flgd:
How much minimun shld one travel with for smooth cbp

Good morning and happy new month. Reporting from Houston. Tot to share my POE experience. Left naija with my toddler on Friday night on British Airways to Houston. Both legs of the trip was okay. Though i booked for a wheel chair but didn't bother to use it. We arrived Houston IAH around 2.30 pm. The queue was very long and spent close to 2hours to go round the maze cos like three planes landed at the same time.

While on the queue dealing with my toddler I was also busy praying to God for a successful experience. Interview with first officer went this way:

Officer: good afternoon
Me: good afternoon. I passed the passports to him. And my landing card
Officer: what's that? When he heard my little madam cry-miming.
Me: oh! My daughter. Lifted her up do he could see her
Officer: if you are no here on business, what brings u to the states
Me: holiday and to have my baby
Officer: how far gone are you?
Me: 33 weeks
Officer: any family.
Me: no. Staying with a friend
Officer: did you bring in any food?
Me: yes. Showed him the back of the landing card
Officer: I really do not know all u have listed. How long do you intend to stay?
Me:.3 months
Officer: okay madam. He went ahead to take my prints and photo. Signed my daughter and I in for 6 months. He then gave me my daughters passport.
Officer: what about your husband. I said he will join us later when I put to bed.
Officer: madam please step over here, an officer would be with you shortly.
In two to three minutes, an officer came around picked my passport and asked me to follow him. It was to the secondary inspection office. Met like 10 people there, all white (Chinco and others). Within five minutes an officer called me into an interview room.

Thank God for this forum and pple that shared their experiences. I was not bothered a bit when I was asked to go for secondary inspection, but was rather prepared and composed.

Officer: good afternoon ma'am
Me: good afternoon
Officer: what's the purpose of ur visit?
Me: rest, have my baby and rest
Officer: how far gone are you and when are you due.
Me: 33 weeks and March
Officer:have u gotten an hospital, made an appointment and made payment.
Me: said oak bend and Dr. F but insisted no appointment or payment until I arrive into Houston
Officer: okay. How do you intend to pay.
Me: cash of $9781 on me ( Naira, dollar and pounds all join)
Officer: why come to the US to have this baby when you had your firs in naija
Me: it was ivf, didnt want to be flying around, was csection and didn't like the experience. So my friends asked me to come down.
Officer: no family? I said no cos have always stated dt much in all my applications
officer: what's ivf. I explained
Officer: what do you do back home. Where do you work. How much is ur monthly pay.
Me: legal practitioner, insurance coy, roughly $1.3k
Officer: asked same question about my husband. Does he have a visa.when is he coming.
Officer: so how long did it take u to save for this trip.
Me: knowing he had started calculating for me. Told him I didn't have to save cos apart from my monthly pay allowances are paid quarterly. So started planning for this trip in September. So two quarter payments was sufficient to buy tickets and part of the forex. Told him that this January alone my housing allowance was $5k.
Officer: okay. So how much do you have in your credit card.
Me: $10kbplus
Officer: asked to see the cash on me and counted the dollars. Sighted the Naira and pounds
Officer: entered the info onto the computer and said "madam you have more thn enough to pay ur bills. Make sure you do and keep ur receipt" cos when next you one they are going to bring you back into this room to verify that you did pay all ur bills. Also if you husband is travelling own alone back to the states after returning to naija with the baby, he must one along with the receipts. Originals and not photocopy.
Me: okay. Will ensure that
Officer: when is ur return date.
Me: mid April. Gave a date which he also entered into the system. Asked if I could leav earlier that that date. He said of course.mno bother to ask if could leave later before his mood changes from super nice to mean. Lol
Officer: ma'am take care of ur self. I cannot stamp clear on ur landing form cos u have declared to have agricultural stuffs in ur luggage so. Will need to go through checks.
Me: okay

All this was like 10mins. He didn't ask to see any documents or letter. Just counted the money.

Off to checks: officer checked my card and was about to sign when I said av got food iin it. He said oh sorry. Put the on the machine. I guess he wanted to save me the stree cos of my tummy and little madm running around.
All my luggages were scanned. Madam you are good. No chicken and no beef. Please take ur luggages. Said thank you.

So my noodles, pepper, egusi, pap, frozen palm oil (idea from this forum), chinchin, groundnuts, garri, gurundi, ogbona, wheat and semi flour, elubo and shredded okazi leaves in five yellow and black nylon( my friend ordered it) cruised in with me.

5 mins there and am out.

The longest wait was the queue. The activities with the officers at IAH was fast. I was the only preggy on my flight. Though saw another lady on the queue fom another airline.

Another lesson is to be truthful in making your declaration. The worst is for dem to seize the stuffs. Once I concluded dt way i stated everything wey I carry. And didn't want to be bothered by some people's bad experience in IAH. Was just positive and that also helped. Also attitude is another. One need to be humble cos when we act otherwise cos we have the money I guess dts what pisses them off.

Thanks to all those that contributed to this forum. Resting for now. To call Dr. F and Dr. Z tomo before I decide who to use. Need A doctor that will have my time. Lol

mrsmo:

flgd:
How much minimun shld one travel with for smooth cbp

shelly23:
Anyone flying on Delta tonight? Make sure to say hi to a fellow nairalander
I'll be the dark, quite preggy lady with braids in a long green dress!

sayoberry:
Oak bend hospital price for c.s twins not smiling at all....

lalavita:
@baauh
It seems as though you do not understand the implications of you and your wife's unethical & illegal actions by using Medicaid.

Visa Renewal
As you said, you only got a 6 month single entry visa. This already indicates that there was some questionmark around your app as the standard visa for Nigerians is 2 years multiple.

When you or your wife try to renew your visas (even if your wife tries to use DropBox which you are ineligible for), you will be asked for the receipts of your childbirth costs which you will not be able to produce
At that point, your visa will be REFUSED and your wife's visa will be REFUSED


Medicaid Repayment
It gets harder and harder to repay medicaid as time passes.
If you do not pay back, you will be REFUSED US visa each time you apply and potentially banned

Long term implications
By not paying this money back, your future children will not be able to be born in the USA as both parents will not be able to obtain visas.
As per your present child who is a US citizen, you could miss major milestones in his/her life - e.g Graduation ceremony, wedding, visiting grandchildren etc...

There are many people who made this medicaid mistake in the 90s and are still banned from the USA today.

Good luck.

Goldenheart88:


Hi @Bsharon please could you send me the details of the high way 6 accommodation? I intend to use Dr Zee as well. I an due in may and it gonna be twins. I need to sort out my accommodation as well as hospital at the same time. I will really appreciate your help. Thanks!!!!

baauh:
Thanks for your input.

To be honest I wasn't aware that my wife used insurance for delivery until I asked for receipts.

Suppose I got separation later on, will they ask for receipts for my later visas too. can they still block my further visas. Can I prove someway that I wasn't involve in this process.
Can I cancel my current 6 months visa and along with that share my awful story.
Before delivery my plan was always to pay by cash not delivery.

Actually I intend to go for my post graduate studies after 2-3 years will this affect my visa.

akindolz:

Hello everyone. Pls I need info on any affordable hospital in illinois or closeby. accomodation is no problem....Thanks

Airpure:


Pls I just ve to ask r u sure the lady is truly ur wife. U ve talked of withdrawing ur consent letter .now separation letter. U didn't know of the insurance how much did u provide for the birth of ur child. U r beginning to sound a bit self centered.thinking of just ur self. Wat happened to all d advice people gave u to go n settle ur bill u r not even seeking advice on how to go about that. Go n get Divorce letter na. SMH.

baauh:
Thanks for your input.
To be honest I wasn't aware that my wife used insurance for delivery until I asked for receipts.
Suppose I got separation later on, will they ask for receipts for my later visas too. can they still block my further visas. Can I prove someway that I wasn't involve in this process.
Can I cancel my current 6 months visa and along with that share my awful story.
Before delivery my plan was always to pay by cash not delivery.
Actually I intend to go for my post graduate studies after 2-3 years will this affect my visa.

Bsharon:



Hello,I have sent u a pm.

Airpure:


Pls I just ve to ask r u sure the lady is truly ur wife. U ve talked of withdrawing ur consent letter .now separation letter. U didn't know of the insurance how much did u provide for the birth of ur child. U r beginning to sound a bit self centered.thinking of just ur self. Wat happened to all d advice people gave u to go n settle ur bill u r not even seeking advice on how to go about that. Go n get Divorce letter na. SMH.

Airpure:


Pls I just ve to ask r u sure the lady is truly ur wife. U ve talked of withdrawing ur consent letter .now separation letter. U didn't know of the insurance how much did u provide for the birth of ur child. U r beginning to sound a bit self centered.thinking of just ur self. Wat happened to all d advice people gave u to go n settle ur bill u r not even seeking advice on how to go about that. Go n get Divorce letter na. SMH.

baauh:
Thanks for your input.

To be honest I wasn't aware that my wife used insurance for delivery until I asked for receipts.

Suppose I got separation later on, will they ask for receipts for my later visas too. can they still block my further visas. Can I prove someway that I wasn't involve in this process.
Can I cancel my current 6 months visa and along with that share my awful story.
Before delivery my plan was always to pay by cash not delivery.

Actually I intend to go for my post graduate studies after 2-3 years will this affect my visa.

kizluv:


Yes, it would affect you BIG TIME, to think that you even considered denying the consent letter is heartbreaking. How do you want to remove yourself? Why do you want to abandon your wife and child, after she carried the baby for 9 months and gave birth? Why do you want to prove that you wer not involved? What do you want her to do? Didnt you also lie to the VO.? Haba, this is sad. .You said you planned on paying, why don't you work out a solution/payment plan, like everyone has been advising you to do. Instead of leaning on abandoning them. Or has the money been spent on something else? Hmmm, double wahala for dead body ...

pattyreal:



Abeg leave dis guy! Dis his story is gettn too annoying 2 b true! Pls a successful visa interview & POE gist is highly welkomed now.

baauh:
Please I don't want to ruin this valuable thread by my bad experience. I am very worried that's why asking all possibilities

Me and my were not on good terms. My father in las forced me to let her go for delivery. They kept me ignorant. however I always asked them to pay by cash. Which they didn't I just come across the situation now when they asked for the consent and in return I asked for the receipts.

Please advise me properly how I can get rid of situation where I don't ruin my future chances of visa. shouldn't I write to American embassy here and tell all the wrong stuff did by my in laws and cancel my visa.

Amother4life:


Your post is now reeked of desperation. If you like divorce the lady(if she really is your wife), withhold consent letter etc. These acts cannot exonerate you from the fact that you lied to a consular officer during your interview. Unless of course you can proof that your wife (who was in U.S) mysteriously appeared at the visa interview with a gun to your head and asked you to lie... Gather up money and send to your "wife" to remedy the situation.
As for your ability to enter the U.S in future ...there is a 30% chance it may happen. But DO NOT use the visa you currently have under any circumstance . just my 2cents

baauh:
Please I don't want to ruin this valuable thread by my bad experience. I am very worried that's why asking all possibilities

My in laws did delivery in very expensive hospital of New York.
Me and my wife were not on good terms. My father in law
forced me to let her go for delivery. They kept me ignorant. however I always asked them to pay by cash. Which they didn't I just come across the situation now when they asked for the consent and in return I asked for the receipts.

Please advise me properly how I can get rid of situation where I don't ruin my future chances of visa. shouldn't I write to American embassy here and tell all the wrong stuff did by my in laws and cancel my visa.

baauh:
My wife in New York somehow manage to have delivery using some insurance company in New York USA. My wife was on B2 visa.

After delivery I applied for USA visa and told the reason of seeing my baby. I claimed that I sponsored the delivery of baby by giving 10000 $.
The visa officer gave me only 6 months single entry visa.

He told next time if you are applying for visa you have to prove that you really sponsored.

by having baby through insurance will jeopardize my future visa or is it legal to have baby through insurance.

Airpure:

They ask for consent letter u asked for receipt hw does this make sense my question again is hw much did u give her for the birth of UR child.

U want to write to the embassy to do a disclaimer

U won't find sympathy or answers here ohh this thread is full of preggies that cant sleep like me n hormones r ragging. Why dont u open a thread to first sorter out ur marriage issue den com back here for help with ur visa issues.