modath:


She was able to withdraw cash, so the card wasn't declined, she is probably one of GT customers card holders who are unable to use their cards @ WALMART...

GT don't like cash back, so they don't allow their cards work @ walmart, a few do but it's really low..

How ya doing?

Sweetie how u dey?

Gt definitely hates Walmart. I totally agree.

I know dey r the most reliable even with their rates.

Ok. .so I won't do d ki.ki.ing laugh.
Be like DH don burst enter NL...na damage control get the day. ...
Abeg mk he no vex blood dey hots. ..
Like said b4, reapply again on ur own and he can go after u on grounds to witness his child birth.

He will be part o' ur ties back home n sponsor. .u know d rest. .
Gud luck

hellomosquito:

@bolded
he was the one that took the refusal note,not that his storming out had any influence on the refusal ( I wrote the situation wrongly.

Ohh..i guess my mood made me paint the situation wrongly..
My DH left the scene after the VO handed him the refusal note and not before. (who go proud for this kind situation) . Guess the shock of refusal just made him leave sharply without saying a word.
Please house I need the way forward.
Most answers were dwelling on DH.but it wasn't as I painted. I already edited my main post...biko.help

I'm sorry about your refusal.

If you are only 3 months gone then you still have enough time to apply again...and again.

First, let's set the right expectations here: you may be refused the visa even after you reapply. Secondly, applying alone may still get you refused. (When wifey applied alone after we were both refused the first time, she was still denied)

Your hubby erred obviously on questioning the VO's motive for asking the question and the worst that may happen is that y'all may be penalized for that attitude but do not despair, even that is nothing. Feel free to apply also again.

To save cost on the visa fees, while also hoping you can handle yourself during the interview, apply alone. I hope that goes in your favour and you get your visa. Otherwise, y'all can then apply together. Be prepared to answer the salient question, "why were you denied?" Also do not misrepresent, stick to your original story and have all requisite documentation ready

Oga may have slight effed up but we all don't know him well enough to vilify him.

All the best madam and come back to give your story (I pray it is a testimony)

hellomosquito:

@bolded he was the one that took the refusal note,not that his storming out had any influence on the refusal ( I wrote the situation wrongly.

Ohh..i guess my mood made me paint the situation wrongly..
My DH left the scene after the VO handed him the refusal note and not before. (who go proud for this kind situation) . Guess the shock of refusal just made him leave sharply without saying a word.
Please house I need the way forward.
Most answers were dwelling on DH.but it wasn't as I painted. I already edited my main post...biko.help

Morning House!

Please how many months prior should my bank statement be? Is 3 months okay?


I intend for my wife to apply first. If she is asked why i am not with her or why i am not applying for a visa, what is the best response to the possible question?


Thanks

nupital:
Morning House!

Please how many months prior should my bank statement be? Is 3 months okay?


I intend for my wife to apply first. If she is asked why i am not with her or why i am not applying for a visa, what is the best response to the possible question?


Thanks

6 months for the bank statement.
What's the truth to ur question? The common answer to that question is "indispensable because of work"
Anyway what's ur real reason let's work around it

kiboe:

Ok thanks!

And do not forget your phone charger
Very important.

firsttymum:
6 months for the bank statement.
What's the truth to ur question? The common answer to that question is "indispensable because of work"
Anyway what's ur real reason let's work around it

Thanks again for the reply!

The bank statement has been inconsistent for some months now. I have a project that i am doing and its zeros my balance. With this new development, i would stop the project and concentrate on funding the account appropriately. I can start that this month till March/April we intend applying. But that would only be a solid 4-5 months statement. Confused!

Reason for Wife's visa first:

Since i have been refused based on my family and siblings being in the US and no strong ties to Nigeria, i want my wife to apply first, then i go after she has been given.

Thanks yet again!

nupital:


Thanks again for the reply!

The bank statement has been inconsistent for some months now. I have a project that i am doing and its zeros my balance. With this new development, i would stop the project and concentrate on funding the account appropriately. I can start that this month till March/April we intend applying. But that would only be a solid 4-5 months statement. Confused!

Reason for Wife's visa first:

Since i have been refused based on my family and siblings being in the US and no strong ties to Nigeria, i want my wife to apply first, then i go after she has been given.

Thanks yet again!

Ok cool... Build the account well.... Avoid funds that can't be explained or will raise an eyebrow.

It can just b because u r busy with work like I said. Prep ur wifey very well o

firsttymum:
Ok cool... Build the account well.... Avoid funds that can't be explained or will raise an eyebrow.

It can just b because u r busy with work like I said. Prep ur wifey very well o

Thanks alot. Will prep her well and go with the 4 month statement.

hellomosquito:


Kikikikikiki I no get body language nah only buhari get am as they say then,
But sincerely, I don't get how we were entitled pls expanciate

Lmao @ buhari.....
Okay so I said that because a few years ago someone very close to me went to have her baby in the US and when they went to renew (no drop box then) the VO had seen receipts and was satisfied but then asked her why she chose to have her baby in the US she replied "I have a right to have my baby anywhere I want' na so the VO vex say you don't have a right to have your baby in the US it's a priviledge (needless to say the summer that year wasn't in the states) Sometimes we may come across as feeling entitled and not know it esp when you've done your homework and declared your intentions you may feel like you should automatically get it.
I advice you to re-apply with or without hubby it's up to both of you. Also, pray about it and answer questions asked regardless of if you feel it's relevant to the birthing intentions or not.
All the best.

nupital:



Thanks alot. Will prep her well and go with the 4 month statement.

6 months statement o

firsttymum:
6 months statement o

I am very sorry for the back and forth. Please understand.

My wife has her own statement which would have about 2 million and be for 6 months.

I have about 500k in an account (not my main account, used to save cash) and like 50k in my salary account now which was in the same region of 50 -100k balance in October and November. I will be able to make it 3 million around March mainly from Salary and other side business. Would that be adequate?

Thanks

So I randomly called my Aboki today and the going price for $ is 270 to 1$. Can we start exploring this form A thing?

So I randomly called my Aboki today and the going price for $ is 270 to 1$. Can we start exploring this form A thing? Ehn?

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firsttymum:
Sweetie how u dey?

Gt definitely hates Walmart. I totally agree.

I know dey r the most reliable even with their rates.

I dey, just praying make naira nor just enter ground with the way e dey crash...

GT nor reliable nothing, the matter pass irregular kinikan with PCOS.

2, 3 people dey report different rates for same day! It's 250 now though..


@ Dem Apple19, neks31, favoredgal & others having babies in this crazy end time.. many grease to more than una elbows, even una ankles & wrists cos na real WERK (*Nana west African Idol's voice*)

Flashback to April when Nerf was porting & she informed me she bought USD @ 205/6 or 7 in Yaba, I scolded her for being hasty, that the dollars from election will soon flood the market & we will get back the 160+ rate...

It was the 2 weeks that USD fell after result declaration that played with my mind & I believed Nigerians are now patriotic, never knew I be major learner!!

To think same me was almost doing break dance when someone helped me use paypal to buy stuff online for 220!!


Na only God fit help, crude oil now 36$, even less than budgetary benchmark.

So I have made several calls about this form A thing. First of all, Diamond says CBN doesn't approve it for delivery purposes so they don't even do it. Wema says the procedure is very long and the documentation is tiring. You will have to open an account, run it for 6 months, get letters from a specialist hospital, get letters from the receiving hospital and approval is even at the mercy of cbn. The rarely approve it even after going through these rigors. I just don't have an idea of what to do again really. Any other person with alternatives?

Apology not accepted

customised87:
Hello peeps, pls kindly take a minute and vote my baby as cussons baby of the year by clicking the link below. Thanks alot https://cussonsbabymoments.com/details/828
Cc ozycy,modath,bbaby84,olokings,favoredgal,just wise,apple19,ladyguinivere,nogen,Bisoye82,Nefertittiram,missusadey,sleekmum
Sorry,I am unable to mention everyone's name.

Please forward him.

bigfido:
So I randomly called my Aboki today and the going price for $ is 270 to 1$. Can we start exploring this form A thing?

Form A is a bit of bottleneck, are you going to pay before being serviced, despite not knowing what & what you are going to pay for?

BTW, it will still get worse before it improves.

It's already 275 in Abuja.

CBN has reduced BDC's allocation to 10k per week from 30k, now it's the folks hoarding USD that are now capitalising on the shortfall to mark up the rates....

199.5 in July here ooo, 207 in August seems like a lifetime away.

LI:
Apology not accepted

Lool...apology withdrawn
OK, so I added ur moniker.

Hi everyone...
I can't thank God enough for this thread and the wealth of information available here.
I used AF/Delta to Chicago, POE was JFK and my transcript was posted in my previous post. Had my baby and got all my stuff ready, and then

I posted a story on how cheap my infant ticket was when I called Delta.
NL veterans advices me to go to the airport before the departure day and verify which I did and got the said surprise. I got a quote of 47$ on the phone with a Dekta agent after I was asked if my baby had a Nig passprt or US pp, I called to speak to a different agent and I still got same quote before I posted my cost.
I went to airport and got a quote of 500$ plus..couldn't believe what I was hearing, went back and forth but there was no way out.

DH tried from Nigeria but yielded no result, paid that amount and was told that I cud get a refund of the return if baby doesn't not use the ticket within one year and if my baby gets a Nig passprt within that time frame. It was a paper ticket not an e ticket so I was asked to keep it safe incase I will want a refund. I got my ticket from an agent so that might have been the reason for that high cost

Fast forward to departure day, got to airport and had my bags checked in, has an extra bag and delta charged 203$, baby was entitled to check in just one bag of about 20pounds, with the usual additions, car seat, stroller, diaper bag. I was with my mum so moving around with stroller made the airport movement easy.

We reached our gate and we were checked in Without any hitch till we were at the entrance of the aircraft when a tall woman(white) and an average heighted man (immigrant, prolly Hispanic) wearing blacked stopped me and said hello..(I thought they were police men and wanted to just check us again since it was that Paris attack period Nov 28th),and I simply said hi'
Lady said Pls come over here, I moved with my mum pushing the stroller and she's like when did u come into the U.S.?at the same time requesting for my passport, so I passed the three passports as I was holding mummy's passprt and babys together with mine. Told her date, she flipped through so you came here to have your baby? I answered in the affirmative,

Immigration-Did you pay all your bills? Don't lie to me, I will cancel your visa if I find out anything you are going to say is a lie and il verify everything and I said ok

Immigration-Can I see your receipt? I showed her and she went through all receipts

Immigration-How much money do you have? I checked and counted, about 100$plus and have some money in my debit cards

Immigration-How much did u come in with?

Me- Mentioned amount and she asked if I declared all to NY immigration and if I told them I was pregnant, I said yes, and she said I will confirm all and if anything is false, I'm canceling your visa right away, I said ok

Immigration-Where did u stay and why did u choose to have your baby in the US? Male officer further asked when I got my visa

Me-Stayed with a family friend at..........address and I wanted to have the best of care for myself and baby, I informed the U.S. embassy in Abuja where I live of my intentions and I got an approval from them, my visa was renewed last year for my honeymoon which I used already last year and that was why I informed the embassy about my change of intent and the female officer said am I saying the truth? I had the letter in my email as I forgot to keep the copy in my hand bag, so she requested for the email which I showed her and she read every single line.

Immigration-Really? Immediately, the male officer intercepted harshly and was like, Y'al keep saying same thing, just admit you came here to get your baby American citizenship and stop all this stories, I get so pissed hearing all these

Immigration- Now the female officer continued...So what do you do in Nigeria?

Me- I am a Medical Dr,
Immigration- Wow, that makes it so bad for you.How will u come for better medical services in the US as a Dr? Why didn't you choose the best Drs in Nigeria to take care of you? As a Dr, you will know the best and even your own professors could have taken good care of you. It's either you are a very bad Dr or you lack confidence in yourself

Me- I was VERY calm and had no trace of tension in me, I was praying fervently and answering her
I said well...the problem with the Nigerian health sector is not the unavailability of good Drs, we have very good Drs in Nigeria, it's the systems, and poor medical infrastructure, so with the best of professors, where medical facilities are not available, not much can be done

Immigration- Well..it's unfortunate then. So I will go further to investigate and if there's any thing contrary, I will cancel your visa

She immediately dialed a number and was on speaker phone when she requested to speak to a certain officer, she immediately turned off speaker
She called out my visa number and she moved away and was on the phone for sometime

She returned to me and said, you are so lucky to have been honest in all your dealings, so I will let you go. Make sure you keep all your receipts for your future travel and have a safe flight

Me- I said thank you, but is it illegal to have your baby in the US?

Immigration-She said no it's not, it's illegal when you lie or try to hide something, or use Medicaid which many people do, take care and enjoy yor trip
I said thank you and moved...

My mum wasn't asked a thing, she was just by me praying silently in her heart.

In all, Chicago isn't worth it, entry and exit, hospitals are expensive, then taxes are high, sales tax 9.25% and the high crime rate that was mentioned over and over again. Also, the Donald Trump movement and spirit is so strong in Chicago. Not to mention the cold in Chi city.

I really thank Modath for posting her point of exit transcript cos that informed my decision of keeping my receipts in my handbag and other documents, let's continue to post all our encounters as that could save someone of falling victim of these people

Thank you all, congratulations to all parents here and I pray God guides everyone and provide all you will need for this trip
I can't mention names, Y'al are the best for your selflessness
I am grateful
@justwise, pls pardon my long post, I said 100% of what transpired so as to help others as I was helped

Merry Christmas to you all in advance

nupital:


I am very sorry for the back and forth. Please understand.

My wife has her own statement which would have about 2 million and be for 6 months.

I have about 500k in an account (not my main account, used to save cash) and like 50k in my salary account now which was in the same region of 50 -100k balance in October and November. I will be able to make it 3 million around March mainly from Salary and other side business. Would that be adequate?

Thanks

Yes, u can still print 6months, there is something called opening and closing balance, it doesn't matter what d opening balance is, the VO wld look out for consistency and closing balance to be sure you can afford the trip with something to fall back on when you return. You may be lucky and they won't even ask to see the statement of account.

Good Luck

Seems exit interview is now the norm at Chicago na wa o

Cc: Modath popri

Merry Christmas to you too

Popri:


Merry Christmas to you all in advance

what a detailed transcript.
Welcome back dear.
this Chi town no be moi moi o.

@popri all I can say is Na wa o! Thank God u don finish leave them come back

congrats jorh popri....

just come home and enjoy your holidays and forget all those chi'kens....
wow... barricade entry and exit for vigilante'

Popri:


Merry Christmas to you all in advance

Welcome back Popri1.
Merry Christmas to you.
Chicago

modath:


I dey, just praying make naira nor just enter ground with the way e dey crash...

GT nor reliable nothing, the matter pass irregular kinikan with PCOS.

2, 3 people dey report different rates for same day! It's 250 now though..


@ Dem Apple19, neks31, favoredgal & others having babies in this crazy end time.. many grease to more than una elbows, even una ankles & wrists cos na real WERK (*Nana west African Idol's voice*)

Flashback to April when Nerf was porting & she informed me she bought USD @ 205/6 or 7 in Yaba, I scolded her for being hasty, that the dollars from election will soon flood the market & we will get back the 160+ rate...

It was the 2 weeks that USD fell after result declaration that played with my mind & I believed Nigerians are now patriotic, never knew I be major learner!!

To think same me was almost doing break dance when someone helped me use paypal to buy stuff online for 220!!


Na only God fit help, crude oil now 36$, even less than budgetary benchmark.

My dear this dollar thing is scary o!! I have managed to buy from black market n luckily DH has an act with BOA he opened a a yr n half ago at 163 then.. My own now is money for my business oo cos I plan to restock my shop on my way back make I kuku use one stone kill 2 birds!! I pray body language will come to play soon cos these guys want to render me jobless !!

Popri:


Merry Christmas to you all in advance

Hummnn.... Na wa! Chicago is broke, hence the hostility.

The midwives in my hosp were asking me why I wanted to pay? No one really comes in and pay cash. What most people do is come in have their baby and leave, medicaid handles everything (emphasis on South American women though).

I'm porting to Alaska for my next baby! Who's with me?

Popri:


Merry Christmas to you all in advance

Merry xmas to you too, my sis...

Those chi town hawks don kolo major!!

Even if one hasn't closed shop, those people na better family planning if one hadn't dotted all Is & crossed all available Ts.... Nothing like payment plan for that side..

&
What da eff is wrong with them, stalking one to the entrance of the aircraft, ??

Just to rattle & unsettle woman pikin, they know quite well that is sure to get one extra agitated.


Stoked to know the info i posted was beneficial..

& you my bae called nefertitiram, come & insist that i was harassed cos of TA & their hezbollah connect. .

Make una see dollar at black market today at N276.....by January, it might get to N350.....I really pity couples here and US waka.

House, what bank sends western union abroad please?
Thanks