Demmy2021:
Please house, how long does it take to get ETC from Nigeria embassy?

Also, can I use scanned signature on the letter of consent?

Thank you.

all ETC docs was required to be sent via email ------that was during the peak of covid, so it was easy then to email soft copies of everything. do they require hard copies now?

Hello house, has anyone used Columbus regional health hospital recently for birthing ?

Hello mamas ,I am a first time preggo.I would like to give birth in Maryland, Baltimore Precisely. I have tried to read along all the information but its a lot. Can any one help me with any information on Oby/gyn doctors and hospital they used in Maryland: the cost and names of doctors or any relevant information that Please its urgent as I have other health issues. Thank you. You can email me on turay23@yahoo.com

Hello Mamas, please has anyone who gave birth in Houston north west medical centre been able to renew their visas?
thanks

Hello everyone,
Please I need your assistance.
Mums/dads who used Memorial Hermann Sugarland recently, how did you get email correspondence from the hospital? or is the correspondence from the doctor enough to take to your interview?

I intended to use Oakbend before and I got email correspondence from the hospital as well as my doctor, but after the reviews I have seen recently, I am considering changing to MH. Please help.
Thank you.

Over here!

zmoney:
Please is there anyone with plans to birth in the US early 2022, and yet to get a visa appointment? What do you suggest house?

MissEvey:
Over here!

Me too!!

Honestly this lack of visa appointment is so frustrating!! I've been checking several times a day for over a month now and the earliest date I'm seeing is April 2022. Somebody even said US embassy are no longer issues B1/B2 visas for the meantime. I don't know if this is true though.

Please house, help us with any advice oh.

Thank you so much guys for the suggestions. Immediately I saw we couldn’t get a notary public to swear over the phone, I checked for an appointment, that was on Tuesday and luckily for us I saw 3 spaces remaining for August 26th today at Lagos and since there wasn’t any other day to choose in August, I had to take it and my husband canceled everything and flew to Lagos. He just got it notarized now and would be sending it to me.
Thank you for all your support.

Pls does anyone know how I can go about the ETC so I can use it to enter Nigeria. The last time I used visa on arrival, these people embarrassed me

this is good news.

Go through the thread, i think someone answered this question on ETC last past year or early this year

Lochinny:
Thank you so much guys for the suggestions. Immediately I saw we couldn’t get a notary public to swear over the phone, I checked for an appointment, that was on Tuesday and luckily for us I saw 3 spaces remaining for August 26th today at Lagos and since there wasn’t any other day to choose in August, I had to take it and my husband canceled everything and flew to Lagos. He just got it notarized now and would be sending it to me.
Thank you for all your support.

Pls does anyone know how I can go about the ETC so I can use it to enter Nigeria. The last time I used visa on arrival, these people embarrassed me

We used the public notary in 2017 and it sufficed. Dont know if things have changed. I will also like to know.

Lochinny:
Pls does anyone know how if any notary public can sign the forms my husband should fill? Must he go to the embassy? Can he use a US based notary public and swear the oath over the phone?
I’ve been trying to book an appointment for Lagos or Abuja embassy notary services and it’s not going.
Pls I need ur suggestions

Nice one

Lochinny:
Thank you so much guys for the suggestions. Immediately I saw we couldn’t get a notary public to swear over the phone, I checked for an appointment, that was on Tuesday and luckily for us I saw 3 spaces remaining for August 26th today at Lagos and since there wasn’t any other day to choose in August, I had to take it and my husband canceled everything and flew to Lagos. He just got it notarized now and would be sending it to me.
Thank you for all your support.

Pls does anyone know how I can go about the ETC so I can use it to enter Nigeria. The last time I used visa on arrival, these people embarrassed me

Hello everyone, I am 18weeks gone and want to use a hospital in Colorado Denver because of family members over there (tru emergency route). Plz does anyone have any idea of hospitals and prizes over there(been doing my research too tho). Should I apply with my husband or go alone, for the sake of refusal?

what do you mean by public notary>? was it the person in the US embassy or a normal Nigeria Notary?

pointednose:
We used the public notary in 2017 and it sufficed. Dont know if things have changed. I will also like to know.

Have you gotten a solution to this?

Lochinny:
Thank you so much guys for the suggestions. Immediately I saw we couldn’t get a notary public to swear over the phone, I checked for an appointment, that was on Tuesday and luckily for us I saw 3 spaces remaining for August 26th today at Lagos and since there wasn’t any other day to choose in August, I had to take it and my husband canceled everything and flew to Lagos. He just got it notarized now and would be sending it to me.
Thank you for all your support.

Pls does anyone know how I can go about the ETC so I can use it to enter Nigeria. The last time I used visa on arrival, these people embarrassed me

Normal Nigeria notary

babestell:
what do you mean by public notary>? was it the person in the US embassy or a normal Nigeria Notary?

Hello please is it possible to use a different hospital and doctor in a different state other than the one filed during application process and interview?

Debbieeeeeee:

They quoted me $6k for CS , WHMC is like $10k , Methodist $10k . I didn’t even check oakbend because my friends that used there gave me bad reviews.

@Debbieeeeeee pls I sent you an email request. Pls respond

MissEvey:
Hello everyone,
Please I need your assistance.
Mums/dads who used Memorial Hermann Sugarland recently, how did you get email correspondence from the hospital? or is the correspondence from the doctor enough to take to your interview?

I intended to use Oakbend before and I got email correspondence from the hospital as well as my doctor, but after the reviews I have seen recently, I am considering changing to MH. Please help.
Thank you.

I used Oakbend the last time but plan on using Memorial Hermann for this birth. I sent an email to the hospital but they asked me to call their number. I found out about a Dr Ziworitin on this platform. Did some research and found out he has admitting rights in Hermann so I reached out to them via email. They sent me information needed to register and also OB packages for the hospitals they use, Hermann being one of them. I plan on taking that correspondence to my interview. Thing is, to fully register with Dr Z's clinic, you need to send them a copy of your visa.

Hello house,

Please what is the best bank to use for a baby savings in the US?

Hi, I gave birth in MH and didn’t need email correspondence from the hospital for my visa interview. I just went with the Appointment letter from my DR. Though the visa officer didn’t ask to see any documents from me in the end.

MissEvey:
Hello everyone,
Please I need your assistance.
Mums/dads who used Memorial Hermann Sugarland recently, how did you get email correspondence from the hospital? or is the correspondence from the doctor enough to take to your interview?

I intended to use Oakbend before and I got email correspondence from the hospital as well as my doctor, but after the reviews I have seen recently, I am considering changing to MH. Please help.
Thank you.

Thank you for replying.

I have also discovered Dr. Z with help from the information others have posted on this thread.
It is possible to register without a visa though. They will require your passport data page in lieu. You can try with this instead.

Please I now I need assistance with appointment date.. We are 3 applying and the earliest I am seeing is Jan 2023. Please help us, if you can...

CeeM:


I used Oakbend the last time but plan on using Memorial Hermann for this birth. I sent an email to the hospital but they asked me to call their number. I found out about a Dr Ziworitin on this platform. Did some research and found out he has admitting rights in Hermann so I reached out to them via email. They sent me information needed to register and also OB packages for the hospitals they use, Hermann being one of them. I plan on taking that correspondence to my interview. Thing is, to fully register with Dr Z's clinic, you need to send them a copy of your visa.

Thank you for replying.

Congratulations on the birth of your baby!

In this case, I am good to go. Please I now need assistance with appointment date for 3 in Nov/ December, this year... The earliest I am seeing is Jan 2023. Please help us, if you can...

Godheard:
Hi, I gave birth in MH and didn’t need email correspondence from the hospital for my visa interview. I just went with the Appointment letter from my DR. Though the visa officer didn’t ask to see any documents from me in the end.

Hi pls I also need appointment date oo for this year kindly help pls

MissEvey:
Thank you for replying.

Congratulations on the birth of your baby!

In this case, I am good to go. Please I now I need assistance with appointment date.. We are 3 applying and the earliest I am seeing is Jan 2023. Please help us, if you can...

Good day house. I am planning on going to Virginia for birthing my baby. I have checked around for hospitals and Obyns, the most prominent ones i found is Dr Fitzgugh and Henrico doctors. This is good but the prices are quite low and i am wondering if ppl who used these facilities had issues with visa renawal due to low cost. Appreciate if any one can give me contact of other Obgyns and Hospitals in Richmond Virginia. �����

babestell:
Have you gotten a solution to this?

yes dear I have! Just applied for the passport! Pray it comes out fast

Kesspru:
Pls has anyone applied for baby passport recently and added 0000000 as the social security number if baby social isn’t out yet. Pls let me no. As i did it for my first child I had here in 2019. I hope it hasn’t changed. I await response. Thanks.

Yes and it worked. You should also write a letter explaining that you need the passport to travel out with the baby as you are not an American resident. You and your spouse should sign the letter and insert it in the envelope along with the form and all

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Hi! I just want to correct two information here.

1. Your baby can travel with the Nigerian ETC on its own. This means your baby does not need any passport to travel out of the United States. Just ensure that you hold the ETC and birth certificate. This is how I travelled with my newborn

2. For expedited application (as at July/August) it took 4 weeks from application date till deliver of the passport (for MD)

Thank you.

Godheard:

Hello,

Trust you are well.

Which of the below hospitals are you using now? And do you have the cost implications for University of Maryland Hospital?

Also, how many hrs was your Qatar flight to Washington?

Thanks

Hello! I ended up using U of M in La plata and it cost 17k in total (included hospital, physician, anesthesiologist, peds). I had a high risk pregnancy (from beginning till the end) and needed extra tests + care, so my costs were generally higher. You can also go to the U of M website, choose to view estimated bill as a guest to see what your procedure may cost.

Hello Mama,

Congrats on the birth of your little one.

Please can you give a breakdown of how long it took for you to get baby's birth certificate, SSN, getting an appointment for passport application and how long it took for the passport processing.

Thanks a lot

purpleribbon:


Hello! I ended up using U of M in La plata and it cost 17k in total (included hospital, physician, anesthesiologist, peds). I had a high risk pregnancy (from beginning till the end) and needed extra tests + care, so my costs were generally higher. You can also go to the U of M website, choose to view estimated bill as a guest to see what your procedure may cost.

What was the process to obtain ETC. How long did it take?

purpleribbon:


Hi! I just want to correct two information here.

1. Your baby can travel with the Nigerian ETC on its own. This means your baby does not need any passport to travel out of the United States. Just ensure that you hold the ETC and birth certificate. This is how I travelled with my newborn

2. For expedited application (as at July/August) it took 4 weeks from application date till deliver of the passport (for MD)

Thank you.

pointednose:
Hello Mama,

Congrats on the birth of your little one.

Please can you give a breakdown of how long it took for you to get baby's birth certificate, SSN, getting an appointment for passport application and how long it took for the passport processing.

Thanks a lot

Hi Mama,

Thank you so much and I wish you a safe delivery.

The baby’s birth certificate was ready in less than a week but we had to make corrections to the name, so I had extra four days added due to the whole notary process of changing the certificate information. I haven’t received the SSN yet (we suspect this was caused by the name change) but another mama that delivered a month before me at the same hospital received her baby’s SSN in one week. I called on a Wednesday and got an appointment for the Friday of that week i.e two days later. The passport came in 28 days afterwards (less than a month actually). I paid for the expedited process and the express post at the post office.