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Pls pls and Pls i am a novice in all this. Can someone guide me how it is done. I am so surprised. Been a silent reader for few weeks now but didnt put any questions out there cos i wanted to read thru as most of my questions have already been answered.

Can some tell me how the PNP works? need to prepare well for the next one

@wholesomegrace hi. Just found out about the NSPN this morning. Is it too let to apply.

NP am a novice in all this. Only just started the process few weeks ago even tho i have my IELTS and ECA ready already

Just got money off ATM now finally

GTB at N379
Stanbic at 380

Have a wonderful day pple

Hello mums and dads,

Happy new month to u all. Am excited cos my due date is this month- finally. Seems I ave been preggy forever lol.

My question is for this cards usuage Etc in the US. My account officer told me in Gtb that I could take out 300dollars daily to d limit of 1k per month but no show o. Could only take 100dollars daily and sometimes the money wudnt come out saying 'I have exceed my limit' even when I haven't taken any money.

Can u share u card experience pls and also what's up with the 'cash back' option?

Read somewhere I could do a cash back option in shops but I don't really understand how that goes.

Pls share ur experiences pls......just want to get money ready incase of delivery emergencies- God forbid

Thanks in advance mums and dads

Hallo maamas and papas, for those of us playing the waiting game, I recommend u watch this documentary 'The business of being born' done by TV show host Ricky Lake. It an eye opener to what happens during child birth at hospitals in d US.
It would equip u enough to avoid being boxed into d corner to have an influenced delivery against ur will if no complications- after all it's business as usual for the doctors and hospitals anyways.
Just watched it now on Netflix- totally recommend it

YoungMetrosG:
What I usually do is buy a T-Mobile SIM card, with unlimited data, a bit pricey at $100/month but I don't joke with my data limits.
For international calls, you can download the Boss a Revolution app on your smart phone and recharge using their recharge cards. They're sold at gas stations etc. the calls are very cheap. I bought $5 worth in March and for some reason, I checked it yesterday and still have like $3 left. This is with me calling my husband all the time o, sometimes twice a day

Thx a lot for this response- appreciate much

Pls mamas what SIM card should I buy to maximize funds. Don't have dollars to waste.
Emphasizes on international calls and data of course.

Thanks in advance Nlanders

Hallo house,
It seems 'Favour' is all over me thru this my missionary journey.
Got into d US this morning via Dubai on Emirates.
It was a lonnnnnng ride but thank goodness I got some tips from here- I wore my compression socks through out the trip so it help minimize the swollen feet.
Also ordered for a wheel chair to assist me in Dubai and when I landed US and was that a great decision? Yes o. Thx to tips I got in here too.

Came in thru Dallas POA and coupled with d fact that I was on d wheelchair it was such a breeze I was in shock myself.
I was only asked what I was in for and at 33 weeks it was pretty obvious lol. The CBP asked how much I had and I told him $8,450 and he didn't even ask to count it. He then stamped me for 6 mths just like that.Another CBP asked what country I am from and once I said Nigeria, they wrote Agriculture on my custom card.

D guy pushing my wheel chair helped get my luggage(that felt good lol) and we moved to the next immigration point. He asked if d money I declared was in cash and I said yea as I came to have a baby. He asked if it would be enough and I said I have both my credit and debit cards with me. They asked if I had d stmts and I said nope but we could check and he smiled. And said I have been stamped in already.

Sent me over to immigration. Didn't carry any food stuff so I was good. And that was the end of it.

Was so shocked at d ease- all glory to God

chimafranks:
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Hello fitmaama2,
How was ur visa interview. Please give us update.

Interview was in May- went well. i shared my transcript here pls search.

I took a break from NL for a while as i would only b travelling end of this month...... Would share my successful POE transcript with y'all soon IJN.

Good afternoon everyone

vcole:
Congrats fitmaama2, congrats zumabeezle

Thanks alot

i read somewhere on one of these threads that if u go for ur interview as a couple, let the man do the talking. Unless of cos u are asked specifically. i did just that cos with all the drama of the morning i was super nervous already.

Got my hair done on Monday to ensure i look presentable. Wore a free dress too as i am 21 weeks already and my bum is like 30 somethings already lol.


So here is my transcript;
We exchanged pleasantries
VO: Why are you going to the US
DH: For vacation and for the birth of our child- (he said this squeezing my shoulders)
VO: Whats the budget for the trip
DH: $19,500
VO: What do u do for work?
DH: I am the ....................................................
VO: Where in the US are you going to?
DH: McKinney, Texas
VO: Why that choice?
DH: We have a close friend who lives there and recommended
VO: Any correspondence from the doctor/hospital

Now this was were fear catch me...............I handed over what i had to DH who handed over to the VO.

VO collected and went through. He typed in somethings for few minutes and then announced our Visas have been granted.

Bank statements not asked for.....nothing more. It must have been God.

Now is to buy tickets and start PTA hustle. I pray for the same favor from God.

It would end in praise for us all IJN, Amen.

Would keep u all posted.

Hi my good people,

Went for my and DH Visa interview on Tuesday and it was so seamless i started wondering why i was over panicking lol.

Shared my burden of Proof last week and was worried cos the only correspondence i had with the hospital was a flyer used by another NLander and a one liner from the doctors office......and pple adviced i got correspondence. Infact i stopped reading the thread cos i was going hysterical reading pples responses to my post.

So come Tuesday we got there for the 7am interview.

Got in few mins to 7.

walking down to the Embassy, those touts started asking their usual questions, photocopies, passport photos etc and i answered we got it covered till we were asked if we had a coloured copy of our data pages and i told DH i dont have that one o.

The tout insisted we needed it and being novices at the US embassy we said ok....he took us to make d copies and i brought out N200 and we were told its N1k each...i was like WHATTTTTTTTTTTTT....... who does that. Why are u exploiting us like that. The guy said if we ask around its same price imagine. I was madddddddddd.

DH ended up paying N600 for the 2 copies and said i should calm down.

For your information, the DATA PAGES were NOT REQUESTED FOR. It was a scam and we fell for it.

Another experience i'd love to share is ' Ladies, there is NO NEED CARRYING IN UR HAND BAGS TO THE EMBASSY'- most especially if u drove there. I forgot my token, flash drive and power bank in my bag by mistake and we were sent back and almost embarrassed by the security guys.

After seeing these items in my bag, they said to remove it and join the last person on the queue. This was already at 7.20am. They were already calling for the 7.30am applicants. So pple on the queue allowed us to jump the queue and go to the front but the silly security man insisted we go back cos THEY HAD WARNED US AGAINST THINGS TO BRING IN.

DH was so upset insisting the man should use his discretion naaaaaawwwwwww, that this isnt fair but instead he left an instruction at the main gate NOT TO ALLOW THIS COUPLE GO IN UNLESS HE SAYS SO- imagineeeeee.

Just told DH to lets go back and not to give the devil a chance......lol.

After few minutes, the security man now said OYA come forward- NEXT TIME LISTEN TO INSTRUCTION......imagine.

I didnt say a word. Just entered lol.

My next post would be on the transcript proper. I am glad i can share my own real life experience for others to learn from

Hi my darling NLanders,

I would like to share with u my checklist for mine and my DH interview on Tuesday;

*Budget Sheet totaling $17,600 using official rate N3,532,056 this is also inclusive of our flight ($3,400) and spending money of $1000-is this necessary to include pls?
*Our joint savings account totaling $18,500 (we actually saved for this mission lol)
*My bank statement with a balance of N980k
*DH bank statement with a balance of N1.5m
*A flyer from a fellow NLander who has used the hospital i want to use as they refused to share email correspondence- I am using Medical Center of Mckinney. The flyer shows the breakdown of prices. same prices were given to me on the phone
*Breakdown of cost from the Doctors office too. I was sent an email with an attachment. The attachment the the breakdown was not signed o....does it matter? i printed with the email body which only had[b] ' Here are the private pay amounts you requested. if u need anything else please give a call. [/b]
After this email, all attempts to get them to correspond was to no avail. I am using Dr Lawrence Pierce
*I have a letter of introduction from my company stating my current position and pay etc
*DH's letter of introduction from his coy stating current position and pay
*Both our payslips for 3 months
*Marriage Cerificate and change of name newspaper adv as i still currently bear my maiden name on my passport
*A picture showing the family as we have another child who isnt going with us
*Appointment confirmation slip and receipt of payment from GTB


Am i missing ANYTHING plssssssssss?

I am 21weeks pregnant already and showing well well........

@everyone

chloe7:
me I don't think so o, if I drop it in Naija I will have to buy another in the u.s no be waste of money be that? , if the older ones have outgrown both car seat and strollers then take it along

thanks alot. She has outgrown it and besides we hardly even used the stroller in Nigeria.....used it to bring her back home too

NaijaMama:
Thanks for your advise. But the truth is that they're not really cheaper when compared with some hospitals in Houston. The one I'm thinking of using has a total package of $5,600. I am actually just very enthusiastic about trying water-birth and experiencing a homelike birth. My first child was VB and I have taken my time to evaluate the situation, even up to the emergency bit and I am pretty confident that I'll be fine.

I'll be leaving the country at 35+ weeks and I'm working with a wonderful gynaecologist here. If he as much as shows a little bit of reluctance before I leave, I'll change my mind and use a hospital, otherwise, I'm actually pretty excited about the birth center option.

Am kinda excited for u reading ur post. Pls share ur experience once God sees u true.

All the very best

mummybee:
To leave the hospital, you need just car seat alone but of course you'll need a Stroller to push baby around in case you wanna go shopping et al. Also coming back to Naija, u'll need it, you can place some of your hand luggages in it to ease movement.

if u have a car seat/stroller from the older kids can u travel along with it when going (pregnant)? would it be weird?

waow spent the last 3 hours catching up on past pages as i was away from NL for about 2 days.....i must says kudos to everyone on this thread for the wealth of info.

I have been reading and taking notes and also commenting for like a month now like am prepping for an exam lol.

Our interview(myself and my DH) is on the 3rd of May next Tuesday and we are very anxious.

I would share a checklist of what we have put together for the interview with u tomorrow by His grace so as to get the opinion of u all.

Thanks to you all in advance.

Have a good evening

merrymum:
Hi everyone. Thanks to God for a most successful 1st missionary journey.

Used Texas Health Harris Methodist DFW. Hospital was great, wonderful nurses, the attention was great. Felt like people actually cared how I felt, not the shout shout one gets from naija nurses. Lol

My fees were:
Hospital 4200 VD, doc 2300, labs/one sonogram 350, epi 1000 (I didn't use this but called them to get the price), pediatrician 145, hearing test/pedia at birth 793 (this one pain me die cos I wasn't informed I would pay for the hospital ped separately).

Got BC after one week, applied for US passport, went for the appointment with LO waited and collected same day.

That na my tori o... Leaving in a few days... Chilling and doing last min shopping....

Hi Ma'am, is hearing test/pedia compulsory? Just asking pls

MadameU:
A piece of advice for those trying to book Emirates online and pay in a bank; know that it's very possible, just pick the pay by card option, when you get to the next phase look out for the pay by interswitch, click that go to the next and tick the pay in the bank option and move on ...if you tick that it won't charge your card, but if you do not then you would be debited. Should anyone have problems please PM. Or post your dates n I could do a trial booking for you. I no be agent o but it's funny how I book flights everyother week just to see if rates will increase or decrease .

Fantastic i sure would be contacting u once we have made up our minds on what airline.

Dabira19:
Oops,I've seen the info on it.

Pls can u refer me to the info u found on it pls? Been waiting for a response on this for u to learn from

Hi All,

I have a 10 year daughter and one of my most tasking project for her this year(apart from planning an eventful 10 year old bday party for her lol) is choosing the right secondary school. I had to narrow my search based on many factors including cost and sustainability for my family.

New on our list is the Apostolic Faith Secondary school- u can google it if you don't know it. Picked a form for her today and used my James Bond tactics to interview some of the kids on the school.

One of the things that keep reoccurring from pple I ask about the school is their level of discopline.

Decided to come down here to find out from Parents who have kids in the school- what are your views pls? Before we make our decision.

Thanks in advance as u answer

justwise:
Quote their last post or mention their ID anywhere

Thx a lot @justwise. I sent him a pm and @ansol and I have started communication.

Totally appreciate. Have a fantastic week ahead to everyone

@ansol from thread 3 i hope u see this cos i know ur missionary journey is over for now lol.

need info on d hospital u used at Mckinney pls- correspondence and all. if i could pm u for further info or u do same for me, i wud totally greatful.

God bless in advance

@justwise, how do u get old timers to read posts directed to them pls?

CassyO:
Hello I think your quote for OBJ is high but you need to call the hospital and not the doctor to get the hospital fee

thx for ur response. my search still continues. its so difficult getting these hospitals on phone gosh- i wud b transferred and then no one picks.

anyone with recent experience and correspondence via email for Hospitals and doctors in Mckinnney Texas plsssssssss

help a preggy sister out thx in advance

tbaby123:
My sister, that flight leaves at 06:30am naija time, that means you have to be at the airport on the 17th to fly 18th, as the airline don't have flight for the 19th o. Besides its lands @5:55pm new York time. Btw you are waiting 4hours in morroco on both leg, check your ticket well dear

and they KEEP TO TIME O. I almost missed my flight to the UK with them b4. if not because i had my daughter who cried and pleaded- they would have said NO.

They ended up carrying us without our luggage.

Too stressful

Bisoye82:
Use healthgrades.com to search for the Dr name,you will get the necessary information about the procedures he/she performs and hospital affiliated to.

Thanks a lot. Would do that right away

fitmaama2:
Got a quote from Dr Lawrence S.Pierce of Mckinney Ob-Gyn for Obstetric care VD- $3,100, CS- $3,650.
Assistant Surgeon- $500

This is all the info they sent to me. They indicated that this does not reflect hospital charges.

So I responded asking for hospitals he is affliated with so I can contact them for cost bla bla bla but they are yet to respond.


Is this a fair cost? I also asked if this is inclusive of lab, anesthesia and pediatrician(I hope I am not asking for too much) but still awaiting the respond.

Any advice on this so far pls?

Pls can someone answer my questions and help pls

Got a quote from Dr Lawrence S.Pierce of Mckinney Ob-Gyn for Obstetric care VD- $3,100, CS- $3,650.
Assistant Surgeon- $500

This is all the info they sent to me. They indicated that this does not reflect hospital charges.

So I responded asking for hospitals he is affliated with so I can contact them for cost bla bla bla but they are yet to respond.

Is this a fair cost? I also asked if this is inclusive of lab, anesthesia and pediatrician(I hope I am not asking for too much) but still awaiting the respond.

Any advice on this so far pls?

[quote author=blaize777 post=44334836][/quote]waow great testimony.i am so glad for u and i pray i come give same soon IJN, Amen

CassyO:
Hi so if your staying at McKinney that is Dallas Texas look at medical city, parkland, Methodist dey sre so many others. Am currently using medical city.

Thanks so much ma'am. Lemme check them out. Can u recommend Medical City from your experience so far?

Waow thanks to all who responded. I appreciate a great deal.

let me narrow down my search- i would be staying at McKinney in Texas. Cos it my first time EVER going to the USA, i am not very conversant with these areas....

.....pls dont tell me to just google it lol cos i am doing dat as we speak now too.... was only hoping for a direct referral if any....

Thanks in advance to you all. God bless u real good.

Hi Everyone,

My very first post here and i am very glad i found this thread 2 weeks ago. Actually i am totally new to NL and have been reading as a Guest for those 2 weeks now...at every spare time i have.
I have used the past 2 weeks of stumbling on this thread to read through old post to enable me familiarize myself with how things are done. I must say pple have put in alot of work to give we "novice" mums/dads a wealth of information for FREE.... was so surprised cos i tot Nigerians never share stuff like this.

A little bit about me.

this is my 2nd missionary journey but d very 1st we are considering in the US
I used to consider myself super sharp at things like this but after reading transcripts from pple i realized i cant do this on my own lol
I have filled the interview forms for my hubby and i and interview is scheduled for the 2nd of May
I would be 21 weeks by then and showing of course so i plan to say at the interview that i would be going for vacation and to go and birth
Would be staying with my friend in Texas
My hubby and I are working and have some money saved and would be showing all those details at the interview
...........i believe this is a summary

My question;
i am currently searching for a good hospital in Texas. Has anyone given birth in Texas? i have been going through the thread but i am yet to find any Texas(maybe i missed it).
As advised by @Tvegas and other pple in the thread, i need to get a good hospital that would understand the need of a self paying patient from Nigeria and with a doctor we can relate with well well.

I dont want to bombard all questions at once so i plan to be very active asking questions and sharing my birth diary as i update it for others to learn from....

Thanks in advance to anyone who replies to this

Cc @justWise