Thanks a whole bunch Nairaland family, loads of info that helped in a lot many ways. Wifey delivered on Wednesday October 28th, went to vital records for the BC on Wednesday 5th Nov, BC info was yet to be forwarded by the hospital, so she went back to the hospital and expedited things and was told to check vital record back on Friday 6th after paying up the hospital bills. She went on Friday got the BC moved over to Nigerian house same day ! got the Naija passport after I had sent consent to them via email(as I am in Naija). Went to New York passport office on Monday 10th for d blue pali, was attended to and she opted for priority mailing instead of coming back next day (Lil one was demanding attention ). The blue pali was delivered lastnyt (13th Nov) signalling the epilogue of the Big Apple waka. Exit mode to be activated by Friday. Very grateful to God Almighty for hitch-free delivery and every other blessing, Thumbs up to the Nairaland community & special mention TOBERMOM!

We celebrate you all.


Peace

cinakin:
Hello, please what did you use to apply for the naija passport and how did you go about it?, a friend of mine said it can't be done since the baby has a us passport...

Just go to Naija embassy with the BC and consent if both parents aren't there present. No US passport was asked.

Tobermom:

No problem at all. I didnt do a nigerian visa, i did a passport and didnt use any agent. Just applied online, bought money order of 77 and an extra 30 for processing fee and took to the nigerian consulate

Thanks, they got the BC & Naija passport yesterday but couldn't go to the US passport office. I want to find out which exact office did u get d US passport from (in 24 working hours) ? Cos they went online for appointment & got 13th Nov & she said they claimed it takes 5 working days after the appointment. While the post office said 3--4 weeks. Just need a Lil guidelines on d US passport ASAP, sorry for always bugging you, guess you are the one closer home the most

isysleek:
Morning house,please those that live in Abuja, which hospital can you recommend for children. Please help.

Federal staff hospital Jabi is cool, as has been said. Garai hospital and Nisa premier Jabi.

Tobermom:
In other matters, i had my baby on the 22nd oct. Was discharged on the 24th . had her paed visit on the 28th , settled our bill on the 29th ( it still stood at the 6500, only addition was 275 for labs) Got the short form of her BC from the office of vital records on the 30th. Applied for us passport same day but was asked to collect on 2nd nov. Applied for naija passport 2nd nov and collected both passports on the same day. Also ssn came in by mail yesterday. So with this, My american dream/ journey which has had its fair share of highs and lows is coming to an end. I leave for naija on friday. Yay!!!! Baby will be 2 weeks 1 day ( i told you ozycy that you are my mentor . i cant wait to hold both my babies, ive so missed my 5 yr old and im glad his crying spells wil

Safe trip back to Naija. Kindly assist me with contacts to Naija visa office (did you use an agent? If yes contact plus & what's d charge). The hospital informed my wife she can now head to county for the BC and I need to see if she can @ least tidy up both US passport & Naija visa office after picking d BC today & possibly wait for collection next wk. Cos my Aunt took out some time from work to assist her but she is resuming on Monday.

Once more, thanks for all your assistance.

Tobermom:

I used wyckoff, i would suggest your wife still goes to the vital records place. As long as the birth has been registered, it should be there. I was also asked to wait 4 days before going there but it was filed and sent to vital records on the second day.
All the best

Ok thanks, she went to vital records yesterday & they said it wasn't registered yet. So she called the hospital & they told her it should take like 4wks. She will check the hospital tomorrow.

Thanks & best regards.

Tobermom:
In other matters, i had my baby on the 22nd oct. Was discharged on the 24th . had her paed visit on the 28th , settled our bill on the 29th ( it still stood at the 6500, only addition was 275 for labs) Got the short form of her BC from the office of vital records on the 30th. Applied for us passport same day but was asked to collect on 2nd nov. Applied for naija passport 2nd nov and collected both passports on the same day. Also ssn came in by mail yesterday. So with this, My american dream/ journey which has had its fair share of highs and lows is coming to an end. I leave for naija on friday. Yay!!!! Baby will be 2 weeks 1 day ( i told you ozycy that you are my mentor . i cant wait to hold both my babies, ive so missed my 5 yr old and im glad his crying spells will finally be over. Thank you Lord!

P.S i looooooove this thread bbaby84, modath, ladygunivere, firsttymum, nerfertitiram, olokings, phema, shawlar, bigfido, kaaka, twizzie, financefitness, shrekandfiona, favoredgal, amother4life, omogedudy99, sessibasi, dumdum01 and all the moms from anonymousmom to zoemummy. youre all an intelligent bunch and everyone else too that has contributed in one way or the other. But most of all babababy who did most of this leg work in 2013. God bless you all

Congrats once more Tobermom, which hospital did you use? My hospital send the BC might take as much as 4 weeks before the data gets to vital records. Which is really delaying already.

JDQueen:
Good day great mama's N papa's. My princess arrived on the 28th of October via unplanned Cs due to accelerated BP of over 160/90. Was in labor for about 3days and didn't go pass 5cm despite been induced and water broke on the 27th still didn't go pass 5cm. Cs was finally carried out and baby came at exactly 2.56am on the 28th. Mother and Baby doing great in Elpaso. Going to maryland next week after picking up Baby's Birth certificate.

Wish all pushing mama's and carrying father's safe delivery.

Congratulations JDQueen! Thank God for safe delivery. Ur princess & mine came the same day.

Tobermom:


Hi. I would advise you go to the office of vital records 125 worth street manhattan( room144) to collect the short form of the BC if you havent gotten the BC from the hospital yet. Thats what i did on friday. It costs $15 per certificate. I would suggest you pay for two cos the yankee embassy didnt give us the one we submitted with our application back. We applied on friday and will be picking up today by 3pm.

As for the naija ppt, we are applying today and are hopeful we will collect today as well. My hubby is here with me so im not using the notarized form, but im sure once your wife gets it everything will be fine. Hope ive answered you?

Thanks very much, will just forward the info to them, the consent will get there by tomorrow. Have a blessed week & kind regards to hubby & lil one.

Tobermom:


Youre my mentor o with these your sharp moves. Hopefully this time next week i go dey naija too by Gods Grace

Gd evening Tobermom, please can you help me with how u went about the US passport for your baby quickly In New York, baby delayed a bit and wifey is billed to return on the 18th. And I need to hasten up with the process. Just sent Notorized consent on Friday. Thanks a lot

Tobermom:


Youre my mentor o with these your sharp moves. Hopefully this time next week i go dey naija too by Gods Grace

Gd evening Tobermom, please can you help me with how u went about the US passport for your baby quickly In New York, baby delayed a bit and wifey is billed to return on the 18th. And I need to hasten up with the process. Just sent Notorized consent on Friday. Thanks a lot

bestnews:
Good People of Nairaland,
Any God sent Nairalander willing to help me convey form DS-3053 to My wife & Baby in United States,
please help a Father, Mother& Baby in need,
please

friends please suggest cost effective& fastest means of sending this parent's comment as soon as possible

I sent notorized consent & marriage certificate to New York today from DHL Wuse 2, Abuja for 11K & it's to be delivered on Tuesday (3 working days).

Good day, want to celebrate this house & thank the Almighty for the successful delivery of our Lil princess on the 28th October @Brooklyn Hospital Centre, Brooklyn, New York. Baby & mother doing well.

koko83:
Is brookyln hospital center not a birthing center? Co's I heard God forbid any complications, you pay more for their doctors as it is midwives that does delivery te author=OsyCollins post=37702718]

Ok, thanks. My wife is using Brooklyn Hospital Centre as it's about 5 minutes walk from my sister's place.

Brooklyn Hospital Centre is not a birthing center, it's a full hospital with about 6 faculties ( @least I was there in person & saw for myself ). I didn't get to meet the oby/ gyn as I was to get back to Nigeria almost immediately.

Oyin15:

Mercy Medical center

Ok, thanks. My wife is using Brooklyn Hospital Centre as it's about 5 minutes walk from my sister's place.

Oyin15:
Hello beautiful people, I got into the US on Sunday via JFK with my 3year old. POE was hassle free. I was asked my purpose and I told them vacation and childbirth. He asked how much I had on me and I told him.It was below $10000 so I wasn't to declare. All he said was congratulations and make sure you pay your bills. Sent to agriculture but my bag wasn't checked and I was free to go. Glory to God. Now waiting for my 1st appointment. Thanks a lot for all the help and info

Congrats Oyin,
which hospital are you using?

Now, the hospital part.

Got to the hospital on Thursday (Brooklyn Hospital Centre), my aunt had already opened a file there and deposited $1000 With them b4 we arrived. So we proceeded with PT & was eventually given the bills which are as follows

Hospital fees: $4980 (includes 2 prenatal & 2 post partum visits, baby & mother hospital stay for 2 nights) for vaginally delivery
Faculty Dr's fee: $1200

It does not include epidural shall. so we completed both fees, had a bit of look around Friday & Saturday. I left US on Saturday night currently reporting from London Heathrow as our flight is 10:40PM to Abuja.

Once again, I thank God for favour all the way as we await the part 2 of our American dream & celebrate u guys, as we pray that God grants those trusting Him for this kind of favor, a higher dimension of His favour and goodness.

My wife's was rescheduled severally (u remember when they had network issues around June/July) but she eventually went & was granted too. She told them she was dependent on my visa which has been granted already


Fast forward last Wednesday, we left Abuja throw Heathrow to JFK. After the long queue like 1+ hour, got to custom officer (wifey was 32 was gone).
CBP: Hello, what are u in d states for?
Me: holiday
CBP:only holiday (while typing on his system)
Me: muttered delivery (almost sure he didn't hear)
CBP:how long are u here?
Me: 1 week but she will stay till November
Me: saw his nametag same as d surname of a famous Spanish footballer, so, I joked " xxxx xx as in the footballer's first name?
CBP: I wish laughingly
he stamped both of in

We couldn't find our luggages, so we were headed for d luggage section when another officer asked for my landing card, saw that I declared food, asked for d boxes, I told him they weren't brought, he said oh that's better, we would look @ them once they land.

We now left after lodging complaints of not seeing our boxes. D luggages were delivered to my aunt's address the next evening & though the keys were destroyed but nothing was taken away (we had dried fish, crayfish, or a leaf, u zila, okapi, bitterleaf, groundnut, melon, ogbono, Maggi (but not chicken flavour), frozen pap, spices etc.none of them were touched. GOD IS NOT ONLY FAITHFULL (HE IS JEHOVAH-OVER DO). I thank Him & I celebrate u alol for the wealth of knowledge u make available.

So, our story/testimony (part 1) goes thus;

Applied for B1B2 for wifey & I, we showed up that Monday morning only for wifey to be turned back due to barcode error. I proceeded for d interview that went sth like this.
VO: Gd morning with a bright smile ( white man @ counter 9 (Abuja).
Me:morning sir, hope ur weekend was great?
Vo:sure, what are u going to d New York for?
Me: vacation, got married last yr, couldn't travel for honeymoon proper due to office demands, intends marking anniversary there
Vo: so, how is ur spouse?
Me: good, but for barcode issues she should have been here with me.
Vo: u work?
Me: yes
Vo: where & how much do u earn?
Me: xx xx & xx xx xx
VO: I see, u went to UK recently
Me:yes, training sponsored by office.
Vo: does ur spouse work?
Me: yes & earns xx xx xx but a the sponsor for d trip
VO:where do u intend to visit @NY?
Me: Brooklyn botanic garden, Manhattan heights, time sqr, madison sqr garden.......
VO:pick up ur visa on Thursday & do enjoy ur stay

Good day Mummies & Daddies!
I had been on this thread since the 30th of May, two nights b4 our scheduled interview. I couldn't read the whole thread as I had only 2 days by d interview but I read from pg 80 to about 125 or so b4 going for d interview. I must say u guys are doing some great jobs that only God will reward you especially in the lives of ur LOs that u have laboured for. Quite an educating & inspiring thread.

abujaniv:


Hello Elivsabo,

A consular officer will not ask why you were refused a visa to the United States; we can read about your prior interviews through our system... was there another question?

Regards,
Abuja NIV Team

@ABUJANIV.
Good day, my wife & I were given B1/B2 visa for vacation as we intended to mark our wedding anniversary in the US. But, we couldn't go at the time cos I was unavoidably busy @work (due to transition in govt) . Right now she intends to deliver our baby in the US & she was not asked about pregnancy during interview (though we weren't considering US childbirth then, as we were more focused on a project). My question is does she need to inform the embassy of the additional intention of childbirth or she should just go ahead and explain it out @ the POE. I have heard of those who wrote the embassy on that getting responses like "you don't have to notify the embassy, the POE determines?". I am not going with her immediately as I have a few things to sort here that may be time-bound, but I will surely join her later.


Thanks for the good job & enjoy the weekend.