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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Debbieeeeeee: 10:22am On Aug 18, 2023
damilade:
Just a question, for those presently in the USA for birthing purpose. Did you obtain the visa for medical or for tourism.
Medical & tourism are under same class of visa B1/B2. If your visa is approved you get B1/B2

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by LovelyJoy: 11:02am On Aug 18, 2023
@Queenlala I would also be travelling first week of September. Can we hook up? So we can further discuss accommodation. I have dr F direct mail. Sent you a dm already.

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Somandla: 8:24pm On Aug 18, 2023
You dnt need infant ticket to book expedited passport processing, just your own as proof that your are traveling out of USA in so and so days!



mummyellie:
Please has anyone applied for expedited passport without child's ticket?
Airline is refusing to add infant's ticket to mine because she doesn't have a passport yet and I need the ticket to apply for the passport.

Can I apply with only my travel itinerary?
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by damilade: 10:42am On Aug 19, 2023
Debbieeeeeee:

Medical & tourism are under same class of visa B1/B2. If your visa is approved you get B1/B2
Thanks for responding. I am asking because from what i gathered, US embassy no longer give visas to persons seeking it specifically for the purpose of childbirth. My question is if someone get the visa for visiting and use it for childbirth. Will it not adversely impact visa renewal in the future.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Kesspru: 4:06am On Aug 20, 2023
Hi everyone. Please has anyone processed baby documents recently in Dallas Texas. The Procedures and durations will be very much appreciated.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Kesspru: 10:19pm On Aug 24, 2023
Can anyone who has birthed in Texas kindly share timeline for baby social card. Birth cert and passport. Pls. I gave birth now 2 weeks in Dallas no social card yet. Pls kindly share timeline for baby documentation.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Debbieeeeeee: 7:49pm On Aug 26, 2023
Kesspru:
Can anyone who has birthed in Texas kindly share timeline for baby social card. Birth cert and passport. Pls. I gave birth now 2 weeks in Dallas no social card yet. Pls kindly share timeline for baby documentation.
I gave birth in Houston, I got social in the mail in about 7 days, birth cert took 10 minutes in the office although I went in person, passport took 24 hours at the agency. Didn’t expect it to be brisk especially the social.
You don’t need social to get birth cert, go to the health department you’ll get it instantly, although I got my baby’s social but I never used it for any of her applications I just told them I don’t have the baby’s ssn just yet.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Yetyb: 2:41am On Aug 27, 2023
Debbieeeeeee:

I gave birth in Houston, I got social in the mail in about 7 days, birth cert took 10 minutes in the office although I went in person, passport took 24 hours at the agency. Didn’t expect it to be brisk especially the social.
You don’t need social to get birth cert, go to the health department you’ll get it instantly, although I got my baby’s social but I never used it for any of her applications I just told them I don’t have the baby’s ssn just yet.


Please what do you mean by go to the health department? Is the city of Houston health department you are referring to. I am currently in Houston. Did you do urgent travel for the passport? Are you saying I don’t need Social security to apply for the passport? Also, I thought the hospital is the one that gives birth certificate.

Pls what was your process to get the Social security number ?

Pls Abeg, no vex, my questions are plenty
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Debbieeeeeee: 5:29pm On Aug 27, 2023
Yetyb:



Please what do you mean by go to the health department? Is the city of Houston health department you are referring to. I am currently in Houston. Did you do urgent travel for the passport? Are you saying I don’t need Social security to apply for the passport? Also, I thought the hospital is the one that gives birth certificate.

Pls what was your process to get the Social security number ?

Pls Abeg, no vex, my questions are plenty
Vex ke cheesy
Hospital requested the SSN for me and it came in the mail a week later.
I went to 8000 N stadium dr early in the morning for the BC, it was a self service machine but there were two women to put people through in the case of confusion, it took about ten minutes , I paid $25(23 for bc $2 optional plastic cover)

For the passport I called the agency to book an appointment since it was within two weeks of travel(go around midday not morning because it’s a federal house with other federal agencies in the building so it took about two hours to get into the building in the morning)
I got the passport next day around noon.

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Mroriginal2022: 1:12am On Aug 28, 2023
You don’t need SSN to apply for passport. It’s ok if you do not have it.
Yetyb:



Please what do you mean by go to the health department? Is the city of Houston health department you are referring to. I am currently in Houston. Did you do urgent travel for the passport? Are you saying I don’t need Social security to apply for the passport? Also, I thought the hospital is the one that gives birth certificate.

Pls what was your process to get the Social security number ?

Pls Abeg, no vex, my questions are plenty

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Omosholape80: 4:35am On Aug 30, 2023
Good day ladies....

Please does anyone have updated bill or most recent for Houston, preferably Dr Z,
Doctor
Hospital
Paediatrician
Circumcision
Hearing and eye test etc

Will be appreciated..

Thank you
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by MsAnonymous: 2:05pm On Aug 31, 2023
Omosholape80:
Good day ladies....

Please does anyone have updated bill or most recent for Houston, preferably Dr Z,
Doctor
Hospital
Paediatrician
Circumcision
Hearing and eye test etc

Will be appreciated..

Dr Z cost is $2,600
He uses memorial Herman sugar land and westhouston med Centre.. hospital cost is $3,600-4,000 for vaginal. CS goes up to abt 5k

Circumcision is $200

You can email Dr Z office info@genesysobgyn.com
His office responds very very fast. They will give you the whole cost breakdown n information needed to register

Thank you

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Drugkills: 10:58pm On Aug 31, 2023
Hello

So Dr Z’s bill depends on what service he is rendering to you
Vaginal delivery - $2600
CS - $2800
You would’ve paid $300 to them before your arrival which would be deducted from his total cost

Hospital bill, also depends on either vaginal or CS
West Houston - (vaginal delivery $3600 and CS $5000)
Epidural or spinal for CS - $2000
If you are having a CS and spinal fails, it could be converted to general anaesthesia which cost more

Paediatrician - depending on who is on call the day of your delivery
Dr C billed us $550 for baby check and circumscision.
He saw baby twice before we were discharge.
We also visited his practice (Sunrise Paediatrics) twice before we left the US.
Each visit cost us $100 each.
We also had new born blood spot test (one as an inpatient in the hospital on Day 2 of life and the second one between 2nd and 4th week of life). This is to check inborn error of metabolism and some other disorder that could be managed if detected early like cystic fibrosis and Heamoglobinopathies)
We were not billed for the first one as it was part of the initial hospital bill.
For the second one we paid $50 when we went to the hospital to get the blood test done.

Hearing test cost $326

Eye test is included in the baby check that the paediatrician would do on your little one.
An ophthalmoscope will be use to check the red flex.

I hope this answers your question

All the best.♥️


Omosholape80:
Good day ladies....

Please does anyone have updated bill or most recent for Houston, preferably Dr Z,
Doctor
Hospital
Paediatrician
Circumcision
Hearing and eye test etc

Will be appreciated..

Thank you

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Omosholape80: 8:10pm On Sep 01, 2023
The way God will bless you ehn...you will be amazed...thank you so much..You did answer it very very well..well explanatory...thank you
Drugkills:
Hello

So Dr Z’s bill depends on what service he is rendering to you
Vaginal delivery - $2600
CS - $2800
You would’ve paid $300 to them before your arrival which would be deducted from his total cost

Hospital bill, also depends on either vaginal or CS
West Houston - (vaginal delivery $3600 and CS $5000)
Epidural or spinal for CS - $2000
If you are having a CS and spinal fails, it could be converted to general anaesthesia which cost more

Paediatrician - depending on who is on call the day of your delivery
Dr C billed us $550 for baby check and circumscision.
He saw baby twice before we were discharge.
We also visited his practice (Sunrise Paediatrics) twice before we left the US.
Each visit cost us $100 each.
We also had new born blood spot test (one as an inpatient in the hospital on Day 2 of life and the second one between 2nd and 4th week of life). This is to check inborn error of metabolism and some other disorder that could be managed if detected early like cystic fibrosis and Heamoglobinopathies)
We were not billed for the first one as it was part of the initial hospital bill.
For the second one we paid $50 when we went to the hospital to get the blood test done.

Hearing test cost $326

Eye test is included in the baby check that the paediatrician would do on your little one.
An ophthalmoscope will be use to check the red flex.

I hope this answers your question

All the best.♥️


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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Kesspru: 1:03am On Sep 02, 2023
Debbieeeeeee:

I gave birth in Houston, I got social in the mail in about 7 days, birth cert took 10 minutes in the office although I went in person, passport took 24 hours at the agency. Didn’t expect it to be brisk especially the social.
You don’t need social to get birth cert, go to the health department you’ll get it instantly, although I got my baby’s social but I never used it for any of her applications I just told them I don’t have the baby’s ssn just yet.


Waooo thank you very much
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by sleekender(m): 9:05pm On Sep 04, 2023
How did your interview go? Did you still apply and get the visa?


Mrskay2017:


Thank you, i feel confident , thanks
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by JadeWilliam(f): 1:55am On Sep 06, 2023
Kesspru:
Can anyone who has birthed in Texas kindly share timeline for baby social card. Birth cert and passport. Pls. I gave birth now 2 weeks in Dallas no social card yet. Pls kindly share timeline for baby documentation.

Would advice u to call the social security office close to u. Type on google & call the number there & ask if the hospital truly applied for ur baby’s SSN. In my case, the hospital claimed they applied but after waiting for 3 weeks & nothing was in my mail, I called the Social security office & they said there wasn’t a case number for my baby so they didn’t apply for my baby. I called the hospital & they affirmed that they applied.

Well, I had to go to the office myself to reapply & got it within 7 days. They just asked for a medical record that showed the baby’s name and dr’s signature or vaccine record or the hearing test result. So go with either of those & just out of caution, go with the birth certificate if u have it.

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Fardowsa: 2:16am On Sep 08, 2023
Hi everyone,
I’m Fardowsa.
Can anyone explain to me how the visa on arrival for babies born in the US is done when they return back to Nigeria.
My aunt just had a baby and she already got the baby’s passport, she just needs the Nigerian visa.
Is it advisable to travel to a Nigerian embassy over there or to do it on arrival?

If so, how is the process of both?


I would love a explanatory response.
Thank you
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Gbanis: 1:34am On Sep 09, 2023
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@Gbanis, how can we connect?

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Kesspru: 12:47am On Sep 16, 2023
Hi all.

Please has anyone applied for passport already and got an appointment with the federal passport office to walk in and apply to collect the baby’s passport same day? What what did you take along for the appointment? Also the first application has my husbands consent already, do I go to the federal appointment with a photocopy of it? Please has anyone done this process before ?
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Debbieeeeeee: 12:52pm On Sep 16, 2023
Kesspru:
Hi all.

Please has anyone applied for passport already and got an appointment with the federal passport office to walk in and apply to collect the baby’s passport same day? What what did you take along for the appointment? Also the first application has my husbands consent already, do I go to the federal appointment with a photocopy of it? Please has anyone done this process before ?
Flight ticket confirmation
Husbands consent( DS 3053)
Passport biodata you & husband
One passport photo for baby
Credit card bearing your name for payment
DS - 11 form
Copy of birth certificate and original (they’ll return this in the jacket alongside passport when it’s ready)

These were the docs I took to the agency.

You should get an email confirmation from the agency confirming your appointment and the end of the email should look like this screenshot below

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Kesspru: 11:00pm On Sep 16, 2023
Debbieeeeeee:

Flight ticket confirmation
Husbands consent( DS 3053)
Passport biodata you & husband
One passport photo for baby
Credit card bearing your name for payment
DS - 11 form
Copy of birth certificate and original (they’ll return this in the jacket alongside passport when it’s ready)

These were the docs I took to the agency.

You should get an email confirmation from the agency confirming your appointment and the end of the email should look like this screenshot below




Thank you for the response.

Issue now is I have already submitted for the passport application already. So my husbands consent has been submitted with the application. It’s just that application is delaying and I have been asked to come in to get it done. I only have the photocopies of the consent. Is that acceptable? As the original is gone with the first application I did already! I was told they will transfer my application to the passport agency appointment. I hope they do so because I will be going in with just photocopies of the consent and birth certificate as the originals are with the first application submitted already.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Debbieeeeeee: 3:02pm On Sep 17, 2023
Kesspru:





Thank you for the response.

Issue now is I have already submitted for the passport application already. So my husbands consent has been submitted with the application. It’s just that application is delaying and I have been asked to come in to get it done. I only have the photocopies of the consent. Is that acceptable? As the original is gone with the first application I did already! I was told they will transfer my application to the passport agency appointment. I hope they do so because I will be going in with just photocopies of the consent and birth certificate as the originals are with the first application submitted already.

It’ll be best to put a call through to confirm but I’m sure they’ll be reasonable enough to take the copies since they have the originals. That post office mailing option for passport takes a very long time which is why I waited till it was time for us to depart and I went straight to the agency.

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Nnekkyneks: 2:10pm On Sep 19, 2023
Sonia77B:
Please anyone here with recent POE experience or heard from someone that got in. Did you send email to embassy to notify change of intent and did you declare at POE your birth purpose? How does these affect admissibility? Kindly share experiences.
I arrived the US on the 19th via Delta Airline. I came with my son who I had here in 2017. We joined the foreigners queue. I had my doctors correspondence cash and card to pay my bills. I intended to declare my intension of birthing. But at the pointed on entry no questions were asked even the regular why are u here, how long are you here. No questions. He collected our passports and scanned and took our pics. He questions.

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Kesspru: 11:38pm On Sep 20, 2023
Debbieeeeeee:

It’ll be best to put a call through to confirm but I’m sure they’ll be reasonable enough to take the copies since they have the originals. That post office mailing option for passport takes a very long time which is why I waited till it was time for us to depart and I went straight to the agency.


Thanks my sister for always taking your time to respond to my questions. I was given the passport today. Today was my appointment. I waited about 3hrs to pick up. Thank you so much
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Debbieeeeeee: 1:45am On Sep 21, 2023
Kesspru:



Thanks my sister for always taking your time to respond to my questions. I was given the passport today. Today was my appointment. I waited about 3hrs to pick up. Thank you so much
Congrats! I’m glad you got it and safe travels too.

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by jbyno: 4:16pm On Sep 21, 2023
Can anyone kindly help me with the following information;
1. Affordable but good hospitals in Houston to give birth.
2. Obygyn contacts in those Hospitals.

Thanks alot.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by MsAnonymous: 10:04pm On Sep 22, 2023
Pls does anyone know any hospital and dr in Philadelphia?
Also if I can be helped with cost estimates and email or phone numbers

Thank you
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Enyinne(f): 5:13pm On Sep 27, 2023
Pls can someone direct me on how to renew my daughters Usa passport in Nigeria. I signed as the childs custody on her birth certificate given the situation on ground then .. Have anyone gone through this process , pls direct me . Thank u
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Deepeeh: 9:13am On Sep 28, 2023
Kesspru:
Can anyone who has birthed in Texas kindly share timeline for baby social card. Birth cert and passport. Pls. I gave birth now 2 weeks in Dallas no social card yet. Pls kindly share timeline for baby documentation.


Hello sis,
Please, which hospital in Dallas did you use. Can you give me a break down, I plan on traveling to Dallas next month, I am 30weeks gone.

Any information or insight would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Mandex11: 10:13am On Sep 28, 2023
Hello everyone please I need your kind assistance.
I want to renew my DD American passport it got expired last year and I have been too busy to renew.

I saw a post some years ago about how to DIY the process but can’t find it

If anyone can tag me to the post I don’t mind.
THANKS IN ADVANCE 🫶🏻
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Lordcrixus: 7:55pm On Oct 01, 2023
Enyinne:
Pls can someone direct me on how to renew my daughters Usa passport in Nigeria. I signed as the childs custody on her birth certificate given the situation on ground then .. Have anyone gone through this process , pls direct me . Thank u
.
By child custody you mean you have the sole custody of the child? if yes, then you do not need the child's father to sign the consent form.
you can visit the US embassy Lagos website and schedule an appointment under American Citizen Services (ACS) section (the link i have pasted below)
https://evisaforms.state.gov/Instructions/ACSSchedulingSystem.asp

After which you will fill the application form online and print out the form with a barcode from the website below. Please make sure you use the online form and generate the barcode, hand filled form will be rejected

https://pptform.state.gov/PassportWizardMain.aspx#%7B%22__s%22%3A%227Xo%2BzpcsJo9wCw%2BUUFGy%2BxDLeIBJ%2BZb3Dtg6qTSqYwnzdOlWnrF7N4ohdxdZwGnhlRt%2F%2FBUb%2BbbXi4fWBDf3qeZLV6sohUhtiy0NTzKnzhs6f%2Fe9CElQ1dq20SY%3D%22%7D

On your appointment day, go to the embassy with the following documents
1. Online application form showing barcode
2. Birth certificate of your child and a photocopy
3. Passport application fee in dollars or equivalent in naira (135$) or credit card issued in the US
4. Your own passport and a photocopy of the data page
5. Pictures of your child showing age progression since last passport (Transitional photos)
6. 2 biometric Passport photos of the child
Check the website below for more info
https://ng.usembassy.gov/passports/important-passport-information/

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