I did emirate at 36weeks in 2016 quote author=OmoBendel24 post=72289697]

AF/KL/DL[/quote]

Yes oh.l guess since late last year it has been 85% follow up on renewal is just prayers and favour now ...

ninab:


So this follows up interview is now a must

Seems everyone is called for follow up interview this days haven’t seen anyone that reneewed without been called
This date issue keeps been a challenge

Did mine this year may and i attached .my marriage certificate / court certificate ,affidavit that i used for the change of name from passport office ,newspaper publication before i submitted and they took it from me ..although we were called for follow up interview . quote author=ninab post=72263700]
Ok she is submitting her in November
Don’t forget to update the question is if she can drop the doc as Dhl didn’t accept [/quote]

[Congrats author=cookies post=69307744]Went for my follow up interview today with my hubby at Abuja consular office, see transcript below:

VO: good morning, passports please
WE: good morning, gave her the passports
VO: after flipping through, asked hubby the last time you went to the US how long did you stay?
Hubby: about 10days
VO: you stated that you're going for vacation?
Me: yes and to have my baby too
VO: have you ever traveled abroad with the kids?
Hubby: not in a while but my wife often does
VO: are you pregnant ma'am?
Me: yes I am
VO: do you have any other kids?
WE: nope
VO: how old are the kids
WE: 8 & 5years old
VO: (to me) what do you do for work?
Me: xxxxxxxx
VO: types briefly then asks why did you choose the US to have your baby?
Me: because my last pregnancy wasn't a pleasant experience, I had a threatened miscarriage & since this would be my last baby I decided to choose the US in order to access better hospital & medical facilities while I can afford it
VO: types again then asks how much is the delivery going to cost you?
Me: about 5 thousand USD
VO: that's incredibly low for childbirth in the US
Me: well I've got a doctor & hospital correspondence that has details of the costs breakdown, would you like to have a look?
VO: declines & insists that delivery in the US costs about 25-35 thousand USD
WE: emphasise that we can afford that as well
V0: well then how much in total will this trip cost you?
Me: about 14k USD
VO: (to hubby), how much do you earn?
Hubby: xx xx xx xx, then passes statements of account 1naira the other USD
VO: looks through briefly, then asked me Ma'am you stated that you would stay for 1 month?
Me: yes
VO: will you be going with the kids to the US this time?
WE: nope
VO: well, I will be issuing you visas today, however on no account should you accept any insurance or medicaid bla bla bla & make sure you pay all your bills, long story followed that sounded more like warnings sha..... didn't hear the rest.

She didn't even say congratulations! Lol

Thanks for all your contributions...

[/quote]

Thank you Bros .

KDK:


This is purely God at work. Congratulations!

Thank you . yes i did .that is the itemized bill I also got letter from the hospital to back it up .but the Vo didn't even look at it.Gods grace and favour to you.

tripplebabygirl:


Congratulations Jbikes, please did you eventually add the hospital receipt that shows the discount of -10,282 with your other receipts. I have similar receipts too. I want to know if l should add or remove it. Thanks

In the spirit of giving back .....Thanks a lot to this forum and to all that always help to sort me out ..Dh and I had our follow up interview today .... @ 11am Lagos.
Thumb printed again maybe cos I changed name but dh was good with his old one.....
Transcript ..... VO ; can I have your passports Me ; Good afternoon and gave him ..dh was with daughter .
VO Read computer for a very long time and at a point put his hand on his jaw and was reading as if he was confused and then turn to us ...where are you going
Me: Orlando Florida for family vacation
VO;Turn to computer started reading again and typed for sometime (looking confused as if holy spirit pined him down and dose not know what to ask us ).
VO:ln 2016 you applied for medical can I see your receipts
Me: Gave him our bulky well arranged and labeled receipts first was our expenditure sheet then before the reciepts from Doctor ,Hospital ( itemised bill and hospital letter) ,lab ,pediatrician ,he just browse through did not even look at it as expected ( my guess in his mind was like abeg this woman is too detailed)
VO : How many kids do you have .hubby and l 1
VO:Ok the baby with you .dh ; lifted her up cos she was standing on the floor and she waved at her to say hi and in return my daughter responded
VO: Do you intend using this visa for medical
Me: For now no... may be in further typed and typed then gave us white paper to go pick our passport ....

It can only be God . His grace and favour was with us. I have been in war room with nhn on instagram on this case ...
Thank God. Cos i no get power to come reapply and also expecting baby number 2.

Congratulations!

chibertha:
Good evening house. I hope we are all doing great
I went for my follow up interview today at 10am Abuja. visa granted

How it went-;

VO- good morning and welcome to the American embassy
Me- thank and how are you today
VO- fine thanks
Vo- how many times have been to the US
Me- 6x
Vo- what is the longest time you have stay
Me- 6 weeks
Vo- you went in Dec 2014 and returned in March 2015
Me- yes because I put to birth.
Vo- where did you have your baby
Me- west Houston Medical centre
Vo- how many children do you have
Me- 1
Vo- what's your baby date of birth
Me- I gave him the date
VO- how much did you pay
Me- $8964.25
Vo- what do you do
Me- I work as dadada for xyz
Vo- how much do you earn
Me- NGN 000000001
Vo- after tax and all deductions
Me- NGN00001
Vo- has your husband been to the U.S.
Me- yes he was there for the birth of the baby
Vo- what does your husband do
Me- told him
Vo- how much does he earn
Me- NGN00000000001
Vo- are you pregnant
Me- no
Vo- if you get pregnant from now till the next 2 years will you be having the baby imthe U.S.
Me- of course yes
Vo- I will be keeping your passport. Go to this address for your passport. Bye and have a nice day
Me- thank you and have a nice day.

No document was checked

I went with the following document
Self pay contract document
All receipts
Zero balance letters from doctor and hospital
Itemized bill.

Good luck to every other person

God bless

simbolee:
No need to be scared, my bill was $15,063.26 and got a self pay discount of 13,313.26 so paid $2,650. Renewed my visa last month without any hitch. just take the self pay billing list from your hospital and attach it to your invoice. (That was what i did so the first thing the VO saw was the list) . All the best.

Thanks alot

Springdance:


Then you would need to tell the VO what the hospital told you. As far as you paid all your bills, you will be fine. All the best.

My ppl o! how're your guys doing .... So DH n i got our B2 medical visa in Lagos June 2016 and traveled stayed for 8weeks/2days and DH stayed for 14 days .now I renewed via Dropbox in Lagos for same B2 on d 15th may a month/ few days to expiry to travel august 9th for vacation (14 days ) Florida ( not pregnant currently)and we got 221g white form to schedule follow up interview within two days. so the open date for us was July 9th - 18th and we booked for 9th July .Thanks to zoemummy for her detailed list which I have used to arrange my documents physical and spiritual . so now have lil questions. 1) my husband said we will go with our baby for the interview hope it wont attract additional questions .hope is OK to go with her? (2) female or male VO which one is better for this hospital payment review . cos me no want too much grammar ( very funny). (3) I read Mellchii transcript via Abuja and VO says""" when filling the birth certificate for the child, you MUST NOT state that you are a resident of the state of Texas, because this means the child can access insurance which you are not eligible for, since you aren't resident. So make sure the birth certificate doesn't say that you the parents are resident. (Info i never knew that will help someone )and I noticed we used Houston ...what do I do in this case( I pray z nt requestd) ?
(4) I have all my zero balance and the itemiz bill from oakbend but I saw that i was given adjustment OB short discount -1,607.35 on page 1of 1 and Ins adjustment OB short discount -10,282.25 on page 2of 3 thou the end shows - 2,300.00 - 10,282.25= 0.0 balance . how can i explain the on short discount ? Or i should revert dat was not given when ask?
Abeg my 221g club members help answer the one u fit .lol

Congrats ....triple happy .quote author=Ms2ra post=67157596]Hello All,

I just want to say a very big thank you to you all. This forum helped me with my visa application. I’ll love to share my story as it might help the next person.

I’ve been to the United States several times in the past and still have a valid visa expiring in July (exactly on my EDD).

I decided to renew the visa via Dropbox as I wasn’t comfortable being in another man’s land with an expired visa (I later learnt from this forum that this wasn’t an issue as your duration of stay is determined by the CBP)

I applied through Dropbox with 3 other members of my family (our visas were expiring on the same day). All 3 of them got their visa but me. I was asked to schedule a follow-up interview based on a 221g category.

Many thanks to this forum I got all my supporting documents ready, scheduled the interview and below is my transcript.

VO: Good Morning
Me: Good Morning and how are you doing?
VO: Very well thank you. And why are you going to the United States
Me: Vacation and to have my baby
VO: I see you’ve traveled several times to the U.S, do you always stay in New Mexico (this info he clearly got from my DS160)
Me: Oh no, my sister just moved there from Visalia, California, it will be my first time in Albuquerque NM.
VO: I don’t know which is worse Visalia, CA or Albuquerque, NM...hahahha
Me: hahahha (I didn’t get the joke though)
VO: So what do you do
Me: I work with so so so and so
VO: For how long?
Me: x years now
VO: Are you married?
Me: Yes
VO: Will your husband be traveling with you?
Me: Sadly no because of work but my mum will be joining me later on.
VO: What does your husband do?
Me: He also works in the same place as I do as so so so and so
VO: What’s your budget for this trip?
Me: $15,000
VO: Have you made any payments?
Me: No I haven’t, I decided to wait till after the interview just in case
VO: Good decision. Do you have an appointment with a doctor and can I see statement showing you can pay for this trip.
Me: Sure...handing him the appointment letter from the doctor’s office, the hospital and doctor’s bills and also my statement of accounts.
VO: Oh great, after reviewing for about a minute. He returned all documents and starts typing for what seemed like forever and then he says...
VO: Your visa has been granted, you can pick up your passport at the address circled after you receive an email or text message for pick up.
Me: Thank you very much.

From time of entry to exit all took about 30minutes. [/quote]

Tot as much ...thanks a lot. ..

bizzle6:


hiya just seeing this, I haven't really got a hang of how nairaland emails work. I just did the regular drop box and got an email a few days later saying I should pick up the my passport.

Hi Vio,Please let me know if she respond. Sent u mail. Need to talk to her too[ author=Violetdaisy post=66004571]

Hello bizzle6,I would like to get in contact with you.My email address is loganberry241@yahoo.com
Thanks[/quote]

Thanks for your response Omo God bless but.My to expire visa is medical B2 and from my understanding on Dropbox you will renew base on ur expired visa.and my contact then was my doctor .so now I want to renew via drop box for medical as expired and am not pregnant which contact will i use? That was why I sent mail to bizzle6 since she renewed same way to help.

OmoBendel24:


Then B1/B2 via Dropbox is it, fill your form as normal using a regular contact.

Hello Bizzle6 howr u and family doing ,sent pm , please when you applied for b2 and not pregnant , did you add doctors information on the form and also do i have to book appointment for drop box cos appointment date as at today is june 1st .

i have not renewed before or done drop box. pls need you assistance.

bizzle6:
thanks

yes I did medical visa on my last missionary journey and yes this too is a medical visa although I'm.not preggy yet.

my advise is you should apply for drop box. by Gods grace you wouldn't be called for an interview

Thank you very much omo.but if am not pregnant how do I go about it?

OmoBendel24:


Do you hold an expired US B1/B2 visa that is expiring soon or expired not more than 12 months ago and was issued in Nigeria? If yes, you will have to apply via Dropbox for a B2 visa stating your Doctor as your contact person in the US somehow. Also prepare your mind for a likely call up for a follow-up interview....

Hello Bizzle6 howr u and family doing ,sent pm , please when you applied for b2 and not pregnant , did you add doctors information on the form and also do i have to book appointment for drop box cos appointment date as at today is june 1st .

i have not renewed before or done drop box. pls need you assistance.

bizzle6:
thanks

yes I did medical visa on my last missionary journey and yes this too is a medical visa although I'm.not preggy yet.

my advise is you should apply for drop box. by Gods grace you wouldn't be called for an interview

Hi Ewa,please was new visa granted after the canceling the old one ?
quote author=ewa2014 post=64169059]

Thanks omodadi2. Do they also do this if the visa was granted Like it’s a norm to cancel their old expired visas[/quote]

Thank you very much kaakaa, i appreciate but I want to travel in june when is the best time to apply and how long does it to to come out?

And please what is the process for the renewal I have not done it before ...please can u or anyone else help with step by step guide to apply .abeg make this agents no chop my money for nothing?

kaakaa:


B1B2 is not medical.... Medical is just B2.

You don't need to send supporting documents.... If they need documents for any reason, they will call you for interview.

You still have like 5 months on that passport, why will you want to renew it.... Except you intend to travel by july or august, but even at that it's still early.....
my thoughts though....

Good Evening House,

Howr u guys doing...

So I got my visa for B1/B2 (MEDICAL) in 2016 for child birth and used it once when i traveled to give birth and now it will expire in June and want to renew .

1)Please can anyone tell me what supporting documents to apply for a drop box visa renewal Like work documents etc and ?

2)and is it too early to renew for visa that will expire in june?


Thanks in advance for your help.

hi lesluga, sent you Pm . Thank you

lesluga:
I want to thank you all in this thread especially hotstepper and justwise, You guys have been great.'
Well my journey so far goes like this. I started the process of application in feb 2017 after my wife introduced my to this thread.

I read through all 36 pages at the time and with the info i went online downloaded the required tutorial videos and forms on cic.ca ( the videos are very helpful) .

I applied for a visitor visa as a family ( wife n kid) and i didnt mention the fact that we were considering child birth. I submitted very credible supporting docs ( statements of accts, salary slips, introduction latter from my company stating my net worth, fix deposit certificates, passed traveling history and letter of invitation from my brother who is a PR)

The whole visa process took exactly a month and i intially thought they just kept it aside n waited for exactly 30days to send it bck to me with out processing it ( cos a colleague had a similar experience). We were given 5years visa each and the planing for the trip started immediately cos my wife was already 20weeks gone n the baby bump is already showing(2nd baby).
I have gone to drop them over there in canada and am back to work to cont the hustle while they flex and prepare for the baby.
At the point of entry ( toronto), the POE didnt even know my wife was pregnant since all attention was drawn towards me and she too was wearing a winter jacket. The only major question asked was why was i stating a 30days visit and my wife and kid was stating 6 months. I simply told him i had to go back to resume work while my family stay back to spend time with my brother and his family.

For now she is seeing the doc my brother introduced her to and will book an appointment close to her due date to see the gyno to save cost. For those seeking for cheap delivery , you can try canada birthing centers. My wife heard about it but she couldnt secure an appointment cos they were fully booked in the edmonton area. The cost is as low as $500 cad. And only for low risk pregnancies.
So our last phase is ongoing n will update u guys on how it goes. Love u all.

To God be the glory my princess arrived on the 21st of september.i delivered at oakbend .was induced on the 19th of september and delivered on 21st. Dr ezekiel was there to take delivery and everything went fine to the glory of God.
paid 2300 to oakbend becausue i told them i got the old quote from doctor fagbohun.
paid dr ezekiel 1900
Paid 120 for lab
NIC 335
Awaiting brown associates for baby and i lab.
Paid peadiatrician 30dollars for baby after she was discharged .

I got something online via amazon yesterday with Gtbnk card and was charged 379.8

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Please any mummies going to houston AUg 2nd week - Oct first week return and have apartment to share , please send PM . am using chi st lukes health center.

THANKS

My wonderful ppl !!!To God Be the glory... DH and I got our B2 visa today ( Lagos 7am appointment) after 4 mnths of B1/B2 rejection. I have decided to share my testimony because I used other ppls info here to keep my faith going .However, I prayed like never before and visited the motherless home with my seed for this purpose. My B1/B2 story goes...... Got married Nov 2015 and we applied in January and interview in February 2016 B1/B2 for honeymoon and to celebrate my upcoming birthday which was 2mnths and some weeks after wedding and God being God I took in immediately after wedding but that was confirmed some days to the visa interview(although what I had in mind was to use it for child birth and vacation if I had gotten it because i went for my honey moon after wedding but needed to tell an attracting story to....... ) so on the process of the interview the VO asked if I was pregnant(immediately I remembered advise from my friends and this site that is good to say the truth ) and I said yes, that I got to know some days after applying and he asked if am giving birth in US and I said for now no plans because we just got to know but I will wish to and the decision will be after the honeymoon vacation and the VO asked again u wish to give birth....and I said yes. So he rejected us then told us to apply for B2 and make available doctors correspondence and also our financial .i was still trying to convince him that I have not made any plans so we can get the visa but he insisted and gave us the blue paper. So we left and I was sad. I talked to justwise and he gave me his advice .Then in march we started sorting for doctors correspondence and i got info here true a good friend i PM that sent DR Fs email ( God bless you thou cant remember ur name again) that i used to get correspondence for doctors F fees and hospital ( Chi St Luke’s Health hospital) and also report from Nigeria hospital and financial. Then we reapplied in May 18TH and Our transcript today:

WE: Good morning with a smile
VO: (A lady)Good morning ..passport Please..... we gave her.
VO where are you going ?
Me :Houston Texas
VO :For what
Me: child birth
VO: Any documents.
Me. Immediately pass the doctors correspondence from Dr F and also letter from my hospital in Nigeria and budget sheet ( well prepared with colors ). and she started typing . really can’t remember if she went through the documents
VO: Why Houston
Me ; because I got a better offer from the hospital and doctor through two ppl I know used same doctor.
VO: where do u work
Me; blaaa blaaa blaaa ..
VO; To DH were do u work .
DH bla blaaa blaaa
VO : What's your budget for this trip ?
WE; Immediately told her the budget sheet was with her ,
VO: She went through and said good. and then typed then asked us to go pick our passport and was advising on the need to pay bills at that point my mind done reach Texas so I no even here wetin she talk again. lol

I thank God for his favor … it was indeed a miracle , No bank statement was checked ( but pls go with yours o!) or any other apart from budget sheet .From my observation, I believe they had already made their decision and then Gods Favor, also the colorful budget sheet !.....what would i have done if not for the budget sheet idea I got here .Thanks alot to all that took out time to answer my questions, and all that has kept posting info to get us updated and more thanks to greatie ( u r a sister)/ justwise you guys rock. Please be honest when applying. i attached the budget sheet for ppl that needs it too.

Regards,

Hi Greatie, i sent PM to you. please respond need lil info from you.

God BLESS

greatie:


Pls am ticket haunting now. Lets compare note.

please did you use the hospital ?can you refer me to any good doctor doctor or send me doctors email please.

can i send u pm ?

brokewaist:


For Tucson Arizona

Northwest medical center. 1800
Obgyn -marina health center. 2800
Pediatrician- cholla pediayrics. 220
Epidural 350

Tucson medical center. 2300
Pediatrician + circumcision 800
Obgyn Dr Palen. Inclusive of lab test 2200
Epidural 1200

thanks alot

brokewaist:


For Tucson Arizona

Northwest medical center. 1800
Obgyn -marina health center. 2800
Pediatrician- cholla pediayrics. 220
Epidural 350

Tucson medical center. 2300
Pediatrician + circumcision 800
Obgyn Dr Palen. Inclusive of lab test 2200
Epidural 1200

Hello mamas in the house!,please need your help,please can someone suggest an affordable hospital and doctor in arizona for me .wanted to use MIHS but got info that they dnt offer intl mart package. biko

God Bless