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captain90210:
Did it mean that IF you hadn't paid your hospital bills for Atlanta, you would have been sent back. And is it an issue if u declare Florida at Interview and decide to head to Atlanta eventually.

No i wouldnt. Like he clearly said my intentions were genuine and matched. he was just concerned as to maybe i wanted Georgia cos their health system is a bit more relaxed than Floridas. Like i had found a loop in the system and wanted to capitalise on it and get some form of aid or financing. I even asked if my using the term 'medical purpose' was the issue and he responded isnt childbirth a medical issue?

baldman:
Hello everyone, I have come to testify to the goodness of God, the visa application is a purely secular endeavour but before God nothing is secular, God rules in the affairs ( secular activities of men). My wife applied for visa to enable her birth our baby in the US sometimes in Nov 2017 and was refused. The VO had only few questions for her: Where else have you been besides the UAE? ( her answer: No where else) How much do you earn ( she said: less than 150k). Then the blue paper came out, they did not bother to inquire about me, being the sponsor nor look at the various documents she took with her. We decided to try again, this time, I also applied. And the conversation went this way:

VO: What are you going to the in the US
Me: We are going for vacation, family visit and to birth our first child
VO: Where are you going in the US
Wife: South Austin
Me: Interjected: Austin ( my wife was talking about the hospital)
VO: What do you do
Me: I am a lawyer
VO: What year were you called
Me: (mentioned the year)
VO: Which of the law schools did you attend ( this is tricky, a fake lawyer can say Zaria)
Me: ( mentioned the law school)
VO: What you do where you work, is it all legal related
Me: Not entirely, I do other things
VO: Madam what do you
Wife: Interior decorator .. we do bla bla bla bla bla
VO: Have you contacted any Doctor
Me: yes, and I showed him the doctor's correspondence and a proof of the down payment of the hospital bill ( he asked how we got to know
about the doctor and I mentioned the relative living in the city that referred him)
VO: Have you two travelled out of the country before
Me: Yes, we had our honey moon in Dubai last year and I was also in UK last year ( he also asked about when we got married and about my uk
trip. he checked my UK visa which is still valid till February)
VO: Can I have the budget sheet
Me: (Passed it to him and some other VO came to request for his help so he left is desk and later came back)
VO: Let me see your statement of account
Me: ( I handed him my bank statement printed out of my online account and explained that the bank's network was bad yesterday)
VO: How did you pay your initial deposit
Me: I paid through my Sister
VO : where does your sister live
Me: I answered
VO: What does your sister do
Me: I answered
VO: ( Typed for few minutes) Your visas have been approved, ( handed us the white paper)

I earn about 700k but no question came up on that. It may all look good but there is so much that could have gone wrong if God who rules in the affairs of men was not set to help us. The reference to my sister could have led to further discussion about my parents, also American citizens and our ties could have been called to question... and what if I didn't remember the number of dinners or missed it up with the cocktail parties ( we had two of that too). We plan to pay all of our bills as we want to be able to have more babies in the US and visit our family members at will. I wanted that so bad. Glory to God and good luck to others. Saying the truth helped, having sufficient funds to show helped, paying ahead helped, but the mercy of God makes all the difference!!!

Having given back to this community. Please I need advise on the best airline for a pregnant woman and the one that has a convenient arrangement and cheaper cost for adding the baby. Also, we plan for her to travel at 35 weeks is this ok?

Well i did fly Qatar. Uneventful trip. Alao got a hotel voucher so i slept peacefully during my layover and finally bot my LO ticket for 140usd. I was however made to underatand its 10% of the prevailing adults ticket as at purchase date. Hotel was the airport hotel so i just strolled into my room and to my terminal in the morning. This was especially cool wen i was rerurning with my LO. Airhosteases were amazingly nice and helpful. Same with Goodluck!

veleta:
@Funkeadebz,congrats on your bundle of joy.Please the £4325 is it for VD at Emory?Thought it was 3,900 or thereabout.

Yes its 3900. However you have to pay for the epidural. If u dnt use it then you get a refund.

In the spirit of giving back....
I had my visa about a Year ago just after my wedding and I informed the VO i was traveling for both tourism and medical reasons. She dnt question further and visa was granted.

Travelled with Qatar airways in Nov. Was referred to port health. After her measurement she records 31weeks and i was actually 34wks and 6days however my bump wadnt so big.
Flight was uneventful, food not friendly too. Bought my ticket through ajala.com and was issued hotel vouchers for my layover at doha. Was treatef nicely by airline staff too.

Atlanta was my POE and final destination. The entry officer asked my purpose of vistit in the us and i replied childbirth. This was where my village people showedup. He referred me to secondary inspection. After waiting for what seemed like eternity i was called in. The officer reiterTed the fact that since i dexlared medical reasons earlier he was fine his only issue was i said florida... so y are u in atlanta. After much talk i finally mentioned i had paid my bills that was when he finally smiled amd said maam you should have said that since. He went ahead to see my receipts from doc and hosp and appointment confirmation letters and stamped me foe 6mths. He tried making a converdation abt y nigerians vandalise pipelines bt i wasnt interested in his gist so he kept quiet. He was nice enough to help wheel all my bags to agric cos i said i had dried bitter leaves with me. He stayed with me and saw me off to the exit door.

Hosp... 4325usd
Doc.....1500usd
Pead.....100usd inc vaccines
Nig passport was exp and gotten in abt 1week
Us passport was gotten in 48hrs(no exp)
3copies of BC was gotten 1week after birth for 35usd. However another copy was mailed to me weeks after.
SSN was gotten 5days after birth too.

Hosp staff were extremely friendly
Although my water broke at 38wks and stYed a whole day at the hosp b4 delivery i wasnt charged.

I also dnt use epidural and was refunded 425usd.

In all spent 10weeks and we sre back home. All thanks to God and every1 here who was generous with their info.

Lastly hosp was emory and doc was Dr tate