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elohim24:
congrats sir, just what I'm waiting for, I want to believe you applied for tourist visa and your wife applied for medical, what documents did you present? what about your statement of account? hospital correspondence? and DW is about how many weeks presently?

Our Visas are both Tourist visas because we had our first in 2014 and renewed it last year.

Beautyaddy:
Did you tell the Visa Officer that you were pregnant and plan on having your babies in the U.S.?

You do know that every statement you tell the VO during the interview will appear on your passport and once the CBP officers scans your passport at the POE every statement you have told the VO officers appears on the CBP officers screen at the POE.

I had my First Visa in 2014 and I was asked then if i was pregnant and i said no... I used my visa for the purpose i got it for and I renewed it last year.

When you have used your visa for the intended, whatever happens after doesn't matter.

Good Morning everyone, In the Spirit of giving back, Got to the MMA @7pm for a 10.45pm Delta Airline flight. I weighed my luggage and i was told to remove stuffs out cos i had excess over the 23kg.... had to wait for DH to come pick them up. I was amazed when DH said each luggage should be 32kg for business class.... anyway i was apologised to and allowed to carry everything.... heading to the plane for the flight, one of the attendants came to me and said you have been selected along with a few people for extensive search.... i said no problem and they started searching my shoes, testing my bag and even surface of my laptop, asked me to put on my laptop.....when they were done they apologised again...I stepped into the plane and we had a long 12hrs straight....

Getting to Atlanta... chose not to use the wheelchair, i walked a bit then to filled my info on the computer then to the CBP officer

Me: Good Morning
CBP: Silent(no words back)
CBP: Passport Pls
Me: gave him my passport
CBP: Why are you here?
Me: To have my babies
CBP: Do you have family here
Me: Yes i do, but im not going to them
CBP: where are you going?
Me: To my family friend in Houston
CBP: when was the last time you were here
Me: 2015
CBP: How long are you here for
Me: 3Months
CBP: How much do you have?
Me: 9500
CBP: are you sure that's all you have
Me: Yes
CBP: are you sure not more
Me: Yes, Exactly 9500
CBP: Stamped in for 6montnhs and gave me my passport back and was just shaking his head like something was wrong.......
Me: I took my passport and waka sharp sharp..

Heading straight for my luggage and connecting my flight.... while i was confused.... a police officer came to me and said, mam, you have a minute?

Po: Is this your first time in the US?
Me: No, its not
Po: why are you here?
Me: Came to have my babies
Po: Babies
Me: Yes, Babies
Po: are you having twins
Me: Yes i am
Po: oh, Congratulations

2nd Police officer was walking by and he probably heard and he said Congratulations Mam.

Po: Do you have a correspondence with a dr and hospital?
Me: Yes i do
Po: Can i see it please
Me: Yes Sure, so I first showed him doctor's receipt from my phone first, then brought out my printed correspondence
Po: How far long are you
Me: I'm 30 weeks today
Po: It shows you are 11weeks here
Me: Please look at the date, its probably in May
Po: oh-oh, Sorry date says may
Po: I can see you made doctor's payment with zero balance... everything looks good
Me: Thank you sir

got my stuffs back and picked up my luggage and went straight to go connect my flight....

I'm all settled in and already went for my first dr appointment with Dr Fagbohun.....

Hello Everyone, In the Spirit of Giving back, I got my ticket in May, which made it quite Cheap compare to Now......I got to MMA and I was first miss lead my the Delta attendants on the weight of luggage to be checked in. I was told 23Kg per bag so i had to remove some stuffs out waiting for my hobby to come carry them back home... so when my hobby came and he asked why then he spoke to one of them saying this is a Business Class ticket why 23kg..... then they said oh sorry, I was shocked because i showed them my ticket..... Anyway, after checking in and clearing with Custom..... Went straight to the Business Class Lounge which was nice and i enjoyed the meal...... I was told it was time to go the plane... anyway when i was about boarding, The lady attendant that gave me a wrong information came and said Madam, you have been selected amongst a few passagers to be searched for extensive search and i said Okay... which one be extensive search again.... anyway thats how they use a small leaflet to touch my cloths, finger shoes and bag.... anyway the other lady now looked at my ticket and said oh you are business class and i said yes... so she apologised and i said oh no, you are doing your job... I think they must have been looking for me in the waiting area and maybe because they did not see me they might thought abi i don go swallow with my Big Belle... hahaha... anyway I no mind sha, so we boarded and lagos on a 12 Hours straight Flight and it was a smooth flight, I just couldn't eat any of there food......Got to ATL and first, i had the electronic filled out information then Proceeded to the CBP.

Me: goood Morning
CBP: Silent ( Did not answer )
Me: then I kept quiet and waited for him to talk
CBP: Passport Please
Me: Handed over my Passport with the Ticket
CBP: why are you here
Me: To Have my babies
CBP: When was the last time you were here
Me: 2015
CBP: Who is going to pay for the bill
Me: Myself and my husband
CBP: what do you do?
Me: I manage and Hotel
CBP: Do you have family in the US
Me: Yes but i'm not going to them
CBP: So where are you going
Me: To see My Family Friend
CBP: Where
Me: Houston
CBP: How much do you have
Me: 9500
CBP: Is that all you have
Me: Yes
CBP: Are you sure you don't have more?
Me: No i don't have more
CBP: Stamped me in and said nothing else but he kept shaking his head like I did something wrong
Me: I collected my Passport and Waka Sharp Sharp

I proceeded on a long walk to look for my luggage before proceeding to my connecting flight.... then while i was waiting and looking confused an police officer came to me and said madam do you have a minute, I said yes please, so he asked if i was okay and i said yes i'm fine.... just trying to figure out where i'm connecting my flight....My luggage was heavy and i was tired.
So he asked...

Po: why are you here?
Me: To have my babies
Po: Babies?
Me: Yes Babies
2nd Po was passing by and he made a comment..... Congratulations and he smiled and walked
Po: are you connecting a Flight?
Me: Yes
Po: Where Pls
Me: To Dallas but final destination is Houston
Po: Have you made plans with a hospital and doctor
Me: Yes i have
PO: Can i see
Me: Yes Sir, then I showed him my phone picture first, so he can see the receipt of payment for the Dr with the Zero Balance
Me: Then, I showed the Printed Communication with the Dr
PO: then he said this message says you are 11weeks
Me: I answered that was back in Apr or May, Check the date
Po: Oh Oh, you started communication quite early
Me: Yes, My husband likes to Plan ahead
Po: Congratulations Madam
ME: Thank You

So he pointed me in the right direction........ I'm all Settled in now and now waiting for my first appointment..... thank you everyone

silverchi:
Gooday house, My visa expires on the 2nd week of September bt my return ticket is for 1st week of October.
GTBANK is refusing to sell PTA to me because my return date is after my ticket expires

Pls what do you advise a sister?

I will advise you go to another bank or another gtbank branch.
One thing I know about this banks are they operate on different set of rules... talk to your account officer, have them show you CBN rules on BTA and visa.... this banks can claim Judge and executioner sometimes...

Thinktay:
Please i will like to email or speak with you. PLEASE kindly email me omotayoade0419@yahoo.com, i will reach you from there. PLEASE i will look forward to your email. God bless

ok sure I will email you in a bit

olubami1:
Hi everyone,
i am new to the child birth, this is our first and we are planned to use Oakbend medical center, how do we go about it.
Someone plz help.

I'm also using oakbend medical, it's pretty easy I went through the Dr. I contacted Dr Fagbohun then I got a correspondence back with the bill and also oakbend's bill.

first thing you need to do is get a doctor that's accepted to operate with oakbend then go from there.

FinanceFitness:
I haven't checked any rate, but I'm sure they didn't convert at that rate. 307*1275 is not N1m.

Please ask for the USD option for your tickets, my last experience is that when you pay in dollars, you pay at a significant discount...I'm thinking airlines are factoring forward/ risk of depreciation at the point of repatriation into their ngn pricing.

This is what I did so, just call delta airline Lagos, ask for the ticket in dollars then ask them the amount in naira then ask how much the dollar conversion rate is. I bought my ticket for September through delta and I was told 307. As a matter of I called delta office more than 3 times and got different prices.... try this and you'll see... I do that a lot for all my tickets and it never fails. when I check the difference with wakanow and travelstart , I put on a big smile. one more thing before u buy a ticket crosscheck your price with expedia on different days, when you get the cheapest then call the airline....

sugah:
Same flight was 632 on Qatar with long layover. So, yea it was sort of a promo.

is 632k for business class or economy? if it's economy then it's not a promo ticket that's expensive. my friend got Qatar economy for 487k....

FinanceFitness:
Ask Delta to quote in dollars if possible, their exchange can be ridiculous.

delta exchange rate is 307

sugah:
I say again, "sort of".
Considering Delta has been in the range of over 1M.

How much was your dollar rate 2014 compared to now?

you are right I got my delta business class ticket for 1M184...to Dallas. I couldn't see the difference between the economy and business.......this days with the current exchange rate tickets are on the high side..

firsttymum:
it won't. I suggest u apply alone or with ur Mil.. But her being d sponsor get as e b.

I will suggest you all apply with your husband and your MIL, do not change your sponsor. let your husband still be the sponsor. just make sure you brand your husband better. all the best

Dhollargurl:
Thank you but he won't be around at that time of the EDD, he will be in Germany from the end of this month till July ending.

it's best you apply with your husband, it doesn't matter if he will be there during your edd or not, it gives your application a better defense, also know dat this VO's are psychologist they have to examine what they see and how you come across....most important is to get the visa...i pray the Lord grants this for you....dont deviate off your initial application make sure you explain better and also try brand your application better.... All the best

Dhollargurl:
Please, I need help and I'm actually new here. Went for the interview today and was denied but the VO Didn't ask many questions or asked to see my docs. My husband is sponsoring me and she didn't ask how much he earns, also, I have a job (pharmacist) and earn 120k monthly,she only asked of that and how long I've been working with the current place of work which is 6 months cos I just relocated to lagos because of marriage. If only she had asked for financial capacity she would have known I'm more than capable but she didn't sadly. Please, i would like to know what I did wrong as she didn't even ask to see any documents at all.

Dear Dhollargurl, i feel your pain and i know its frustrating when you go to the embassy with docs and they are not even interested in the docs. To chip in a few words. Most applications are denied from the get go when its filed online. The process of getting a visa includes application before the interview. Your application is 70% and the interview is 30%. The interview is just a confirmation or denial process to what has been filed on your application. I will advise you put in more effort on the application, express all what you have to present on your application, take your docs along just in case and leave the rest to Baba God.

Let me use this forum to talk about how i got my visa.
For my own Interview, i had been refused Twice prior to the time i got my visa. I actually was so angry because i felt on both occassion that i was more than qualified to travel anywhere.
On the day of my last interview, i did not even take any documents, just my passport, it was a family visa and we had made up our mind not take the docs, so we went with just our passports. I was with my DH, mom, FI

VO: Hello
We: We all answered good morning,
VO: Who are you?
We: My DH introduced himself first, then i did, then my mom and my father Inlaw.
vo: why do you want to go the US
Dh: for vacation and to meet my brother inlaw
vo:where are you going in the US?
Dh: gave address
vo:i do not need address, just the city and state will do
VO: DH what do you do?
DH: An engineer with BLeep, also Explained his role in the process
VO: How much do you earn
DH: I earn so so
VO: was typing and said have you ever travelled before
DH: Yes, been to so so so, he said the cities and Countries, then he said, he had travelled with me before we got married twice so so and so
VO: Wife, what do you do?
me: I answered, and also gave a job description in the process
VO: How much do you earn
Me: I said the amount, with a smile
VO: Mother, How many kids do you have
Mom: Said 5
Vo: where are they?
Mom: 3 in Nigeria, 1 in the US and One in Uk
VO: Asked me and my Husband, are you expecting?
DH: Answered No we are not, Just got married 3 months back, We are not looking at that for now.... we still want to enjoy the time for now
VO: Smiled and Said congratulation, gave a paper and said pick up your visa in 3 days.

I will advise you put alot of energy in the application filling and hold your docs of proof along for your next interview. My DH says, for any form of interview, whether its a job, visa e.t.c make it has interesting as possible, express everything in there then get prepared for the interview. All the best in your next application

firsttymum:
If u r not using epidural

epidural is $1500, it's still dey under 7k....

uzyfine:
I had to settle for qater airline. I try to get a quote from Baylor Carrollton it was difficult as they told me they don't have a package for cs twin but later she said the estimates are 15 to 30k for me then 5 to 10k for each of my babies. I really don't know what to do now, am scheduled to travel 3 Ed week of June. Pls house any i deal of another hospital in Dallas for twin birth that will not cut my neck

I will suggest you look at Houston, its just a couple of hours drive from Dallas.... Oakbend and Dr Fagbohun is a good place with reasonable amount. Also you can get affordable accomodation close by there.

Any Houston Bound Oct/Nov Mamas in the house?

Please does anybody know any affordable Birthing hospital in Rhode Island?