Tobermom:

I dunno exactly. I had a 5year gap, but i think anything from that 18months is ok. I stand to be corrected

Chicagomum:
Koi koi... is the drama over? Turns left and right seems so

Back to the koko

My POE story

Traveled with KLM at 35 weeks + no fitness to fly was asked. Requested for wheel chair thinking it would save me at ORD.. lol.. though it fast tracked my meeting with CBP.

CBP : Are you here alone
Me: Yes
CBP: Scanned my fingers and took my picture. How long are you staying?
Me: 9 weeks
CBP: Can i see your return ticket. Handed it over to her. What will you be doing here for 9 weeks?
Me: Vacation and Child birth.
CBP: Where do you work?
Me: xxxx
CBP: How do you intend to pay your bills? How much do you have. I want the exact figure
Me: $7500 and I have my card.
CBP: Please come with me. She took me to the secondary inspection unit.

There were so many people there should be about 50 people or more. I knew i was in for a long thing.
I sat for 1 hrs, 2hrs, 3hrs! At a point i was like what is happening here? People that came after me were cleared and they left me there. I went to meet one of the officers and he told me they group the cases based on severity. That those that came after me and have been cleared had minor cases. In my mind I was like I don enteram o . I went back to my sit. After about 15 mins I went to meet another officer and he asked if I was Nigerian I said yes. He said he saw my passport that it would soon be my turn. By this time i was already feeling dizzy cos my blood sugar had plummeted. Finally after about another 20 mins an officer called me. He was like you stated you will be staying for 9 weeks; We stamped you in for 10 weeks. They didnt request for any document ooo... No form of interview. I was like? In my mind why in the name of God was I kept here for close to 4 hrs! Anyways I just got up from the wheel chair didnt even wait for them to get someone to push me and left.

Went to the exit submitted my declaration form as I was about to go the Customs guy noticed I was pregnant. He said Madam please step back. My eyes nearly poped out of my socket.
CBP: Did you inform the embassy about your pregnancy
Me: Yes. Do you want to see it?
CBP: Yes
Me: Handed over the change of intent mail to him
CBP: How much do you have
Me: Cash 7500 card: ×××
CBP: Madam please come with me
Me: Really pissed now. I told him i had spent close to 4 hrs at d secondary inspection unit and they released me so what does he want
CBP: Please come with me this would be very short. Can I have your passport.
Me: Gave him my passport and he handed it over to another officer. The officer scanned it and recorded something and gave it back to me and told me I was free to go.


Na so my waka be o. Had already bought my ticket before i discovered this thread. Will not go through Ohare in a very long time abeg. While i was waiting they sent 3 people to their cell awaiting deportation. One was unfortunately a Nigerian guy. 2 guys and a lady. The lady was not pregnant.

Intending pregnant travelers should note that once you are pregnant and you tell them you would in most cases automatically be directed to secondary inspection unit in ORD

Just excited I made it down here against so many odds. Make una help me shout 3 halleluyahs

bbaby84:


Seconded.

emeldamicheals:
Hellooooooooooooo againnnnnnnnnnnn,
Please, help a sister out nah. I will cry oooooo.
I don't even know where to start. Please, mothers that have done VBAC. Which cheap hospital can I use and a hospital that is VBAC friendly. Contacts like phone no of docs.
Is there any mum with expected due date in march and planning to travel in febuary.
Thanks. ..

mrsbw:
I'm also a march mum travelling in feburay , which hospital are you using ? I'm might do methodist sugarland or oakbend.


march mum here planning to travel in feb..but going to houston

you can check pgs 65-67; someone posted about her VBAC experience recently

Cuteaidomo:
Good day all,pls I need some clarification. Pls does the consent letter for processing of baby's Nigerian visa need to be notarized too? On the website,I saw NOTARISED LETTER OF CONSENT JOINTLY SIGNED BY BOTH PARENTS as one of the requirements. Kindly clarify pls as I am trying to put my documents together. Thanks.

emeldamicheals:
Hellooooooooooooo againnnnnnnnnnnn,
Please, help a sister out nah. I will cry oooooo.
I don't even know where to start. Please, mothers that have done VBAC. Which cheap hospital can I use and a hospital that is VBAC friendly. Contacts like phone no of docs.
Is there any mum with expected due date in march and planning to travel in febuary.
Thanks. ..

OsyCollins:


Congrats once more Tobermom, which hospital did you use? My hospital send the BC might take as much as 4 weeks before the data gets to vital records. Which is really delaying already.

neks31:


Seconded oshii when u are amongst the bullies taa

emeldamicheals:
Hellooooooooooooo againnnnnnnnnnnn,
Please, help a sister out nah. I will cry oooooo.
I don't even know where to start. Please, mothers that have done VBAC. Which cheap hospital can I use and a hospital that is VBAC friendly. Contacts like phone no of docs.
Is there any mum with expected due date in march and planning to travel in febuary.
Thanks. ..

bbaby84:


You just love drama!

FinanceFitness:
@olokings, whilst I agree with most of your points, I think the bullying issue is for real..if I am lazy, who gives anyone the right to abuse me directly or indirectly? What is even intriguing is that the real people that dug out most of these opportunities people like me have used never bullied.

And the problem is not ignoring such post but the responses that come with it.

And yes, there is a clique - this is totally natural having spent a lot of time together. I have nothing against aligning to e-friends.

And before anyone tries to harass me, I read all part 1 of this thread and been following all parts since then.

I've just resolved to ignoring so many issues on this forum and just put it to individual differences. Some can overlook more than others.

And some behaviors are just inappropriate - and no one should blame any hormone for anything - we always choose.

Tobermom:

I used wyckoff, i would suggest your wife still goes to the vital records place. As long as the birth has been registered, it should be there. I was also asked to wait 4 days before going there but it was filed and sent to vital records on the second day.
All the best

olokings:
This thread/forum is constituted of ADULTS.

Noone held another's hands here just like no one will hold another's to their final destination no matter how close they might seem along the way.

You come here, you learn, you use info gained to achieve your goal. If afterwards you decide to stay and add value to others gud and nice, If not no qualms.



@Tvegas (nice name again) u became the veteran you are today by researching and acquiring meaningful info and not by sitting around to be spoonfed.

Check out the trend, we are becoming lazy to a fault. ..we just wanna file to one lain sourced out by a veteran until we sap the quality outta that point then trash it.

Chief to be sincere I'm off the character where of I enter a place I know houses info and there's Noone or refusal to direct me. .I tk it upon myself to find my way around.

C'mon chief even you ignore until it's very important t then u wade into a matter that's y u may ve noticed anytime u comment then it's know a cap is about to blow.

If the so called cliques don't toss out d bitter pill of directing we newbies how to fish in the ever changing waters then you will see ppl making mistakes because due diligence is such hardworking these days.

Like I said before, 99 percent of members here are adults n patents. ...this is not bullying I won't totally agree with that. ..

The innocent doctor F papers has been tossed so much at VO because of ppl who don't wanna work buh milk him for his correspondence.

Once again weer need the hard n bitter pill...

People go and source new areas oooh....

girlloom:


Got to Detroit and was wheeled to immigration, the friendly Cbp asked the normal questions and requested for docs and sent me for secondary inspection. Let me add that Detroit airport was empty so they had a lot of time on their hands. The guy who wheeled me left me, the Cbp was initially acting all tough but he later relaxed and joked with me. Went through my documents, I had just 3kusd cash on me ( he didn't ask to see it). Had bank statement of 4m Naira which he asked to seHe concluded that I made sure all my bills were paid and receipts collected. Let me add he also talked about the UK visa that was denied ( how long will dt singular denial hunt me?) I was stamped till may 2016. Someone finally came to wheel me out after spending 15mins listening to other people's interview. Went to Agric and tuber of yam was seized. Finally with my wonderful sister inlaw and family. Baby is due Xmas day and I will be using henry-ford. May God grant us all safe delivery and all the best to the other moms who are just starting this mission.

Cuteaidomo:
Good day all,pls I need some clarification. Pls does the consent letter for processing of baby's Nigerian visa need to be notarized too? On the website,I saw NOTARISED LETTER OF CONSENT JOINTLY SIGNED BY BOTH PARENTS as one of the requirements. Kindly clarify pls as I am trying to put my documents together. Thanks.

Tobermom:
In other matters, i had my baby on the 22nd oct. Was discharged on the 24th . had her paed visit on the 28th , settled our bill on the 29th ( it still stood at the 6500, only addition was 275 for labs)

neks31:


You source new info n ur ass is labeled as " agent" and the bullies will cheer to fishing out a new agent! You can never win with BULLYING!

Cuteaidomo:


Thanks a lot dear, I really appreciate. Pls did u use our Nigerian drivers license or intl drivers license? Thanks

LadyGuinivere:

May I join issues with u here.
Last person labelled an agent WAS AN AGENT.
She admitted to marketing her house for'naira and dollar reasons' and was told to be upfront about her marketing. Apaart from the fact that like 5 pages were dedicated to it, what's wrong with pointing that out?