₦airaland Forum

Cutie1973:
Mine is 19 Aug. 2016. They have not sent anything. I think they stopped at 8Aug.2016 from the bulletin. So u can't start anything until they get to feb 2017

bfn1:
Documentarily Qualified.

IrepChrist:
Please what is DQ?

I am Dec. 04, 2006, and I have been in US since 2021. The thing is they don't follow priority date for interview appointments but DQ. Once you Dqed, you are will be queued for up interview.

For those expecting a welcome letter try and make your documents ready and concise to avoid delays.

SimiMaya:
Thank you so much. What notary please? With the embassy?

Kemo88:
Hello everyone ,
Had my baby in Maryland and the hospital bills alone were over 21k, I felt like I was being over charged compared to the estimate I was given. I started off in labor and by the next day I went in for CS… I stayed for 72hrs. Then I came back after two days on account of high BP and was observed for two days. I have been asked to write a letter saying the bills are more than expected and request that some bills be knocked off. I was also asked to fill a form. But when I looked at the form all I was seeing is financial assistance. When I called them, the man was saying it’s an in-house hospital thing to knock bills off. That it’s not financial assistance. I hope this wouldn’t affect my visa application in the future. I don’t want to have any issues … I don’t know what to do. Should I apply? Please I need advice. I just feel my bills are not fair enough compared to the estimate I was given. but he said the bills have been reviewed and the only way to knock off is it write a letter saying it’s over the estimate. But the form is titled financial assistance. Advice please ?

Kemo88:
Thank you for your response
Did you have an appointment for the US passport already? Was it at Washington DC?
Some states accept any Notary from naija. When I had my first child in the US , the state I was accepted the notary from high court in Nigeria

Kemo88:
Hi everyone,
Please who has ever used US passport agency in DC ? Do they accept any kind of notary for consent DS3053 form? My husband did the notary at the high court in Nigeria but I hear we have to go to US embassy in Nigeria to get a notary….. however We can’t seem to get any appointment at the US embassy in Nigeria. None at all this year or next year been checking every 30mins for over a week now.
Please any advice ? I feel stuck cos my little one’s US passport appointment is very soon and my travel is in 2 weeks

Kemo88:
MY POE STORY

Left naija through Qatar last week, my POE was Washington Dulles. Qatar at the Nigerian airport sent me to the port health downstairs MMIA despite having my fit to fly from their website and having all documents and letters from the doctors.
When I got to port health, the two so called “midwives” were rude and wicked. They kept saying I wasn’t 30 weeks despite my scan saying I was 31weeks plus or minus 2 weeks. Showed them 5 different scans all through my pregnancy and argued that how can the scans life. They asked for my LMP I told them and they counted it on the calendar got 30weeks and still said I’m lying. They said I’m over 36, They said “madam, keep arguing and see if you would travel tonight”.
They threatened that they would write something that wouldn’t make Qatar take me on that flight. I guess hubby knew were they were going and told me to be quiet, he told them that we could sort this out amicably, I was upset and went outside. Hubby then gave them money, they collected about 15k naira …. They even told us not to go and pay the 5k that was meant to be paid in the bank, they asked us to give it to them. I was very upset.
Anyway, asides all of that , the Trip was nice….. couldn’t upgrade like I wanted to cos the flight was full but I slept almost through out ….. I was so tired from days and days of going to bank headquarters on the island to chase my PTA.

At the point of entry? I joined the citizen line as I was traveling with my 6years old who is a US citizen. I had all my documents with me; change of intent letter from the embassy(cos I got my visa March 2021) , letter from my doctor in the US, estimated bills and so on. I didn’t hide my pregnancy cos I wore a fitted top on leggings.
The CBP officer we were going to had sent two people for secondary inspection right in front of us and I wondered why. So when it was our turn…..

CBP: Hi, how are you?
Me: I’m good, thanks for asking , how about yourself?
CBP: im good ….
Handed him all passports with the US passport on top of our own naija one
CBP: so where are you traveling from?
Me: Nigeria
CBP: how long will you be staying ?
Me: 10weeks
CBP: and who are these ?
Me: my mum and my daughter
CBP: do you have cash ? How much do you have ?
Me: I have 9k dollars but my mum has 1k… the rest are in my dollar master card
CBP: any Nigerian money
Me: yes about 8 thousand naira which comes to about 22 dollars
CBP: any good stuff ?
Me: some cereal (Ogi) and some soup.

CBP: face masks down please…… welcome to the United States
*stamps us in till January*

After he was done , I was going to tell him I’m here to have a baby blah blah blah …. but my mum was like (in our native language) “keep moving, he didn’t ask you why you are here , he saw your belly and didn’t ask you , keep moving “ lol
If I was asked I would have declared cos I was “document ready”. I declared during my first pregnancy
so I have no problem declaring.

I wasn’t sent to agriculture so all my edikaikong, Ogbona and other soup made it safe. Lol. Been eating correct soup with poundo yam since I got in. Thank God for His mercies. Wishing everyone the very best with their POE experience .

yansky:
Please can I travel with my partner when she is 32weeks gone and can I show proof of funds at the port of entry in naira?

MoAdiya:
Pick the available date first then apply for the emergency appointment. Hopefully you get an approval email from them, the email will provide a link for you to pick a new date for interview.
Good luck �
Good Morning Everyone,

Please I need clarification from anyone who has done this before. I have tried getting an appointment but it has been challenging. I am due in December but the date I am seeing is 2024.

I want to apply for an emergency medical appointment. I have all my documents to prove my pregnancy is high risk, both letter from my DR here and in Houston.

My question is:
1: what documentations do I need to apply for an emergency appointment
2. how do I go about the emergency appointment?

I am currently applying from ABuja

I will appreciate all the help i can get.

Thank you

Jummiejei:
please what was the content of the letter you took to the embassy? Did your Dr have to include a complication? Thanks

Candybright:
30k for a paper report? Are they running fresh genaral test on you before the letter? Letter they won't even accept at the airport haaaa

Myfavour22:
Yes, same day
Just make sure you go way ahead of your flight departure in case of any unexpected delay.
It cost 2k

Myfavour22:
Used them last month, though their website says they don’t require fit to fly, their personnel at the counter demanded for it (maybe because I was quite heavy). It has to be the fit to fly gotten from the port health which is a pretty must straight forward process.

Candybright:
You should withdraw the Canada application since you won't be needing the visa for the stated purpose. If you don't want to withdraw, you can send a web form to notify them. I doubt if they give refund after withdrawal. Shaa withdraw before they will Sama you with refusal. Better to still have a clean record with them. My opinion

Yes I did. I got a mail from them yesterday that if I will get a refund, it will be processed in 16 weeks. I am not interested in the refund biko. I just want to have a clean slate, when I am back from the States I will apply for visitors visa with my valid US visa.

blessedmum11:
Congratulations!!! Good news indeed!!!!! Did u birth in the US before Was your visa application for B2 visa??

Debbieeeeeee:
Congratulations on your baby, I pray God provides for you to clear your bills don’t worry everything will be okay, just let the hospital know you will like to draw up a payment plan to clear the thing while you’re back in Nigeria and they will allow you do so $34k is a lot and not many Americans can drop that amount cash down.
I’ve read a story of someone here who was still paying small small for the previous birth while she went in to have to second one and she wasn’t sent back.

This is quite encouraging!
For my first baby, I remember I didn't pay for Anastasia because I was not expecting to have a CS but I called the company to make payment but I was told that a collection company had cleared the bill but I insisted on making the payment myself. So I asked for the company's phone number, I called them and made payment, even though I paid more I am glad I cleared my bills to avoid issues in future and more importantly for conscience sake.

Piepiehoney:
Thank you. I applied on Friday and got approval this morning. A link was sent to reschedule my interview date.

UmmZayd:
There's an "Emergency appointment" tab on the Visa page when you login

ultimatebas:
Read the last sentence

UmmZayd:
Ds160 confirmation page
Medical record of baby
Visa receipt
And every other supporting document
The second question is yes.