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as you noticed, i appreciated his ability of saying it as it is. However AS A PERSONAL OPINION, i feel he could be a bit subtle about the way he puts it. on the other hand, subtlety may not drive home the point as expected cos we are always too sharp lol

modath:
Harsh? For real?stating fact is now construed as being harsh? Common now... TRUTH IS ALWAYS BITTER..

I have a feeling you missed "The BULLY" series.....


Cc Nefetitiram , firsttymum , Feddy, bbaby..

Although that oga Twoods harsh but it is simply hitting the nail on the head. above all, i believe this thread was created so we can learn and do the right thing always so please lets not always do the "as a naija guy/babe and think we are always smart. atimes, being sharp or smart doesnt always mean it is the right thing.

justwise:
The war of words that played out here today shows why Nigeria is deeply corrupt.

Freshface thinks that Twoods is too harsh on people that are abusing the American healthcare system.

This is how this fight started..interesting

oga administrator show face o this one is more than advertising on the thread o!!!

the most interesting part is that the person already got a response and has moved on since yesterday. Its just too much bringing people who dont even know who x is or what y says

Mandex11:
can't believe people will actually go to extent of insulting an unborn child/hubby cus of another person matter

and to top it all you guys aren't seeing ya self's why fight like this (IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AT ALL).

person wey ask queztion don get answer waka go and there has been alot of talk down on another persons' headache. diaris GOD o!!!

Hello good people, Am trying to renew my passport for my re-application and i was told its a re-issue they do and not renewal and it cant be done earlier than when it hits 6months to expiration. So invariable i would be having a different passport number on my passport and i intending applying soon to appear for the interview early april. As it appears, i can apply with my old passport but by the day am appearing for the interview, it would be 10days shy of the 6 months required on a passport before applying for a visa. Although i would have the new passport by that day so my question is can i take both passports with different numbers and same name for the interview or i wait for the new one to be ready before even filling the form.

thanks

with my little knowledge, it is none of the VO's concern if you later travel after using the visa for the purpose of the application(the official meeting) so i believe you do not need to worry yourself over that- Question 1
the OGAs in the house can help on Q2

MamaP003:
Hello house.

With what I have read today on this thread of denials at Abuja, I am scared to reapply.

So I have a meeting to attend with my boss first week in April in America (that is if I get the visa or I will have to chose someone else in my team to attend)

My options are to reapply for vacation or reapply based on the meeting(as suggested by my boss as they will be sponsoring my trip in April since it is official).

My questions are;
1. should I reapply and say purpose of trip is for meeting but that I will still go on vacation later in the year or just reapply for vacation.
2. should I apply in Lagos this time since my last denial was in Abuja.

Please experts in the house help me answer these questions.

#340-$1 is what the embassy is using for now so dont go shooting up your expenses

dtush:
Hi, i dont know too much but i will answer you to the best of my knowledge
1. I applied for my visa with a passport that bears my maiden name, which i have not changed till date, and i have traveled twice with the passport. Once while i was pregnant and second time with my family.
2. Have u contacted a hospital that is willing to take on ur son's case? Its important to have a mail correspondence showing communication btw the hospital and yourself
3. Even though i went with my marriage cert for my visa application, i was not asked for it. But u can go with the IV for the white wedding, pictures and all
4. You shld prepare a budget sheet showing your expenses, the naira and dollar equivalent. Your statement of account shld also show that u can afford it. On the safe side, have a million or so above expenditure amount in ur account. For the budget sheet, just use ur excel. Column one; Expenditure type eg hospital bill, accommodation cost, feeding, airfare etc. column 2 Naira at N510, the amounts in front of the expenditure type, column 3 the dollar equivalent. I dont have one anymore but u can search the thread esp part 1 n 2
5. For the likely questions, u might get asked y u are taking him out of the country for treatment and not using any hospital here, so u will need to get a referal letter preferably from a general hospital

U can pm,lets not clog up the thread has this thread is for a different purpose. Wishing your son God's divine healing

you need to be sure of what is going on. I think Delta airlines would almost always make a stop at ATLANTA cos it is their base just like emirates would do to dubai, qatar doha etc so you need to know if you would be transfer right in the airport for the connecting flight to dallas (and not enter into ATL) or everyone has to go through customs before you get on the next flight.

akmid:
Asked because Atlanta to Dallas should be a local flight and most airport international flight and domestic flight departure and arrival point are different so need to know if one would enter officially first at Atlanta then move to the domestic wing for the next flight or the airline takes care of that and your point of entry would be Dallas. This is important as it affects the number of hours stopover you select, buying my ticket online not using an agent so better one knows what to expect.

It appears to be across all banks. I know of skye bank and I spoke to my AO at GT this morning and the tax clearance thing is across all banks

mumzt:
Hello,

First bank now giving 4k PTA but u must have ur tax clearance. I think it applies across all banks too. But I'm very sure about 1st bank

congrats...please share transcript so that people can learn from it.

Janet101:
Good morning house,I just want take a moment to appreciate all the mums n dads in the house,i had my interview in Lagos dis morning and my visa was granted.

giving birth in the USA is LEGAL and as such you should be honest with that at the interview. Make payments for a B1B2 visa at any gtbank and you are a step away

mamababe:
Hello all

Am a first time mum, and i want to go have my baby in USA, can any one provide advise on how to go about with the Visa process, does the fact that am pregnant and showing hinder my chances of obtaining a visa.

a friend's wife used them and they assign a doctor for you. All bills usually under 5k (CS would make it get to 5k). thats all I know

ladee1:
Pls who has any useful info on ben taub hosp for CS and doc fees or any other info on any public hospital in houston/texas

yes there is a ruling and an appeal has been filed by the govt's lawyers... not in support of the dictator but he hasnt been shamed as some states dint yield to the ruling

Austine2020:
Trump Executive orders has been Overturned & suspended by a Federal high court Judge. And the Department of Homeland Security says its Business as usual since the ban has been overturned for now, that they have reinstated everyones Visas who are due to travel from those 7 countries before the ban and that Airlines Can continue to fly all of them. And Airlines has begin to Fly Refugees,immigrants & Non immigrants who has valid papers and Visas to travel to the USA. Trump has been shamed!!

sigh of relief (abit) cos there has been stories going round about POE issues concerning nigerians (dont know how true they arre) who were turned back home after rigorous screening. I hope we get more POE experiences with this "OGA AT THE TOP" actions

[quote author=opegirl post=53394042]Hello All, have been a silent member of this forum but I know it was God and the information I learnt from this wonderful group that made me prepare well.

To my P.O.E experience:
I travelled on the 29th of January via turkish airline at 33weeks 5days to IAD Washington. The trip was a long one with my 2+ son acting all spoilt saying Mummy carry through out the flight duration but was okay.
Got to Washington around 7pm and the airport was scanty. I was able to jump the line because of my condition.

it has ended... It seems it was a 2 day thing

Enyinne:
Hi Chloe. Is the sale still on ?? I checked wakanow. I didn't see any sales going on . Plz help me . Lagos to jfk .5th Mar to 13th may. . Any cheap tickets ?? Thanks





uote author=chloe7 post=53340532]Turkish Airlines has a massive sale going on, NY for 210k

last week of april

mumzt:
Pls what dates did you use in april? Pls
The fares I'm getting are very far from wat you all are seeing.

maybe, but i check a few dates, march and april for departure and the same return dates and it all came back within same range of 210-220k

Babatwi:
I don't think the above statement is true o,the rates differs with different dates. It's not to a flat rate for all dates.

its a sale that is on going till 15th february so whether its tomorrow you are flying or april, you would get the same rate for JFK, Houston and i think ATL.

ladee1:
how about to return in april is it still 210, can you share the link pls

she obviously misunderstood you. However she has apologied so I think we can let it pass. I dont know anyone here but everyone has been helpful one way or the other so using panadol for someone else's headache na trouble o.

Let not loose focus of the goal ie the lady with the issue that is causing this back and forth

cremebee:
If you want to start MSC and BSC Debate,I suggest you go to education section. Also for employment debate go to Jobs section. It may also be that you are one of the sick ones roaming the streets. I think there is also a place for you on nairaland. It's called health section. Help yourself. It will do you a lot of good.

Perhaps it may be frustrating for the older members here to respond to people when some of these questions have been answered over and over again, but i think a little bit of reading would help one sort out one's issues.

I started reading the thread in September 2016 when a friend sent me the link. initially, i was lazy but later in november it became bread and butter, even DW got tired of me cos i spent most part of the evening reading the thread because it was important to me. I dint sign up until DW got the visa last week cos i read like 1/3 of part 1, some in part 2,3 and 4 and follow part 5 from day one and people's comments were enough to guide me.

The moral of the story, if this mission is truly important to you, then you should create the time to get these infos yourself and ask for clarification when you dont understand.

try reading Part 1 from page 100 (if you cant start afresh cos that part has alot of info), Part 4 and start part 5 from start, it should help

sexymj:
If you cant help with info, u dont have to reply. U read my post and only picked on asap.
Ppl dt dnt have anything to offer are the ones that would comment.

I totally agree with the bolded statement. DW wasnt asked if she was pregnant even though it was obvious but she was asked if she had a child and her response was no but she is expecting one thus the reason for the application

Dwebb55:
Also, we have to stop this 'i wasn't asked if I was going to give birth' line. If you were pregnant at the time of your interview and they asked why are you going to the US, you had the opportunity to have notified them at that point that you were pregnant even if you hadn't made up your mind to use the visa for that purpose. When my wife and I applied, when asked at the interview, we stated bluntly that she was planning to give birth in the US which was our main reason for the visa( We found out DW was pregnant after we had started the application process)

Thanks a bunch

Enkaylala2:
I have used royal air moroc twice and the second time my luggage was misplaced, they are just borderline OK due to short layover and short duration from Casablanca to NY, but their food is horrible and both times they were pregnant woman on the flight.

Good morning good people, please has anyone flown on Air maroc and how is there services as regards long layovers and all. DW is leaning towards them due to the shorter time of travel to JFK(spending less time up in the air). I would have preferred Turkish as there fares are almost the same as the air maroc but she doesnt want to sit in for too long as she is going to be alone on this leg.

Any help please?

I can see ooo.... thank you all for the proper guidance

chibertha:
@freshdad you can see that the list of expenses and stress is getting longer.
So think am well well

i agree and I would be joining her even before she is ready to return. the average ticket prices from jfk to houston is about 250-$300 which is still not up to what i am getting for a direct flight

chloe7:
This part is the hardest, and even converting the price for a local flight to naija currency now sef will be overboard, so it's better to do direct

@chloe7 @chibertha

I do not understand you. Since DW is supposed to head to houston but i cant get a cheap flight now except JFK, can I just do JFK and what are the possible challenges she may face at that POE.

Thanks

Hello good people, does it matter what POE one enters from cos at the moment, the cheapest flight i can get is to JFK and DW is texas bound.

Do I have to prepare for anything out of the blue??

can anyone help with bold section

freshdad:
Hello House, underground user of the thread, very helpful and here is me trying to give back to the house that gave me a lot.

DW and I went for an interview on the 6th of January in Lagos and we were denied on the basis of ties back home.

We re applied immediately but only DW this time and she got it today. interviewed by an elderly woman. Transcript below:

VO: Good morning
DW: Good morning

VO: Passport
DW: Handed over

VO: looking at her system for a few seconds- so you are a banker
DW: Yes

VO: When did you go to the uk?
DW: Last year

VO: Alone?
DW: Yes

VO: Do you have a child
DW: No, but am expecting one.

VO: So thats why you are going to houston?
DW: Yes

VO: So who would you be staying with
DW: A family friend

VO: How long have you know her
DW: She's a childhood friend of my husband

VO: Ok, so did she pick the hospital for you?
DW: No, online reviews but she put in a good word for the hospital

VO: How much is the trip gonna cost you
DW: about $14,000

VO: Wow, that is a lot of money. How do you intend to fund it
DW: My husband is sponsoring the trip

VO: Ok. what does he do
DW: He is an ........... and co-owns a ............. and .............. company

VO: Oh that is good, so why is he not going with you
DW: we recently applied together and we were refused.

VO: How long would you be staying there
DW: 11 weeks

VO: Are you sure, cos the baby is supposed to stay at least 6 weeks bfre you can fly back
DW: Well, if there are issues.

VO: No, that is the law, are you sure your host would accommodation you for the additional time(here, DW began to panic like did she give a wrong time
VO: Don't worry, am gonna give you the visa, i just want to be sure your host would be able to accommodate you for the additional period
DW: Oh that wont be a problem

VO: Tell you husband to reapply once you are there and he should make sure he comes with a copy of your visa.
DW : thank you
Can he pick it up for me?

VO: Yes, the the backpage of the document
DW: thank you ma.

And that was it, no single document check. just the chat.

Glory to the Almighty.

I need info as we were suppose to use houston methodist sugarland but these their recent fee review makes us want to port. please anyone in the house have any ideas of reasonable hospitals to use.

she is due towards the end of april.

Thanks

Hello House, underground user of the thread, very helpful and here is me trying to give back to the house that gave me a lot.

DW and I went for an interview on the 6th of January in Lagos and we were denied on the basis of ties back home.

We re applied immediately but only DW this time and she got it today. interviewed by an elderly woman. Transcript below:

VO: Good morning
DW: Good morning

VO: Passport
DW: Handed over

VO: looking at her system for a few seconds- so you are a banker
DW: Yes

VO: When did you go to the uk?
DW: Last year

VO: Alone?
DW: Yes

VO: Do you have a child
DW: No, but am expecting one.

VO: So thats why you are going to houston?
DW: Yes

VO: So who would you be staying with
DW: A family friend

VO: How long have you know her
DW: She's a childhood friend of my husband

VO: Ok, so did she pick the hospital for you?
DW: No, online reviews but she put in a good word for the hospital

VO: How much is the trip gonna cost you
DW: about $14,000

VO: Wow, that is a lot of money. How do you intend to fund it
DW: My husband is sponsoring the trip

VO: Ok. what does he do
DW: He is an ........... and co-owns a ............. and .............. company

VO: Oh that is good, so why is he not going with you
DW: we recently applied together and we were refused.

VO: How long would you be staying there
DW: 11 weeks

VO: Are you sure, cos the baby is supposed to stay at least 6 weeks bfre you can fly back
DW: Well, if there are issues.

VO: No, that is the law, are you sure your host would accommodation you for the additional time(here, DW began to panic like did she give a wrong time
VO: Don't worry, am gonna give you the visa, i just want to be sure your host would be able to accommodate you for the additional period
DW: Oh that wont be a problem

VO: Tell you husband to reapply once you are there and he should make sure he comes with a copy of your visa.
DW : thank you
Can he pick it up for me?

VO: Yes, the the backpage of the document
DW: thank you ma.

And that was it, no single document check. just the chat.

Glory to the Almighty.

I need info as we were suppose to use houston methodist sugarland but these their recent fee review makes us to want to port. please anyone in the house have any ideas of reasonable hospitals to use.

she is due towards the end of april.

Thanks