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congratulations!!!!!! how long did it take to get an approval? awaiting approval as well.

lakeside4ng:
House, I just got case status update via case tracker that my case was approved... what next should I be getting myself prepared ahead for ??

babes, how you are doing? my very own elpaso peep. guess you are good and the kids too.
Take care.



[quote author=Virtuousdiva post=70364073]Isy sleek I have been having my kids with doctores for years now and I am going back again this year..The cost still remains the same.

cookies:
Please who knows which airlines that are currently doing promo on their international routes?

Ethiad.

chloe00:
Hello Mamas, please for those living in Lagos, has anyone used Vedic lifecare hospital for antenatal etc before travelling, I’ll like to know how well they perform. Thank you

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The last time i checked they don't do anti-natal. but I'm not sure if they now do. You can google them to find out.

Regards.

Aibisoye0:
Hello House,

Please house can I notorize at the embassy same day wife is to deliver? Eg wife to deliver 1am Nigerian time and I notorize 10am Nigerian time. Is there any implication? Has anyone done this before?

Thanks you

you can notorize when wifey puts to bed. my hubby did for me after i had my baby too.

Tripletmom:
Stil on Turkish airline and accommodation for layovers.
I understand accommodation would b provided by the airline but a transit Visa is required.
Pls,how do i go about the transit visa.
Also read somewhere that dey don’t accept cash for payment of the visa but only America banks cards.

you can process your visa by yourself on turkish airline website and you can make payment with your nigerian card. But for american passport holder, you make payment at the airport.

augustmom2be:
Please where can i get nigerian passport. I need to renew mine and lagos office doesnt have bookelts . Please help its urgent

Its easier in Akure, if you dont mind. it takes about 1 week.

Iumezinwa1:
Hi Family,

Please has anyone had similar issue and how did you resolve it. Especially as regards the Oakbend additinal $5200 bill

My baby is 1 month old today and I intend to leave back to NIGERIA on 25th April.

First and foremost, I congratulate you and Thank God for the safe delivery of your baby boy.

When a baby goes to NICU, the bill is separate from the mothers package (Its totally a different package from your planned package)

Did you stay in the hospital till your baby was discharged? If yes, the reason for the bill. cos you've overstayed.

My advice is that you make payment plan that is convenient and acceptable and move on.

God will replenish you in ways you don't expect.

Best regards.

Babatwi:
As at 2weeks ago it was $100,so has it been increased to $200 again?

I need to confirm again then. The last time I checked it was $200.
Thanks for the info.

kodylicky:
Hello mums n dad's,

Pls who knows if cash withdrawal with access bank card is possible abroad

Access have a monthly limit of $200 and no ATM withdrawal, just online use.

jesufifunmi:
Hi. Please what documents were required for the processing of you minor's passport and how much were you billed?

you will need the underlisted;
- baby's US passport with Nigerian Visa stamped on it/ETT
- Babys birth certificate
- babys passport photo (2nos)
- parents international passport

kindly go with original documents for sighting (its required)

regards.

bbclement:
Please I'm new on this forum.have been trying to send pm to minimum and to some other mum on this thread.please I will be in Richmond Virginia by April need someone to share apartment with please.

you can hook up with misspink on this forum, she is also richmond virginia bound. im considering DC myself.

chiprettie:
Hello mumdearest! Interested, just sent you a pm.

I just sent you a mail. Please check and revert.

Good day all,

Is there anyone looking for whom to share an apartment with anywhere around washington DC / virginia sometime in April - July, please contact me asap.

Thank you.

Good day good people of NL and officially welcome to P.5 of this wonderful tread (all thanks to justwise and all sabi mamas and papas in the house).

I would like to share my interview experience with the VO today and hope some find this info useful. i had my baby last year in elpaso and my visa expired in january this year and myself and DH applied for a B1/B2 in September and had our interview today. (im not preggy and dont intend to use the visa for child birth).

VO: good morning
US: good morning with smiles
VO: where will you be going in the us
US: maryland
VO: do you know someone there?
DH: family, her brother(referring to me)
VO: you've been to the us, why and where did? (? directed to me)
ME: texas and to have my baby
VO: but you stated in the form you filled that you would be visiting your brother?
ME: that was my initial intention but changed when i got pregnant. and i went further to explain that i sent a mail of CHANGE OF INTENT to the consular.
VO: i cant see any where here that you sent the change of intent letter.
ME: i sent to Abuja and was told to send it to Lagos where i applied for visa which i did and got a default response.
VO: what do you mean by default? can you show me a copy of the response you got
ME: i didnt come with it.
VO: asked me to say what the response was.
ME: i could only remember THERE IS NO CRIME IN GIVING BIRTH IN THE UNITED STATES ( thanks to NL for always repeating this which got stuck in my head cos i cant even remember anything written in the letter).
VO: do you intend to use this visa for birthing in future?
US: NO.
VO: at the POE, you might be asked to provide proof of payment which should be made available. (and he gave us the white paper for pick up)
US: thanks.

thank you all for the tremendous contributions. God bless you all.

volsea:
Thanks I want to know how good they because they seems to be the cheapest I've gotten so far. I arrived Orlando Florida on Saturday with ease of entry the CBP didn't even notice I'm pregnant. I've been searching for Doctor and hospital since them but the price is very high, though already have appointment with doctoresparati, but the fear of staying alone without any relative for CS is my problem. So if I couldn't get any cheap hospital here I will quickly port back to my elpaso with reasonable price ooo.

she enjoyed her stay all through and she confirmed that she didnt have any issue with the doctor she used. you might want to try out though.

volsea:
My beautiful sisters, pls I need answer for my question o. Is there anybody that have recent experience with doctoresparati using Sierra province hospital in elpaso. Please help a sister

my sister used them and will be returning today from elpaso.

what will you like to know if i may be of help?

firsttymum:
Anything that can be planted or germinate or a seed is not allowed.
Chicken anything isn't allow.
So for beans nope
Vegetables dried
I don't know d meaning of most of what u posted.. No vex

Beans is allowed but you have to pick it span and clean to ensure that there are no weevil in it. i suggest she buys oloyin beans.

thermolady:
Hello house; This is an ‘almost’ silent follower [my story is on the ‘anyone trying iui, ivf’ thread] coming back to say thank you. I can honestly attribute our success at the visa interview yesterday to all the info I gathered here over the months & prayer.

So now, forex/ticket hustle. Don’t know how it will happen cos of cost/availability but it must only end in praise!

congrats. May your hussle for $ and POE be successful.

Dquin1:
hello house, pls I am trying to book my flight (on wakanow) to elpaso, leaving 1st week in December. BA is the cheapest (504k) but chicago as POE, not an option for me atal. The only option i am seeing is Multiairline (BA and American airline) (599k) dallas POE. BA to hearthrow, american airline from hearthrow to dallas to elpaso. Please how does this multiairline work? will these airlines operate independently? [b]is it possible american airline ask me for luggage fees? or start asking me again for medcert and fit to fly? [/b]

Please people that have done el paso direct from nigeria, which travel agency did you use? I saw BA (Dallas poe) 540k on skyscanner but was directed to BA site which was quoting price in dollar when i wanted to book.

flew BA to elpaso from nigeria last year. you are not paying for luggage you collect your luggage in elpaso and also check it in from elpaso and pick up in nigeria.

from the info we have gotten so far, i'll suggest you go with DFW poe.

All the best.

Rebarobyn:
I'm sure about their policy however what you cannot rule out is that the airline official checking you in may not notice you're pregnant. I once flew lufthansa heavily pregnant and they did not notice I was pregnant and never asked for my fit to fly. Did you give them a fit to fly letter staking clearly that you were 35 weeks gone when you were boarding?

You should count yourself lucky you were not spotted. BA can be very strict.

i fly BA at 34 wks. it allows up to 36 wks for singleton.

TripleKMama:
Pls what of BA? Do dey need from Port Health? I learnt its from ur Dr they require. Pls epp.

They require from your hospital. This was last year though. Not sure of recent requirement. But when i flew them they only asked for it in Nigeria. Like previous writers have suggested, go early and in case they reject your doctors' then you can quickly do another at port health.

regards.

TripleKMama:
Quick Question for Visa Interview Appointment Pls.
Any advantage of choosing 7:30am vs 8:30am?
I see just 7 slots for 8:30am for my sis Im helping with. But I see 30 and 33 respectively for 7:30 and 8am. Dont know which to choose. I need tips for tricks etc
Thanks a lot
Daalu nu rinne!

I dont think there is any advantage over time. Most people might prefer to choose a later time so as not to be late for appointment. You cant predict traffic in Lagos.

bissiejoe:
Hello house,
A quick question to those who booked flight on BA website, was your card charged the same rate as shown on the website or a totally different amount?
Thanks

you will be charged at prevailing rate of your banks. which is totally different from what is stated on the site.

[quote author=lobus post=49387579][/quote]Thank you. They are just envious of we Africans since they cant afford to spend that much.

Dear NL family. Please permit me to share the testimony of my sis that arrived in elpaso texas in the early hours of today.
She flew BA to Dallas and connected AA to elpaso.

she arrived LHR and before checking in for her Dallas flight, she was questioned for her purpose of travelling which she told them she was going to have her baby in the US and they requested for doctors correspondences which she showed them.

when she arrived Dallas;

after greeting,
Cbp - what brings you here
sis - child birth
cbp - how long will you be staying
sis - 6weeks
cbp - how much do you have
sis - above 10k
cbp- you will be directed to cash declaration and stamped her in for 6months.


@ declaration place (her time was wasted);

she was been attended to by 2 people she believed to be mexican-american
started the questioning all over again.....
went back to her previous visit to Tennessee in 2014 about where she had her 1st baby, how much she paid then and why she is paying less now.
and she requested giving them doctors correspondences which they said No to.
The CBPs started chatting between themselves but she was eaves-dropping
they talked how africans are coming to take over america and send them out soon and they need to find somewhere better to go.....

after the chatting they decided to give her the declaration form which she filled and submitted

to agriculture where they seized her indomie chicken onion and rice.

her 4hrs layover to elpaso was reduced to 1hr after the delay at cash declaration.
arrived elpaso safely and still resting........

thank you all for your tremendous contributions. God bless you all.

Tyrah1:
That what I was thinking too but wen LadyG said it easy to liquidate u'mean so confuse don't know what to do

Dear Tyrah1, if the account is yours, you can terminate as lady G has suggested and transfer to your account and defend the statement that the purpose of the FD was towards your missionary journey.

Just my suggestion.

Pray all the way and you will find favor........ all the best.

Tyrah1:
Hello my adorable mamas n papas in the house please want to ask if one can go to the embassy with a fixed deposit account statement or it needs a backup statement asin maybe one should join another statement

im of the opinion that you should go with another statement (if available). a colleague of mine was denied with lots of money in his FD account reason being that its an asset.

But as we all know what is applicable to one may not be to another.

All the best.

happytbaby:
I have FCMB, Access, Sterling and GTB card. If anyone knows the current rate any od them is charging on Intl transactions, kindly let me know.

sterling is charging 379.51

BeckyU:
Hehehehehe!!!! This is exactly the question I have been asking but didnt have enough courage to throw it open to the house before some mamas roast me alive. I have seen other abbreviations too like DW, DH and so I had to come up with the answers myself so I can satisfy my curiosity, LO ---Loved one, DW---Dear wife, DH---dear husband. Wonder if am right.lol.

LO (Little One) refers to newly born baby.

gracefultosin:
Good Afternoon , please is try any mum in the house going to el paso in September or October for child birth. Kindly Inbox me to chat for working things together.

Regards

hello, a sister of mine will be travelling to elpaso in sept.