babestell:
The people I know who got visa are not visibly pregnant. And they do not say anything about going to give birth. the challenge has been whether they can renew their visa because they had a child using the previous one.

My friend went to embassy on tuesday and she said out of the 6 visible preggies she saw there. Only one got visa and that one hubby is american so maybe that helped.

POE is a personal experience. There is no direct flight from Nigeria to Florida so how do you plan to book the ticket. Also local flight has luggage limit, will you be able to cope with the smaller plane and hassles of changing flight,.

Houston POE is one of the most favourable from my experience and many others on this thread. Dont let they say they say scare you off.

Godheard:

Thank you so much for the response. I appreciate it.

I am visibly pregnant, now I’m confused on what to say.

babestell:
The people I know who got visa are not visibly pregnant. And they do not say anything about going to give birth. the challenge has been whether they can renew their visa because they had a child using the previous one.

My friend went to embassy on tuesday and she said out of the 6 visible preggies she saw there. Only one got visa and that one hubby is american so maybe that helped.

POE is a personal experience. There is no direct flight from Nigeria to Florida so how do you plan to book the ticket. Also local flight has luggage limit, will you be able to cope with the smaller plane and hassles of changing flight,.

Houston POE is one of the most favourable from my experience and many others on this thread. Dont let they say they say scare you off.

Godheard:

Thank you so much for the response. I appreciate it.

I am visibly pregnant, now I’m confused on what to say.

LSU:
I can see multiple questions and sometimes conflicting information on the thread. Let me try and provide some clarifications.

The new rule on birthing in the USA only applies to the Department of State (DOS is the folks that issue visa). The guys at the border are from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS has not changed their rules regarding pregnant women. What this means is that once you have a visa, you can approach the border and indicate you want to enter the USA to give birth and you will most likely be allowed in, provided you can show evidence that you can pay your hospital bills. Many people travelled to have their babies even at the height of the pandemic.

The real challenge is getting the visa in the first place due to the rule change by the department of state. If you are visibly pregnant, it will be very difficult for you to prove that your primary aim of travel is not to give birth in the usa. If you decide to directly apply for a medical visa, you'll need all the evidence in this world to show you have critical medical complications that cannot be handled in Nigeria or any other neighbouring country resulting in your need to travel to the USA. The officer may also need correspondence from the usa doctor/hospital showing they are aware of the complications and are willing to handle your case. You then have to show adequate proof that you can pay for the complicated pregnancy. It is not impossible to do but it will not be easy to pull off. Unless this Trump era rule is changed, getting visa for pregnant women will continue to be extremely difficult.

adycatus:
Good day
Please are they giving visa for vacation/ tourism in this covid era?
I would like to renew our US visa that expired on sept 2020 to enable us go for Christmas vacation and wedding anniversary in US this year

Please any details about interview date
Kindly assist

ibukunpops:
VISA ALERT

So I had my appointment on Tuesday and it was successful, visa picked up today

Questions asked by VO
where are you going to
why are you travelling
when was the last time you travelled to the US
how long did you stay for
why did you travel
what do you do
how much do you earn
what countries have you travelled to
how may times have you travelled to the US
what does your husband do
you have children, how many
where are the children right now

Brief history
birthed my son in 2015, birthed my daughter in 2018
I was very scared because of all the stories of people not been able to renew their visa because of child birth, went with both receipts and document, and not one was asked for.

Alot of people where denied, noticed only two approvals before mine, families denied, couple, elderly woman etc, it was a very tensed atmosphere.
Noticed a preggy but she was denied.
Someone going for training in August was approved but he was told to send a mail towards the end of May so he can drop off his passport at DHL as it was too early now

A big thank you to this forum for all the info,

Zinzar:
Thank you for sharing your transcript! Did you apply for a visitors visa or a medical visa?
Was your interview done in lagos or Abuja?

ibukunpops:
I applied for normal visitors visa (B2) but the visa carries B1/B2
My interview was in Lagos, someone helped me get the appointment

ibukunpops:
I applied for normal visitors visa (B2) but the visa carries B1/B2

My interview was in Lagos, someone helped me get the appoinment

Eilenora:
Hi Guys.
It is sooo refrshing to be back on here. Havent been here since 2018 when I had my last baby. How are things? I can imagine a lot has changedddd. Ok so i wanna ask, back then, the popular hospitals in Richmond Texas was Oakbend and HNWMC. Has this changed? Are Texas hospitals still being flagged for low prices? Do people still have to look for hospitals that are really pricey to avoid accusations of defrauding Americans of their hard earned money in taxes? what is new guys? from recent posts I can see that people are not disclosing their pregnancies anymore but rather going vis the visit route. All this wasnt the case during my time. My sis is 6 months preggy and has a visa interview end of this month so needs as much information as possible. Kindly help a sister out. She will be staying in Richmond Texas
Gratias

Enigma2021:
congratulations @ibukunpops.

I would like to know if you would be disclosing your pregnancy at the POE or stick to your visit/birthday celebration reason?

I'm also planning on traveling to US via lax airport this April, although I'm just 24 weeks pregnant, I don't know if to disclose my child birth or just stick to visit and vacation.

P.S I got my B1/B2 visa in London for a conference in New York but couldn't travel because of lockdown and restrictions. Now I want to use it for vacation and childbirth

Eilenora:
Hi Guys.
It is sooo refrshing to be back on here. Havent been here since 2018 when I had my last baby. How are things? I can imagine a lot has changedddd. Ok so i wanna ask, back then, the popular hospitals in Richmond Texas was Oakbend and HNWMC. Has this changed? Are Texas hospitals still being flagged for low prices? Do people still have to look for hospitals that are really pricey to avoid accusations of defrauding Americans of their hard earned money in taxes? what is new guys? from recent posts I can see that people are not disclosing their pregnancies anymore but rather going vis the visit route. All this wasnt the case during my time. My sis is 6 months preggy and has a visa interview end of this month so needs as much information as possible. Kindly help a sister out. She will be staying in Richmond Texas
Gratias

ibukunpops:
If she isnt showing soo much, dont let her declare, get a good reason for the trip and hope for the best.

I know someone that was visibly pregnant some years back (before the crazy refusals though) and she said she was going for a different purpose, not child birth but said she might change her mind if her cousin is around and she got the visa, mentioned her cousin will not be available when she puts to bed and wouldnt want to be alone with the baby without any support hence her reason for not been 100% sure she will give birth in the US

ibukunpops:
VISA ALERT

So I had my appointment on Tuesday and it was successful, visa picked up today

Questions asked by VO
where are you going to
why are you travelling
when was the last time you travelled to the US
how long did you stay for
why did you travel
what do you do
how much do you earn
what countries have you travelled to
how may times have you travelled to the US
what does your husband do
you have children, how many
where are the children right now

Brief history
birthed my son in 2015, birthed my daughter in 2018
I was very scared because of all the stories of people not been able to renew their visa because of child birth, went with both receipts and document, and not one was asked for.

Alot of people where denied, noticed only two approvals before mine, families denied, couple, elderly woman etc, it was a very tensed atmosphere.
Noticed a preggy but she was denied.
Someone going for training in August was approved but he was told to send a mail towards the end of May so he can drop off his passport at DHL as it was too early now

A big thank you to this forum for all the info,

ibukunpops:
If she isnt showing soo much, dont let her declare, get a good reason for the trip and hope for the best.

I know someone that was visibly pregnant some years back (before the crazy refusals though) and she said she was going for a different purpose, not child birth but said she might change her mind if her cousin is around and she got the visa, mentioned her cousin will not be available when she puts to bed and wouldnt want to be alone with the baby without any support hence her reason for not been 100% sure she will give birth in the US

MamaOO:


And we start blaming the VOs and the entire American government when we’re denied renewal or even banned. Why are you encouraging her to lie when her true intent is obvious? We complain about discrimination and in the same vein turn around and do stuff like this. I tire mehn.