanks a lot Desertorange71! Again like Oliver Twist if you do not mind I have the following questions:
1.) At the embassy when you were applying for your visa, did you show them the invitation/responsibility letter from the hospital at elpaso?
2.) what did you tell the consular officer your purpose of going to the US was?
3.) What was your point of entry? And what was your experience like?
4.) Apart from the enrolment fees did you make any other payments to the hospital in Elpaso before your visa appointment?
5.) At what stage of your pregnancy did you travel?
so sorry, I am asking all too many questions, but I just want to learn from your successful case.

Thanks in advance and regards to the baby!

Kayjay23,
No problem, i hope i can help as many people on this forum as i was helped too.

1. I had the letter of medical responsability and was instructed to tell the truth by doctoresparati. Although i did have the letter i was not asked for it. Yes, a little bit of luck too,
2. The truth
3. New York, entry was very easy and i also prepaid my medical expenses which was very helpfull at POE because i was asked to prove my solvency for which I had my receipt from doctoresparati. I recommend that everybody prepay if possible
4. Yes. As stated above. I only paid the obstetric fees ($2500)
5. I arrived at 34 weeks

Kayjay23,
The invitation letter was my exact same problem since I had family and friends in other cities but wanted to use Doctoresparati in El Paso. Once you enroll you will receive a letter of medical responsability/invitation from them which is basically the same same but from a medical institution, although it does state in their website that nothing guarantees your visa (which I also appreciate the honesty). It doesnt make sense that someone would invite you and you not go so their city so this letter from them is also the best option.

I will try to answer all questions as best as I can when i come back

firsttimer: Good day to you my fellow Nigerians. I have taken my precious time to read from page1 to the very last page and I have been on this site for a while and I am so happy to be a Nigerian despite discouraging attitude of our political leaders. I seen people so passionate about helping others, I have read people arguing and becoming friends in the name of helping others, I have seen sincere people even with their personal disappointment were still able to come here and share their experiences. I honestly don't want to mention names because I wont finish the list,I can only ask God to continue to bless everyone of you guys.

After, several phone calls and emails to different hospitals and Doctors in cities like MD, Virginia, Atlanta and sleepless night on where to go, we made up our minds based on the review on this site and the winner is El Paso, Texas with due respect to others. There responses was superb, we paid the $150 and got our medical responsibility letter which was addressed to US Embassy in Nigeria but later wrote to them that we have our visa already and they changed the address to the Custom and Border Protection for use at the POE. We have also paid part of the money and the receipt was sent to us almost immediately.

Now, my questions goes to DESERTORANGE71 since she recently got back from El Paso:
1. How was your experience as regard mobility like in El Paso? Did you hire a car ? if YES, how much please?
2. How was feeding like? did you eat out all through?
3. How easy was shopping in El Paso?
4. Did you also stayed at Intown suites?

Thanking you as you take your time to ans my questions.

I want to use this opportunity to also say a big CONGRATULATIONS to the new mothers and all the very best to the mothers-to-be. God is still on the Throne and it is well with us all in Jesus name.

firsttimer,
1. Mobility was very easy, taxi cab service is available at El Paso International airport and always available by phone (although not through doctoresparati). From experience I recommend that you get an international drivers lisence and rent a car (although the clinic is walking distance from Intown Suites). I met other Nigerians there that rented car, although they also mention that they did get an international drivers lisence, but they were not asked for it at the rental place (also at the airport), so its worth a try if you dont have an international lisence. They told me renting car is about $50 a day, but I think its worth it even though some malls are walking distance too.

2. Although we did want to try the food in El Paso, (delicious, specially Mexican food) we also stayed at Intown Suites because we wanted to be able to eat in our hotel if we wanted to (rooms have a small kitchen). I do have to point out that the prices in this city are a lot lower than other cities i have been to so that was also a pleasant surprise.

3. Shopping was fantastic, there are several very nice malls very close to Intown Suites and we were there when they just opened a new one. Rodolfo (from doctoresparati) told us where everything was with regards to shopping and had some funny jokes regqrding that. They really go out of their way to accomodate the international patients. I have to say, shopping is a little too easy in El Paso

4. Yes we did stay at Intown Suites. We paid $168 + tax. We have family in other cities but even paying for our hotel, the prices and service are unbeatable. We are very satisfied with our experience. As you mentioned, you can tell from the begining just with the enrollment and the proptness of their response time. God bless all and may all experience a safe trip.

wunmi38: Goods day all,
I wish everyone seeking a better tomorrow for our children the very best, I need some assistance here, the ELPASO area in Texas I need some1 that has recently used the place ans also used any of the suggested hotels and house help to place give me and update on what it is like in tat area, I have locating a close Person around the place its not been easy and I also got a site that also says they help in getting a very goods and affordable hospitals and also guide through all d process till you leave the states and charges are very affordable though I have mailed but still expecting response on cost using them I don't if any has used them before family overthere ar finding it difficult to get cheap and affordable hospitals around them its either they don't want to or they are goods busy to do so.
I will need all the assistance I can get becose I need take a decision on that this month. The other site am talking about is http://www.deluxechildbirth.com/ if we have anyone in d huse thata any info abt them please give advice on how to deal with them.
I have pple in winscosin, chicago I need a goods affordable hospitals or close states to this places I will be glad.
Thank you

I just came back from El Paso, TX after following the advice and recommendation of this thread. Thank the good Lord to all the forum members that have contributed, the experience was magnificent! I previously had my first child in the US but the whole experience was not good at all so I decided to do as much research as possible this time around. Thank you to all the members who stated the differences between doctoresparati.com and other hospitals as well as all the links provided in this thread where I was able to verify for their great service.

After much research, my husband decided to email a few of the clinics and hospitals regarding our delivery. Basically, from the begining the people at doctoresparati were a lot more attentive and correspondence was immidiate. It also helps a lot that from the moment we contacted them and enrolled you can see that they know exactly what they are doing in terms of international patients, it was a big difference from our first experience in Atlanta. I think that this is definately the place to go if you want the best service at the most affordable cost (and they gave me an orientation when we arrived and talked about this, so amazing). I think that it is very easy to choose based on service, just email all the hospitals you are considerring and see which ones respond the fastest with the most accurate information, for us it was doctoresparati.