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Zeenayah:
Anyone flown Qatar to JFK recently with the 2 HR layover in doha? Any immigration questions in Doha? Pls share your experience.
Thanks.

ogekad:
Hi,

My hubby paid in Naira.

ogekad:
Hi Ogemele,

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ogekad:
Hello my dear people, happy new year.

This new year will bring us uncommon testimonies.
I had my princess on the 12th of Dec. 2017. I was so misinformed that I delayed the process in getting her international passport. I got her social security a week after birth. I went to the Dallas passport Agency downtown to get my LO's passport first on the 30th of Dec., I was asked to schedule an appointment which I wasn't aware of the I got earliest appointment date for 2 Jan., 2018.

I got there in time for the appointment and gave all the documents needed only to be told that the notary our DH sends to us is no longer valid as DH has to go to the US embassy in Nigeria to get the notary or be present at the US passport agency.

Apparently, this is a new rule that started yesterday 1 JAN., 2018. DH needs appointment date to get this notary and this is another delay for me as I need to get back to Nigeria soonest. Please, is this the same in your state. The social security is not needed when obtaining the international passport. Let's share this and talk about it.


I wish all our expectant mothers safe delivery in Jesus name.

PS: DALLAS IS FREEZING @ -2/-5.

Chijiuche:
In the spirit of giving back.

I flew Qatar to Houston 2 days ago at 34+6 days. submitted MediF form, Medical certificate 7 days before departure. Got approval after following up via twitter and phone.Thanks everyone for your guidance.

ladeonas:
please could i have brenda number

brooklyn20:
So I came in through Houston Poe on 23rd november (exactly a week ago) .i've been lazy to type my Poe experience.

Got my visit visa last year and used it for vacation both I hubby and toddler.got pregnant this year and decided to give birth with it.wrote the embassy and also got correspondence from hnwmc,Dr xydas.
Ever since we decided to go give birth in the us ,I've been praying about my journey to the us ,my stay , delivery etc and everything has been smooth so far and it will till the end by God's grace.




hubbys friend helped us to get accommodation with an American woman (May God bless her ,she's nice and sweet ,her kids are lovely too). And the accommodation came with transportation and feeding. She even said there's a spare Car for me to drive if I wanted to( fear no go fit let me drive for america) .

Back to the Poe story.

I and my toddler came in with Qatar airline.sent my medif form and cert. like 7days to travelled date. Hubby was at the airport some days later and went to ask if it was approved and they said it was ( travelled at 33 weeks 4days) . Also went with fit to fly from my doctor also did medical examination at d airport. Journey was smooth ,got to Doha and got airport accommodation , had my bath and had a good sleep.

From Doha to us was not bad too. I had a roll to my Self so I was able to sleep and stretch my legs. The air hostess kept asking if I was okay and needed anything. Also bringing chocolate ,sweet and snacks for my son .i applied to use a wheel chair but didn't eventually use it ,

At Houston there was a long que , I joined the que ,when it was almost my turn my son started shouting that he wanted to pee. I was allowed to take him to the toilet then come straight to the front.

Me: Good afternoon
Cbp: what are u here for?
Me: to have my baby
Cbp:How long will you be staying
Me: *****
Cbp:How much do you have on you
Me: ****** (more than $10k)
Cbp: I'll have to send you to secondary inspection cos I can't count your money here) .
Me: ok

He called some to come take me there. I waited for a while ,then I was called

Cbp: how much did u come in with
Me:****?
Let me see,she didn't count it
Cbp: what's the name of d hospital u are using?
Me: told her
Cbp:How did u get the cash
Me:Told her some from pta and d rest from beaut De change
Cbp: where will u be staying
Me : told her my host name and her address (she typed it on the system) and asked how much I'm paying her.
Cbp: do you have a credit card on you.me: yes
Cbp: make sure u pay all your bills and get the receipt and always take it along when travelling or else your visa will be cancelled .
Then she stood up and said follow me. She took me to an escalator and asked me to go down to Agric.
Went there and my bags were brought to me , it was scanned and my chicken nooddles was seized but every other food made it ,came in with all kinds of naija food.
Waiting for my first appointment tomorrow.

Ayat1209:
Thank you sir. But my school resumes by 16 January and the earliest date in Abuja consular office is 4th of January.. That's the problem am having right now.

Terese69:
So in the spirit of giving back ... Gosh I can't stand that line

Oh well, second missionary journey completed to the glory of God!

I used the same hospital and doctor as my first time.

Location- Dallas, Texas
Airline- Qatar. Ticket cost N418k (I will never fly them ever again. My experience with them was an absolute nightmare)

Medical expenses
Hospital fee - $3,000 (Vaginal delivery, 2 days hospital stay)
Doctor's fee - $2,400 (should have been $2,800 but I was allowed to pay my former fee as a return patient after much haggling.This fee is inclusive of all lab tests done at the doctor's clinic, sonogram and prenatal vitamins)
Epidural - $1,000 (Dem nor gree gimme discount . Apparently, this is already the discounted fee for self pay patients)
Hospital Paediatrician - $478 after discount (Original bill was $673)
Paediatrician after discharge - $215 (First visit $75 + second visit @2weeks $65 + $75 for new born screening done during the second visit)
Labs - $82 ($35 for me {original bill was $114} + $47 for baby {original bill was $109})

Total medical bill = $7,175

Declined hearing test and circumcision (they would have cost $330 and $710 respectively).

Documentation
Picked up baby's BC 4 days after birth. Had the passport appointment 7 days after birth, picked up the passport same day. Received baby's SSN 2 weeks after birth. Applied for VOA myself via email, got the approval within 48hours. Paid for it upon arrival. The process was pretty easy and straightforward. Got all my zero balance receipts before departure.

BC - $23 per copy + optional $2 for plastic envelop for safekeeping
Passport - $165 (expedited)
VOA - $190

Accommodation - After my horrible experience living with a family friend during my last missionary journey, I decided to rent a one bedroom apartment via Airbnb. Paid $3,400 for 11 weeks. God blessed me with the most fantastic airbnb host ever. I can't sing her praises enough. She made sure I had everything I needed in the apartment to make me comfortable. She bought a dry mill blender so I could blend my banga and pepper soup spices, bought a bassinet for my baby, books and toys for my toddler daughter and a sweater for my mum when it got cold. She took me to my doctor appointments, to the hospital, passport appointment, shopping, sightseeing and then returned to pick me up afterwards when she could. She took me to pick my husband up from the airport when he arrived and even went to drop him when he was returning. Upon my departure, her car was too small to fit me and my countless bags so she rented a truck just so she could drop us off at the airport. At the airport, she helped with my bags and paid a trolley guy to move my bags to the check in area before leaving. All this she did at no extra cost to me. Even when I offered to buy her fuel for her car, she'd vehemently refuse and tell me I am spending enough already as it is. This is a total stranger o, oyibo woman at that. Someone I didn't know from Adam and had never met before. I was beyond amazed at her hospitality and generosity. She saved me a lot on transportation and made my trip a lot easier. She was simply amazing to my family and I. God bless her immensely!

Mode of transportation - Uber and Lyft. I'd do a price check on both apps and request the cheaper option.

That's all folks. That's as far as my trip went.

Goodluck to everyone still on the journey and congratulations in advance. May it end in praise for everyone of you.

Officially hanging up my child bearing boots! Thank God for everything!!

Ayotundesh:
Hello people just in case you are traveling local flights to connect with your international flights...e.g from Abuja to Lagos.

The local air lines don't allow you fly over 30 weeks,
within the country....
While international air lines go as far as 36 weeks.

Our local flights average 1 hour... not up to a regular Nigerian movie some may sit to watch.

Do you think they are trying to reduce the number of

persons that deliver outside the country...because if a pregnant woman is at risk to fly for 45 mins - 1hour at30 weeks, are they safer to go on a whole day's journey on rough,bumpy, dangerous roads to same destination?

Supernaturalone:
Download southwest mobile app and use that instead, for your booking.

doyinwbaby:
hi guys so..qatar airways is doing promo. 2 for 1 business class tickets and 3 for 2 economy tickets.

pls for anyone planning to travel december or january and want business class tickets. pls let me know o so we can purchase together cos the minimum you can buy for business class is 2 tickets and the minimum you can buy for economy is 3.

you can check their website for more details!!!

Pls am interested in the Economy ticket.los to iad 3rd or 4th week of dec.
thank you

Lanifat84:
Good day all.
Not too long post alert!!
In the spirit of giving back
So hubby and I travelled for our first missionary journey via emirate oct3, stop over in Dubai 22hrs ,very nice experience with the break fast/lunch/ dinner .
But the 15hours not a joking stufz at all, had a terrible cold couldn't sleep but thank God for journey mercy!
Fast forward to poe
We both did the scanning of passports and finger print . That's how they sent me to one side sent my hubby to the other side for baggage claim Haaa!!! Because we have diff surnames the woman disn't know we are together , hubby just left thought try wanted to check him in another place . I ran back to meet the woman she said I should go back to the line , I started panicking o cos we both be jjc lol!
Place wasn't full guess our plane was first to land this morning 9:30, so it got to my turn

Cpb:what are you here for
Me :Vacation and child birth
Cbp: oh how many months?
Me : 34 weeks
Cbp: And how long will you be staying
Me: About 10-12 weeks * cpb cuts * about 3monhs ?
Me: yes
Cpd :what's the name of the hospital
Me: HNWMC
How much do you have on you
Me:$7k
cpd:your husband lives here?
Me:no we came in together today
Cpd: stamped me in till April * welcome to America* yay!!! That was all o . He dint check one document nor counted my money .
Na God o been praying since we landed can't imagine being sent back like have read here before with that long flight!!!!!
So went downstairs to meet hubby who has been asking for his wife from everyone in fear
Collected our bags then sent to agric
Cpd: where you from ?
Hubby :Nigeria
Cpd :why are you here?
Hubby: child birth and vacation
Cpd: why US
Hubby and I: we just want better health care for our child * cpd cuts in* is that the system is bad ? No! We are both DRs so we know the system here is better
Cpd oh okay
Cpd: do you have food
Hubby : just beans and knorr cubes for my aunt
Cpd : oh you have a relative here to take care of you
Hubby: yes
Cpd: who is sponsoring the trip
Hubby&I : both of us
Cpd : stamped hubby's passort , checked mine but has been stamped already!
That's it! He dint count the money/check our luggage /no document checked .
Sorry for the long post!

I need some infos:

Please am considering hospitals in Dallas esp Baylor Scott and white medical center Carrollton it's not far from my location , HNWMC is like 3hours from where am staying . So Baylor Scott is my best option here
Have sent mails to them and prenatal records as resquested by the doc but am yet to get a reply .
I know @temmyO and @boluwagin used same hospital and their fee is within my budget but can't reach them via email
I need to ask them if it possible to just walk in to the hospital without appointment ?
Or anyone that has info on this please help a sister
Thank you







Call the Dr's Office. Depends on the Dr you are using. Hosp won't attend to you without one cpd code or stuff like that. Which doctor are you using? I have one's number.

Og3chukwu:
In the spirit of giving back, I have learnt so much from this forum keep it up guys. I and my husband got our visa in 2016 which was used for the intended purpose Honeymoon and vacation in December.
I left Nigeria on the 28th of September at 31 weeks with BA, the flight from Lagos to Heathrow was so uncomfortable and their services wasn't so great.I got to Heathrow at 5.30am and had to check in for my connecting flight with American Airline to Dallas,Got to the booth and meet an agent.

AA Agent- Purpose of Visit to the USA
Myself- Child birth & Vacation
AA  Agent- Whom would u be staying with
Myself- Childhood friend
AA Agent- When last did you see her
Myself- 2005 but we keep in touch
AA Agent - What does she do for a living?
Myself- Health Administrator
AA Agent- What do you do for a living?
Myself- I work in bleep bleep and my clients are bleep bleep bleep
AA Agent- Smiles* and said I should proceed to the shuttle to take me to Terminal 5 and my mobility assistance would be waiting for me there.

Got to the terminal gate and requested for a comfortable seat and got one that had nobody beside me, I had enough room to stretch , their services was top notch.Arrived at Dallas at 1pm and we were the first flight that landed got my wheel chair assistance,Got to the automated machine for B1 & B2 visa, proceeded to the CBP officer.

Myself- Hello and smiled
CBP- He smiles back and hello too, he tried to pronounce  my name started laughing,I had to
pronounce my name the right way.
CBP- Do you have any food with you
Myself-Yes,plantain flour,peanuts,basil,pumpkin leaves and pepper soup spices.

He nooded and  started  gisitng with the lady that was assisting me,once they were done he was about to stamp me in without asking any further questions,I had to tell him I was here for Child birth and vacation ,he didn't notice I was pregnant and my tummy wasn't so big

CBP-How long are u here for?
Myself- 3months and two weeks
CBP-How much do you have on you ?
Myself- $ 7000
CBP officer- Stamps me in on my passsport  for 6 months (which  i didnt see how long )and said I would have to get to agriculture.

Got to Agriculture they scanned my bags and asked  whether I had indomie ,egusi ,ogbonno told them No to all,I had bleep bleep bleep.
Met another another  CBP officer, he asked for my passport which I gave him.
CBP-What are  u here for?
Myself- Child birth and Vacation.
CBP-requested for my doctors correspondence  which I gave him and  gave me  back my passport.
I looked at my passport and asked the officer how long am I stamped in for and he joked for a day, I finally saw where i was stamped till March 2018.Proceeded to go and check into my local flight to Houston.
POE was a breeze for me i spent just 20 mins in total from the CBP and agriculture.
Resting and waiting for my doctors appointment on Tuesday.

shirley013:
Good morning all.
Please I need urgent help. I am trying to renew my visa. I completed my Ds 160 but wasn't able to upload my passport pics. I went to submit at the dhl office I was told I have to upload the passport. I can't retrieve application as it has already been submitted.
Please what do I do?

uzyfine:
Thanks babatwi, pls am in a fix right now and don't know what to do. Dh was suppose to come over to pick us but he went for his interview yesterday and was denied. Below is the transcript.
Dh- good morning
Vo- where are u heading
Dh- dallas in Texas
Vo- what for?
Dh- my wife just put to bed twins and she needs my assistance so am going to support her and to help bring back my children as she can't travel alone with one infant.
Vo- have u travelled bl4?
Dh- yes but within Africa ( mention the 4 African countries he has been to)
Vo- where do u work?
Dh- told him and explain what the country does and his role as the chief financial officer.
Vo- how long have u worked with them
Dh- a little below 2 years
Vo- how much is ur salary?
Dh- told him( a little below 1m)
He started typing for sometime after which he gave the blue paper, my husband told him that his wife needs him in order to help bring back the kids and showed him the copies of their passport but after looking at them he gave them back and said that the blue paper will explain why.
I don't know what to do to travel with my twin alone and I don't know anyone traveling with Qatar to Nig on the same day to attach one of my kids.
Good people of God pls any idea on what to do, am beginning to develope hbp.

ashedzi:
If u are yet to get a response for questions u musta directed to me, kindly drop it here so others can help out just incase so u don't keep waiting. I need to tidy up few things so u may not get the feedback imdtly, Tnx

francmoda:
Good day....DW will be using oakbend. Due early Feb 2018...will be traveling last week dec...any portharcourt expecting Mum with the same itinerary willing to share a 2-bedroom apartment close to the hospital?

Emeritusseun:
am going with peace mass transport....it is kinda cheaper dan ABC.....
ABC at jibowu is #6950 both small bus and marcopolo
GOD IS GOOD MOTORS at jibowu.....#7500

PEACE MASS TRANSPORT at jibowu is #6500 while same PEACE MASS TRANSPORT at ojuelegbe is #5000

other companies shud be btw 4500-5500

Emeritusseun:
i dnt know yet...but i wil board at jibowu,....bro, pm me so dat we wont derail d trend