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shrekandfiona:
Congrats dear.

Papiroza, note the highlighted. Just go on your trip with your correspondence and enough dollars. The intent letter is not needed since you had vacationed before

Thanks again and again. I actually read the testimony in quote too. I have decided to tell DW to go without us writing the change of intent letter. JFK will likely be the POE. I think the bigger deal is sorting out the issue of getting a doctor , a hospital and paying the necessary fees, in addition to having enough cash at hand. All will be well. Gracias!

Chilling and waiting for my appointment this morning.



congrats

Xenadarl:
Just received this

Na wao, this is serious. I hope and pray other banks don't follow their steps. And to imagine that we can't get PTA and most of the foreign medical facilities are not accepting form A.

Maybe their decision to stop offering international ATM transactions is due to the recent harassment of some bank workers by EFFC for exorbitant charges.

I just tire for this our country.

So Happy for you dear. How is intown suites? I'm considering el paso especially with this currency issues. Please can you send me a message on ladyleey2k@yahoo.co.uk so we can correspond and i get first hand details from someone currently there? i'm due in august. thank you.

Kemmy2pretty:
Dear NL,

Thank you for your contributions on this forum!
Reporting from In town suites, El paso. I would like to share my POE experience.
Arrived Houston via London yesterday at 2.15pm (Lufthansa/united airline). The queue was very long, stood for almost 2 hrs. There were very few CBPs on duty and just before it got to my turn, 3 of them closed ( I was happy though because their faces were not too friendly). na so this middle-aged man resume duty, the traffic Marshall directed me to his desk.

CBP : Hello
Me: Hello sir, handed my passport and landing card to him
CBP: Why are you going to El Paso?
Me: Vacation and to have my baby (said this with all confidence, looking straight into his eyes)
CBP: To have what?
Me: my baby
CBP: OK, you are here for child birth?
Me: Yes
CBP: where will you be staying?
Me: In town suites
CBP: place your right four fingers on scanner, remove your glasses and look at the camera please
Me: I did
CBP: when is EDD
Me: in 4weeks
CBP: How much money do you have?
Me: I have paid obstetrician's fee and I have 8170 $ cash with me.
CBP: Nodded
CBP: Do you have any food ?
Me:Yes, I have got garii (paused)
CBP: What else
Me: yam flour
CBP: stamps me in for 6 months
To God be the glory, all this took less than 5minutes, he didn't even sight the money, no secondary inspection, no agric check.

BTW, I applied for the visa last year may for purpose of vacation. went with my family on vacation in august, spent a month. I conceived in September (failed fam planning method), so I decided to birth in the USA since I have a valid B2 visa. I didn't write change of intent cos i had already used the visa for its intended purpose.
PS..honesty and prayers really helped.

Chilling and waiting for my appointment this morning.

i will edit your book for free. lol! its not easy.

mrsbw:
Hi hi. Vigilante is real!! I also want to write a book titled 'Nanny Chronicles'*sigh* as this nanny matter don tire me It is well

Blaize777 you and your LO are in my prayers

Good afternoon!
Please who knows anyone coming to Atlanta today,I just need a document to be sent through the person.
Pleaseeeeeeeeee
Many thanks

NaijaMama:
Na wao, this is serious. I hope and pray other banks don't follow their steps. And to imagine that we can't get PTA and most of the foreign medical facilities are not accepting form A.

Maybe their decision to stop offering international ATM transactions is due to the recent harassment of some bank workers by EFFC for exorbitant charges.

I just tire for this our country.

Please are the bureau de change at the Lagos international airport still operating?

Hi everyone,
Please any recent gist on Seattle POE? I searched the thread and found only one preggy POE experience. Please anyone?

LadyGuinivere:
I feel like sharing a story I heard a while ago... This strike is truly making me joobless

One sister married to one big oga decided to go to US. With her bobo on the side. So she and Bobo side filled married and all what noot and appeared together. But Big oga's God was not at a party that day, He was very much around working. Na so dem deny the Sister and her bobo side application.
A few months later, big Oga say make em and e wifey go US for vacay. Them reach embassy. The Vo ask am 'are you sure this is your wife?'
Ah ah, which levels na? This is my wife.
Na em the vo turn computer show am picture and details. Na em oga just waka leave the place. That was the end of solomon grandy.

What I took from the story is that Nigerians are yet to understand the concept of records and consequences to actions. We often think we can wish away our past misdeeds or miracles will wipe them off.

hahaha hahaha hahaha exhibit agba! The VO head dey dia

MiddyO:
Hello!

Hello, you too!

What the $£"%%&**@@!?!

This should be scripted and made into a movie on Africa Magic "Yoru-Hau-gbo"

I can imagine the VO's on their Friday happy hour... enough to laugh about!

LadyGuinivere:
I feel like sharing a story I heard a while ago... This strike is truly making me joobless

One sister married to one big oga decided to go to US. With her bobo on the side. So she and Bobo side filled married and all what noot and appeared together. But Big oga's God was not at a party that day, He was very much around working. Na so dem deny the Sister and her bobo side application.
A few months later, big Oga say make em and e wifey go US for vacay. Them reach embassy. The Vo ask am 'are you sure this is your wife?'
Ah ah, which levels na? This is my wife.
Na em the vo turn computer show am picture and details. Na em oga just waka leave the place. That was the end of solomon grandy.

What I took from the story is that Nigerians are yet to understand the concept of records and consequences to actions. We often think we can wish away our past misdeeds or miracles will wipe them off.

Hi my fellow nairalander,
Got to the US safely with my mum and son. No hassle at all at Dallas POE.
Now chilling and waiting for my appointment on Monday.

Please i need to buy pears or cusson skin care for my kids but every store in Arlington seems to have only Johnson's product.
Kindly help with info on where I can get this stuff around here or online cos my due date is fast approaching.

Please help a sis.

NaijaMama:
Na wao, this is serious. I hope and pray other banks don't follow their steps. And to imagine that we can't get PTA and most of the foreign medical facilities are not accepting form A.

Maybe their decision to stop offering international ATM transactions is due to the recent harassment of some bank workers by EFFC for exorbitant charges.



I just tire for this our country.

My dear no be small matter! I really hope other banks dont follow suit. No PTA, form A almost impossible, and black market no go area. Then you can't use ur bank cards again for the paltry $300 a day stuff. Where dem wan person to get dollars from? Abi make pple stop travelling outta the country entirely?
Which way 9ja? SMH

For real!!!
Sounds like sthg straight outta Nolly wood!
Ihe ojoo na ato ochi! ROTFL

LadyGuinivere:
I feel like sharing a story I heard a while ago... This strike is truly making me joobless

One sister married to one big oga decided to go to US. With her bobo on the side. So she and Bobo side filled married and all what noot and appeared together. But Big oga's God was not at a party that day, He was very much around working. Na so dem deny the Sister and her bobo side application.
A few months later, big Oga say make em and e wifey go US for vacay. Them reach embassy. The Vo ask am 'are you sure this is your wife?'
Ah ah, which levels na? This is my wife.
Na em the vo turn computer show am picture and details. Na em oga just waka leave the place. That was the end of solomon grandy.

What I took from the story is that Nigerians are yet to understand the concept of records and consequences to actions. We often think we can wish away our past misdeeds or miracles will wipe them off.

Xenadarl:
For real!!!
Sounds like sthg straight outta Nolly wood!
Ihe ojoo na ato ochi! ROTFL

Na real life story o! I vex when I hear am. All sister for talk na, I no wan go yankee, mae we go uk. Shikena o!

@Nnystc..All i can say is WOW!!! Such words of encouragement...cant begin to imagine what u went tru. No wonder why u gat joy like a river. Loll. This is a testimony indeed and since there is no distance in the Spirit, @blaize777, tap into this testimony as the God that did it is still on the throne, the glory of the latter shall surpass the former IJN.

Nnystc:
Dear blaize777
I'm not happy reading your recent posts (bolded below+the other where you said your tears have run out)!
So perhaps you need some hard truths (I realise we are Nigerians anyway, na strong word na im dey enter us pass soft words)
Are you a FTM? Yes? Then I think I understand where you're coming from ). But then...
True story:
When I had my first child, i had chicken pox in week 39, had to be induced in week 42. Then he was distressed in the womb, passed meconium inside my womb, apgar score of 3 or so. On coming out he was diagnosed with some nonsense congenital ish, and given 3 months to live. As a FTM I was inconsolable, rolling on the floor crying, asking myself who have I offended, who hates me this much? Why must mine be different?
Long story short, because I would not let go and let God, I ended up with a partial stroke. That's what my depression got me o. So I became a casualty.

Q- Was I able to help my kid then?
A- Even an onuku knows the answer to that...

I was barred from breastfeeding, even from holding the child. I added to the problem on ground.

But after all this my eye opened (spiritually tho, physically I was a mess... I looked like a freak sideshow!)

What did I do after that, I had to painstakingly cast my mind back to how good God had been to me in the past... All the strong things He had brought me through...
You know when bible said "And David encouraged himself in the Lord " that was me right there.
You know what I did? I would pick the child up, look sternly at baby and start speaking...
-I carried you in my womb, this womb (slapping my stomach! ) for 9 months
-Those 9 months were not for nothing oh.
-I am your mother! You must listen to me and heed my voice
-You shall not die, must not die, you're not permitted to die!
- You will live.
-Rise up and respond to treatment
Can't remember all the things I told this child biko. Pickin jus' dey look me.

I was declaring like mad... you know ministering angels don't respond to tears, they respond to errands you send them on. I was dishing out orders concerning my baby and myself.

This child given 3 months to live is a big kid now, the next blink he'll be ready for secondary school... I still order him around, I just even ordered a batch of koboko for him the other day

My sister, be of good courage. I still maintain there is NOTHING God cannot do. He's just waiting for you to touch heaven with your faith.

I remember when I went through mine, I had periods of doubt and I would still say "Lord I believe you, but the circumstances are fighting my faith, Pls help my unbelief!"
All this I just spoke about happened here in Lagos oh! Where equipment nor dey, not to talk of better doctors. But God sent help...

E come be you wey dey Yankee!
Remember that Some people are back home who wish they had the opportunity to rack up NICU bills to save a life, but God chose you to get the visa. Maybe that visa was issued for "such a time as this" according to Mordecai.

So why am I writing this epistle? So you will brace yourself.
Your matter will be resolved.

Start figuring out where to organise koboko for when li'l mama will grow into lil drama queen They always do!

Frank Edwards song says:
My God is still changing lives
He's still alive doing good
He is the source of your strengthhhhh
My God is still changing lives

Changing livesss. .. (somebody help me sing jor! )

E-hugs!

Make I go check if this strike still dey happen today...

Please are the bureau de change at the Lagos international airport are still operating?

Kemmy, That's so cool. I will be in El paso in two weeks. I intend to stay at In town suites as well. How much did you pay for the bookings? Please which hospital are you using? Kindly send a pm.

Kemmy2pretty:
Dear NL,

Thank you for your contributions on this forum!
Reporting from In town suites, El paso. I would like to share my POE experience.
Arrived Houston via London yesterday at 2.15pm (Lufthansa/united airline). The queue was very long, stood for almost 2 hrs. There were very few CBPs on duty and just before it got to my turn, 3 of them closed ( I was happy though because their faces were not too friendly). na so this middle-aged man resume duty, the traffic Marshall directed me to his desk.

CBP : Hello
Me: Hello sir, handed my passport and landing card to him
CBP: Why are you going to El Paso?
Me: Vacation and to have my baby (said this with all confidence, looking straight into his eyes)
CBP: To have what?
Me: my baby
CBP: OK, you are here for child birth?
Me: Yes
CBP: where will you be staying?
Me: In town suites
CBP: place your right four fingers on scanner, remove your glasses and look at the camera please
Me: I did
CBP: when is EDD
Me: in 4weeks
CBP: How much money do you have?
Me: I have paid obstetrician's fee and I have 8170 $ cash with me.
CBP: Nodded
CBP: Do you have any food ?
Me:Yes, I have got garii (paused)
CBP: What else
Me: yam flour
CBP: stamps me in for 6 months
To God be the glory, all this took less than 5minutes, he didn't even sight the money, no secondary inspection, no agric check.

BTW, I applied for the visa last year may for purpose of vacation. went with my family on vacation in august, spent a month. I conceived in September (failed fam planning method), so I decided to birth in the USA since I have a valid B2 visa. I didn't write change of intent cos i had already used the visa for its intended purpose.
PS..honesty and prayers really helped.

Chilling and waiting for my appointment this morning.

luckyman23:
Please are the bureau de change at the Lagos international airport are still operating?

Well, I cannot categorically say yes and my Oga at the top will say no. I'm sure u reside in lagos. Quickly drive down to the airport to confirm and come give us feedback.

ozycy:
Welcome back, I remember you. I think you were the first person that had such experience here. I pray your next application will be successful. Kisses to your LO

Thank you very much dear. I say Amen to that.

luckyman23:
Please are the bureau de change at the Lagos international airport are still operating?

All these annoying questions you've been asking like "is Dubai poe" "can i use soap to brush my teeth" makes me feel like using #madea stunts on you. Type a word one more time ama tie your hands and whip your a** two time Use Google my friend and ask the house relevant question.

LadyGuinivere:
Na real life story o! I vex when I hear am. All sister for talk na, I no wan go yankee, mae we go uk. Shikena o!

Abi o! .
It's like people tend not to understand that fingerprints are like DNA once you ve been fingerprinted b4, they have ur records and everything you ve ever said/done pops up. Doesn't matter if you ve changed your name or change location of where you apply. Your history is all there for the VO to see. Now this lady carry her hand open her n@$h! Excuse the language can't find any word more benefitting of the situation.

Nictos:
Hi my fellow nairalander,
Please i need to buy pears or cusson skin care for my kids but every store in Arlington seems to have only Johnson's product.
Kindly help with info on where I can get this stuff around here or online cos my due date is fast approaching.

Please help a sis.

I doubt you'll get it to buy in any amelikan store. ( I might be wrong)
Try eBay or go to any African store, I'm sure you'll find it there.
Congrats on your smooth entry.

Lawyer123:
Hello house,Pls my friend needs your help.This is her story below:

Hello everyone, I had my interview yesterday now I was rejected. This would be my 3rd interview so far in 2016.
The first time in Jan 2016,I had just got recently married and wanted to go for my honeymoon but was rejected. (Pls note my husband has a valid visa)
The 2nd interview in Feb 2016, i still maintained that I was going for a vacation with my husband and I told them our budget, how much I earned and my husband's income.However I was denied again.

I am currently 22weeks pregnant and i got that information after the second interview.I applied again (my husby paid the full hospital fee and Doctor fee which was 6850USD), I had my doctor correspondence along with confirmation of reciept of payment), budget sheet, statement of account, medical report.

The transcript thus;

Me: Good morning Sir
VO; good morning , your passport please ( handed over my passport)
VO; why are you going to the US?
Me; I am going to deliver my baby (I started giving him my medical history), the fact that I currently have a history diabetes in pregnancy , I lost 2 of my elder sister - 1 died during childbirth and the other was a preterm, hence my husband being a doctor and knowing that the prenatal mortality rate in Nigeria is poor, we decided it's best to go to the US in order to have access to Better healthcare facility for me and our baby. ( while I was saying this he was already going through my doctor correspondent, receipt and my budget sheet in which I followed phema budget but made changes to suite my needs)
VO; so I can see that you were denied visa twice , what has changed?
Me: we just got married in Jan and we wanted to go for our honey moon in Hawaii in which was denied due to insufficient fund, however now I am pregnant and my medical condition of being diabetic is the reason why I am here for this interview.
Vo; sorry madam I am afraid I will have to disqualify you again bla bla bla
Me; please what is the reason ?
VO; sorry madam I will advice you give birth in uk or India
Me; excuse me sir , I deserve to know the reason as we have already paid the full medical fee
VO: sorry madam the hospital will refund you your money , I advice you deliver in the uk or India

Please what are my options now and where do you think I went wrong?(I'm thinking of reapplying or seeking a petition)

PLEASE HELP VERY URGENT

This VO harsh o! Ah ah!

candyce:
All these annoying questions you've been asking like "is Dubai poe" "can i use soap to brush my teeth" makes me feel like using #madea stunts on you. Type a word one more time ama tie your hands and whip your a** two time Use Google my friend and ask the house relevant question.

choi!!!

Hi everyone. I want to narrate my POE experience and I thank God for this forum cos it taught me to always say the truth. I had already booked my ticket with HOUSTON as my POE before I stumbled on this thread. I arrived houston feeling a bit jittery.
When I got to the officer he asked me why I was in the us to which I replied to have my baby. He asked how much I had and if I had any food stuff. He proceeded to escort me to secondary inspection .
After about 15 mins. I was called into a room and asked the same questions over again.

CBP officer: how much do u have?
Me:$10,000
CBP officer: have you made any payments
Me: no the hospital said I would be booked and can make payment only on arrival.
CBP officer: do u av any other source of funds
Me: I have 2 credit cards and 2 debit cards
CBP officer: how much are on these cards.
Me: about $3k on each of the credit cards,N1m on my debit card which is about $5k.
CBP officer: can you prove the balance on ur debit card account?
Me: I have my last alert.I cld av opened my bank app but no Internet.
CBP officer:u can open it we have free airport wifi.
Me: ooh. Proceeds to open the app shows him all my balances.
CBP officer. Does any body give birth to their kids in Nigeria anymore?
Me: of course I had my other kids in Nigeria.
Proceeds to count my cash after calling another officer. And starts to make jokes about how everybody in Nigeria is coming to america to birth. E.t.c.
After counting the cash ,returns money to me and stamps me in for 6 months.
Gives the usual zero balance advise and all that.

That's all folks.

Hi everyone. I want to narrate my POE experience and I thank God for this forum cos it taught me to always say the truth. I had already booked my ticket with HOUSTON as my POE before I stumbled on this thread. I arrived houston feeling a bit jittery.
When I got to the officer he asked me why I was in the us to which I replied to have my baby. He asked how much I had and if I had any food stuff. He proceeded to escort me to secondary inspection .
After about 15 mins. I was called into a room and asked the same questions over again.

CBP officer: how much do u have?
Me:$10,000
CBP officer: have you made any payments
Me: no the hospital said I would be booked and can make payment only on arrival.
CBP officer: do u av any other source of funds
Me: I have 2 credit cards and 2 debit cards
CBP officer: how much are on these cards.
Me: about $3k on each of the credit cards,N1m on my debit card which is about $5k.
CBP officer: can you prove the balance on ur debit card account?
Me: I have my last alert.I cld av opened my bank app but no Internet.
CBP officer:u can open it we have free airport wifi.
Me: ooh. Proceeds to open the app shows him all my balances.
CBP officer. Does any body give birth to their kids in Nigeria anymore?
Me: of course I had my other kids in Nigeria.
Proceeds to count my cash after calling another officer. And starts to make jokes about how everybody in Nigeria is coming to america to birth. E.t.c.
After counting the cash ,returns money to me and stamps me in for 6 months.
Gives the usual zero balance advise and all that.

That's all folks.

luckyman23:
Please are the bureau de change at the Lagos international airport are still operating?

If u ve asked a particular question twice or thrice, and nobody is giving any reply, it simply means nobody has an idea. Do the honours and find out elsewhere, don't spam the thread abeg.

papiroza:
Thank you o jare. Like I said, I now follow this thread religiously. I'm just a little confused on how to write the letter change of intent. On this forum, I've read testimonies of people who fail to write the letter and still scaled through at POE. I've also read about those who wrote and got a generic response, stipulating that entering the USA is purely at the discretion of the CBP and immigration at the POE. In similar vein, some have written and got their visas cancelled. Hope u understand my dilemma. I don't have any reason to lie during the renewal and frankly didn't understand the differences in these visas. That's my fault anyways. Letter or not, so long I desire to have my kid in US, it will happen. The covenant I have with God is that He will grant all my wishes. Thanks for wishing me safe trip.

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I think you should not bother with the letter. Just get ur documents and cash. Or if u can afford it go for a vacation before the birthing trip

Houstonmayor:
I used Springs of Joy urban living right across the hospital with great services and beautiful accomodation

Yea!!great services..top notch. Used it too Be4 I moved out to a relatives place after child birth...
I highly recommend

Stanbic PTA is now 258 per dollar and will increase next week ....