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Jobs/Vacancies › Re: A Lady I tried To Give A Job Of N393,000 Blocked Me On Facebook by LI(m): 11:47am On Aug 08, 2017

And I agree with you 100%. But please note tho that point of my reaction was not to trivialize the opportunity that was thought to be lost, it was rather about drawing conclusions that may not be accurate.

supersystemsng:
Well spoken..however, very few people make 400k per month Sir.

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Jobs/Vacancies › Re: A Lady I tried To Give A Job Of N393,000 Blocked Me On Facebook by LI(m): 11:26am On Aug 08, 2017*

Dear OP,

While a 400k/month job is good, please understand there are jobs that pay more than that, even in Nigeria. There are also self-employed people who make multiples of that amount. I understand your bitterness but you may be making a mistake to think the life of this lady depended on that referral you we're trying to make.

It is clear that you had good intentions but she may not have needed your help at all. Let's even agree for the sake of argument that her life would have made a good turn-around with that job, my brother, there is no way you can convince me with this your story that you tried to establish contact. Sending a friend request on facebook is not good enough, especially when you admitted you only went to primary school with her, including a short message with your friend request would have been more appropriate. How about?

Hey Whatever her name is, I have information about a potential job offer that I think you're more qualified for than any other person I know, if you're interested, do let me know

Trust me, with that she would have accepted your request and even if she would not take/get the job, she still would be grateful to you for looking out for her. Oga, you did not try enough period!

I don't know how long ago Primary school was for you, but you made a mistake for assuming that she still remembers you, I only remember a handful of people from my elementary school days and this is only because I have been friends with the same people over the years. For a woman who probably had been harassed with friend request by strangers who only mostly want to have s3x... you should have been more understanding. Maybe she didn't even remember you at all, or recognize your name; you may have used a different name from one she remembered, or spelt it in a different way. I'm making assumptions here but you get the point, right?

Lastly, that line about you having a girlfriend prettier than this assumed friend of yours is unnecessary, childish even.

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Crime › Re: Chinese Man Arrested At Kano Airport With Over 300K All In N5 Denomination. PICS by LI(m): 6:06am On Aug 05, 2017

The man was arrested because he failed to disclose he was traveling with less than $1000? Really huh

Politics › Still On The Spiritual Side Of Aso Villa by LI(op): 7:24am On Oct 31, 2016

Since the publication of Reuben Abati’s piece on the “Spiritual side of Aso Villa” on October 14, I have taken time to follow the reactions of key personalities to the article. Quite significantly, a former Minister of Aviation and presidential spokesman, Femi Fani-Kayode, a predecessor of Abati in the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Segun Adeniyi, and his successor, Femi Adesina, have taken different positions on the very crucial matter articulated by Abati.

Besides these insiders in the Aso Villa matter, Abimbola Adelakun of The PUNCH, also wrote a rejoinder wherein she wondered if Abati needed help. Adelakun’s piece can be easily dealt with in that she committed the social scientific error of ranking a philosophical/theoretical paradigm above another. A confessed agnostic, Adelakun committed the error of declaring as irrational and superstitious the existential reality of the spiritual experience of the theistic Abati. Having confessed that “some of us have struggled to reconcile our agnosticism with curious phenomena for which we could not find immediate answers in scientifically tested knowledge”, Adelakun should have retained herself in the arena of her competence. There is a whole realm beyond the reach of science and empiricism as we know them today.

The empiricist is no more rational or saner than the rationalist philosopher/theorist or vice versa. To suggest that Abati needed help just because he narrated an experience which Adelakun’s empiricist mind could not relate with is an offence to the basic tenets of social science precepts which anyone who underwent sound undergraduate training in any of the social sciences mustn’t commit.

Before attending to the viewpoints of the Aso Villa gurus, I need to make some clarifications just like Adesina did in his rejoinder to Abati.

I’m 54 years old. Like Abati, I taught in the university (I put in seven years). Like Adeniyi, Adesina and Abati, I have practised journalism for about 30 years, three out of which I was Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of a national newspaper. For eight years, like the two Femis, Adeniyi and Abati, I worked for governments and closely with two governors, within which I served as a state commissioner. For 19 years till date, I’ve been involved in local and international businesses. And like all the Villa writers, I’m a Christian. But unlike all the aforementioned, I contested to be governor of Ogun State in the 2015 election.

Now, I stated the personal details above to underscore the viewpoint I’ll be advancing in this rejoinder that in my varied professional, political and economic endeavours, there is no where I have encountered grave evil forces and fetish practices and occurrences as in government and politics.

Because Fani-Kayode wholly endorsed and even amplified Abati’s narrative, there’ll be no need for me to touch on his own article.

While Abati raised the alarm that “Aso Villa is in urgent need of redemption” from forces of darkness that make many who worked therein to suffer strange ailments and commit inexplicable errors, Adeniyi and Adesina posited, while not denying that evil forces exist and may actually be in operation in the Villa, that their own experiences did not conform to Abati’s of spiritual attacks and strange ailments.

Adesina’s and Adeniyi’s central thesis is that if evil forces operate in Aso Villa, so they do in all spheres of life and human endeavours. Very true. According to the former, “Such as is common to man…” is whatever evil occurrence that may happen to anyone in the course of their sojourn in the Villa.

Nothing in Abati’s testimony suggests that evil happens only to those in the Villa. He spoke about “degree” and “quantity”. But Adesina must know the truism that “higher levels bring higher demons”. Like Adesina and Adeniyi, my “waist below” worked throughout my journey in government and politics. And I didn’t suffer any strange ailment. For me to be insulated from the spiritual vicissitudes of government and politics here in Nigeria, I prayed and fasted “beyond measure”. Close relations and brethren in the church prayed for me without ceasing. And as much as laid in my power and the abundant grace of God, I made efforts to live a righteous life.

Besides Abati who is a close friend, I’ve heard many former functionaries of the Federal Government relate to me the pervasiveness of rituals and fetish practices. My experiences in my tour of duties in government and politics confirm them. And Adeniyi was right on point when he affirmed that “when people seek power in Nigeria, whether in the political or spiritual realms, not a few of them go for diabolical means.” This is truest for government and politics in Nigeria.

It will be unnecessary to begin to reel out all that I heard, saw and witnessed especially in the two years I actively campaigned to be governor of Ogun State.

And the reason why Government Houses across the country are so demonised is not far-fetched. The Nigerian state, like all other African states, as vividly described by the eminent political scientist, Prof. Mammoud Mamdani, is a “veritable Mount Kilimanjaro surrounded by a Lilliputian environment”. The state is the repository of the scarce resources that all crave for. Government leaders are those in the institutional positions to dispense the resources. To have access therefore becomes what the late Prof. Claude Ake described as “warfare” in which all arsenals – physical and spiritual – are deployed.

At the physical realm, why is it that Aso Villa is the most fortified spatial enclave in the country? As it is in the physical realm, so should it be in the spirit realm because of the sheer quantum of evil arrows that get shot into the place. Because of the sheer power and enormous resources reposed in government houses, it can’t be correct that the evil forces that will be operating in them would be “as is common to man”.

Yet, I do not subscribe to Abati’s tone of surrender to those evil forces. And he sounded a little funny saying that the current Aso Villa should be abandoned to overcome dark spiritual forces. A sound Christian, as Adesina correctly says, must have dominion over them and not yield an inch to them. Being acquainted with the Christian lives of Adesina and Adeniyi, I know for sure that they wouldn’t have been imperilled by those dark forces. But Adesina should tell us his activities in the realm of prayer and fasting that afford him to “sleep so soundly” and “even snore” in his apartment in the Villa. Ditto Adeniyi. I will be extremely surprised if the former is not praying and fasting more now than when he was Managing Director of The Sun newspaper and President of the Nigerian Guild of Editor. It is the same way that I’d be surprised if Adeniyi didn’t witness less spiritual tension after his exit from the Villa.

Now, I’m not suggesting that those who had “strange ailments” were not right with God; neither do I say that being right with God makes one immune from those “things that are common to man”.

Having an acute awareness of the presence and operations of dark spiritual forces, however, should never make us abandon rational and indispensable scientific means and actions that will make us overcome our development challenges. As Apostle James says, faith without works is dead. So also is anyone walking through this world without faith in the Almighty God dead even though he may be physically alive. It is for this realisation that the United States of America, in spite of its great scientific and technological advances still inscribes on its currency that “In God we trust”. The superpower has the last Thursday of every November as a national Thanksgiving Holiday. It is for the same reason that the former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, organises prayers for this country.

Kawonise, a former Ogun State Commissioner for Information, is Publisher, NewsScroll.

Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by LI(m): 7:41am On Sep 09, 2016

I see some people are still lying at the embassy about their intended reason for travel, I thought we were already passed that. Just so you know, people are getting turned back everyday at the POE for the same reason, the fact that you don't personally know anyone doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

A friend finally came clean about her situation: apparently she was deported for not declaring her true intention during the interview. Shame wouldn't let her return to her home in Lagos so she moved to Port Harcourt and had her baby. All along, we thought she was in Yankee. I don't know why she chose to tell us the truth since we would never have known anyway.

On a side note, if you must misrepresent, please have a thick skin, or better still, do not inform your friends and family until you are safely at your final destination so that in the event that you perhaps get deported, it becomes easy to return to your home without the worry that people would laugh behind your back.

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Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 3:07pm On Mar 10, 2016

LO is cutting his first tooth so he's been less jolly the last few days. Other than that, we're all doing great.
Very soon don't worry, that which you desire will come to you. Don't lose that faith, I will be waiting to read your good news.

ayanuke:
Hi Li,
This thread is addictive ooo, me wey never pregnant sef pop in every other day to catch up and munch Info with serious FAITH. How is madam and LO?

I'm not sure you got the right person here but thanks for having me back

omodadi:
Mrs LI, welcome back o.....ur bbm don turn land line abi? How preparations ?

Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 10:24am On Mar 10, 2016

I thought I only took a few days off, I came back to see I was 40+ pages behind. See me reading diligently like it was my first attempt at going to the abroad for baby waka. This thread is addictive, Walahi!

How are you @chijiuche? I wish you and your family peace at this time.

Congrats @onlineise. Your experience made a mockery of the anxiety I had for you, I am glad.

@Firsttymum, abi @secondandthirdtymum (I have a theory on people who get in a family way shortly after having a baby). Congrats, assuming it's true. And if not, congrats still

Oakbend jacking up they price will affect them in the long run. If all the Nigerian families take their money elsewhere, I'm sure their bottom line will take a hit.

Please don't put your baby's SSN in somebody else's custody please. It is illegal and you're putting your child at risk.

Congrats to everyone with good news and best wishes to everyone awaiting theirs. I wish my arms were longer so I could hug you all at the same time.

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Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 5:11pm On Feb 13, 2016

This is quite true considering the level of help people are getting from anonymous folks here.

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Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 10:27am On Feb 11, 2016

6k is the undiscounted price and the people you called will tell you that's what you're paying. Call again and tell them you're only required to pay $850 which is the discounted price for epidural, they'll take your payment over the phone and send you a receipt + zero balance

mymy2015:
Pls house I need suggestions urgently, I used Oakbend and had my son 2 weeks ago. Problem is epidural wasn't in my birthplan but caved in when I couldn't stand the pain. Problem now is after many attempts to reach the anestelogists they are now saying my bill is over 6k. A beg how do I go abt it cos I have settled all other bills and already have zero balance
Dr 2400 pls lab
Oakbend 2300
Scan 150
NICS 335
Lab 140
Altogether I never even spend the 6k the epidural people are calling.
Abeg gurus how do I sort this out.

Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 9:00pm On Feb 10, 2016

I see a new generation of correct moms and dads here. Una do well. wink

Congrats to all successful PTA and VISA gotters plus POEntrants. Best wishes to all still expecting

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Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 10:34pm On Feb 07, 2016

Some folks will do anything for attention.

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Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 10:15pm On Feb 07, 2016

I just saw this.

Those hormones really got you, but you will be alright. You can have a hug on my tab

Abefeokin:
Oga LI for ur mind u Don advice shey? How do u know d person is a stranger? Did I even ask for your opinion on that? I think d area of concentration should be on the POE issue! Ejoo sir o

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Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 10:01pm On Feb 07, 2016

I am looking forward to your testimony. God go with you and prepare smooth passage.

All the best!

Onlineise:
Thanks Like i mentioned earlier all this started because we felt been upfront n honest would mean something. I know couples that did dropbox that got thiers with no story and even at POE went in without declaring. To these couples now we look like mumus cause they frantically warned us not to pick interview.

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Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 1:47pm On Feb 01, 2016*

Wrt the bolded, Please know that even though some may be disrespectful, there are more of others who value your advice. Think about it

nadina:
Thank you for insulting me. I only had one intention,and that is to help others . What would I gain by disseminating false information. I promise never to post any needful information here anymore. God bless you.

Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 5:19pm On Jan 31, 2016

Oh. I see. In that case, I am in agreement with you

aye88:
Well if you read in between the lines, u will see the sarcasm at the bolded

Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 4:51pm On Jan 31, 2016

I disagree with the context with which you have used the bolded. Yes, God performs miracles but to imply that He does that in lieu of us (or in this case, the OP) doing the right thing is incorrect.

aye88:
There is a huge possibility that the unpaid bill reflects in their system. Four yrs is too long for that unpaid bill not to have been sent to collections. If your wife attends that interview, she faces a likelihood of being ban. I will advice you postpone the interview and look for a way to pay your bill, or pay the bill before the interview date, or forfeit the interview in totality and wait till when you've been able to settle your bills. Or choose the devvils option and let her go for the interview, two things will happen, she either ends up being denied, ban or granted the visa. So you can hope for the best and pray. God is still in the business of doing miracles

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Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 4:43pm On Jan 31, 2016

A stranger wants to host you? As in you're not going to pay for rent?
1) The rule is: be consistent with your story. If you've said you don't know anyone, then don't show up at CBP saying you suddenly found an angel willing to house you for 3 months.
2) For your own safety, it's not advisable to carry all that cash and your vulnerable self to go and live with someone you don't know. You know what they say about awoof? Safety first please

Abefeokin:
Hello house, just this one pls, so I filled in that I don't know anyone in the US in my application(which was true) now I'm going for a missionary journey in a different state and someone wants to host me, should I tell them @ POE that I'm going to the person's place or just book a temporary apartment jeje? Thanks

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Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 4:32pm On Jan 31, 2016

I understand, just never thought of it from the perspective.
How's your boy?

firsttymum:
I meant this particular dry weather.

U r so right at d bolded

Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 4:16pm On Jan 31, 2016

Chairman you get mind o. I usually won't judge but you self check am na, you've been owing 12k5 for 4 years and thought no one would ask questions and you still wan go do the same thing again? Why didn't you go into a payment plan with the hospital. If you were paying an average of $300 per month since 2012 you would have finished clearing your debt since. Bros make we talk true, what you did was wrong. And that you even had the liver to reapply...

Your wife will likely be placed on a ban or she'll be granted her visa. Hope for the best but expect the worst.

Hmmmn.

teeteekay2367:
hello Guys

have been a silent reader just want to share my experience,we had our first child in NJ in 2012 in a private Hopital we had a bill of 17kusd and for the baby 2.5kusd ,we paid a total of 7k usd in btw the two bills,our visa expired 2014 .my wife is pregnant again and we applied for a drop box to renew our visas ,but she was called to come for an interview alone wthout me, in our first travel to the us in 2012 we told them at the POE that we are there to dleiver,

can her interview have sumtin to do with the unpaid bill some one pls advice .her interview at the us embassy in abuja is next week.

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Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 3:51pm On Jan 31, 2016*

Congrats. The highlighted cannot be over emphasized

MumTee:
This platform has been so so helpful, i appreciate all d people who Have answered ny queréis, responded to PM, those that has Just provided info publicly to We users. Cant begin to mention names cos everyone has been helpful. I am also available to respond to PM if i cant be on d Forum anytime.
May God bless our LOs, We wont labour in vain over them. Our children will matter wia It matters by God's grace, Amen.
For those of us preparing for this journey and those in d waiting room, your testimony is sure, Just follow d rules and Take out time to research, It gets u prepared and confident, Nothing takes u by surprise.
I came, I Saw, I conquered!

Sylolo, yours is a case of uncommon favour. The odds of coming across a CBP officer from you town...All I can say is, Wow! It could never have been a coincidence. Congrats on the successful journey

sylolo:
OUR INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT
CBP Officer: Oh, he might not know me. Tell him to call me because he might be interested in joining the Nigerian Tribal Association here.
And he stamped Wifey in for 6 months without checking any document or Cash. He did not even ask about cash. Though Wifey was with $9925 (I had already taken $75 from the $10k in Naija to save her from the Customs stress over there. She spent less than 5mins with the CBP Officer. There was no secondary inspection whatsoever. This was her first time travelling to the US.
Wifey got to Customs where her bags were not checked. The Officer just asked if her foodstuffs were blended and she answered “yes”.
That was all. Testimony No.3

Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 11:29am On Jan 30, 2016

What was his path to citizenship? If you know this and it's not a sneaky way, go ahead and use him as your contact

sadiaalmas:
Please I will be going with my mum to usa and we are trying to apply for our visa. her brother, my uncle is based in the states.We don't think we will be visiting him while over there. Is it OK to write his name as relative based in the USA. He is a citizen so no worries about his status in the USA.

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Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 11:22am On Jan 30, 2016

October babies and dry weather? That's a new one. But I know every single Valentine's Day was a hit back to back

firsttymum:
The house is quiet.

Lemme make noise

So I'm here wondering am I d only one experiencing this very dry weather?

I see October babies loading due to this weather.

Erm I remember last year falentine I can't forgerrit....
Ehen this year falentine is loading... Anyone that shares bday around my baby's bday is a suspect.

This zika virus tho. And I'm hearing it's sexually transmitted

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Travel › Re: 10 Reasons Why Travellers Are Turned Back Or Refused Entry At The Port Of Entry by LI(m): 7:03pm On Jan 18, 2016

Ignoramus

Bollinger:
Lol.....All the points are rubbish. Unless you hid in a suitcase up to the point of entry, you would not even encounter any of these issues because you won't even have a visa in the first place. The guy is just typing rubbish and you are swallowing it.

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Celebrities › Re: Olamide Seeks Fans Opinion In Selecting YBNL First Female Artist by LI(m): 10:46am On Jan 18, 2016

This is the reason everybody discriminates against Nigerian youth and graduates. Simple English: combination of Asa and Dej loaf, you people are talking about signing Asa. After you will be blaming government for the problems you created for yourselves. Aaargh!

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Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 10:30am On Jan 15, 2016

To those asking and others who want to know, please see below from the US Embassy

Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 10:20am On Jan 15, 2016

Good thinking. All the best and please come back

Chizee02:
Went there with 3 of my hubby's bank statements but the highest was over 3m which I quoted and mine mine over 500k . My total budget was almost 2.6m and I didn't appear terrified. We thinking of applying together next time sha but after getting UK visas. Thanks a lot

Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 9:55pm On Jan 14, 2016

The thing is, I can't fault your transcript at all, you did okay, so maybe the VO was just not in the mood and that was why I referred to your body language. I'd say reapply with your husband and use your son as ties to home country.

Also try and see if there's any part of the interview that we may have missed.

raptor2:
No dear I was not. Yes I want to reapply but the honset truth is that am a bit confused. The questions in my head is should I 're apply alone? Should I apply with my hubby and son? Or just wit my son alone.
Please help out
@lady @phema@nerf @tevgas Make una help abeg

Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 8:28pm On Jan 14, 2016

MetroTee:
Hello everyone! So in the spirit of giving back, I created an account on NL.

I read all the threads from Part 1 to 3 and just want to say that anyone who genuinely reads through will have no need to ask questions. Everything has been trashed on here! Thank you so much to all who have kept this thread alive.

Thank God for everything! x

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Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 8:04pm On Jan 14, 2016

Maybe reapply with your husband. Let's also drill down on the earnings and bank balance: could be that too but we won't know since you didn't say

Chizee02:
I guess today is a bad day for many people. Went for mine today in Abuja and wasn't successful , a lot of ppl were denied. I am very much grateful to God for bringing me this far cos I know that denial ain't rejection and my baby is already blessed whether birthed in US or here , I say thank you to everyone here for the wealth of Knowledge I have earned. No knowledge is a waste, tomorrow is another day.

Here is my transcript;

Vo: Am sorry ma'am I can't ........... puts the green paper in my pp and handed over to me and said Goodluck. She wasn't cheerful at all

I left there thinking aloud like what could have been wrong even with all my docs. She didn't even want to see any of burden of proof. I felt bad shape but that's life, in all I give God all the praise.
I wish everyone the best of luck in life's endeavour

Thanks Thanks Thanks!

Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 7:53pm On Jan 14, 2016

It could be body language, did you appear uneasy at all? Can you reapply?

raptor2:
Hello Dear family ... I have been a silent reader on thread and I must confess you all are doing a great Job. Shout out to Nerf and Nogen for replying my PM.
MY interview was today and its was not successfully honestly before It got to my turn this particular woman was just rejecting everybody.

Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 7:47pm On Jan 14, 2016

Apply for the B1/B2 Visa, It's the same price as the B2 which is strictly for Medical tourism so it is better and you can use your B1/B2 later after your childbirth.

How did your uncle become a citizen? How did he enter the US? My advise is that you avoid saying you were invited, just have your correspondence with doctor, Bill. Infact your whole burden of proof.

PacoChi:
Hello all, I'm new here and have gained alot reading through the thread but still need your opinions. I'm an expecting mom and will like to travel to the US for vacation and child birth, I have a Virgin passport. My husband will sponsor the trip and will pay all bills. I have an uncle who I intend staying with, he is a US citizen and wants to send me an invitation acknowledging I will be staying with him in Houston . Please what visa category should I apply with and is it OK to say I have an invitation?? I would really appreciate your help so as to know the right thing to do. Thanks

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Travel › Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 3 by LI(m): 7:36pm On Jan 14, 2016

This is a very risky venture. What if you don't find someone wiling? Can your husband and someone else come over instead and assist you? How about finding someone travelling same day before you get to the airport?

Stylishmum:
Someone advised i get to the airport very early on my date of departure(Jan 29th) and sort for someone travelling to Lagos and ask to attach my baby's ticket with the person.

Any ideas? Please help people. I am running out of time.

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