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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by iphiechuks: 12:45pm On Apr 11, 2017
Terese69:
Yaaayyy!!! It's so exciting to know we are all going to be in Dallas at about the same time. The more the merrier.

Let's keep in touch.



It feels good to know.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by jesufifunmi: 12:51pm On Apr 11, 2017
Hello fam,

Please i need the help of any mama/papa coming back to naija soon embarassed I want to purchase the attached drug from Amazon, but unfortunately they don't do overseas shipping for the particular product. I desperately need it and can't find it in any pharmacy here in Lagos. Please help a sister, pls cry I have my dollar card for payment, will only need to ship to your address in the US.

Just 4 bottles, they are very lightweight. I stay in Lagos but will pay for dispatch from anywhere you are shipping from in Nigeria. God bless!

Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by boluwagin: 2:59pm On Apr 11, 2017
boluwagin:
Hello House,

I had my LO on the 21st Feb at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center, Carrollton. I will revert with bills when I get it all sorted soon but for now I need help with Letter of Consent for my LO American passport. Is there any mum or dad coming to the states this week or next? DH is available in Lagos to drop it off anywhere... Please this is urgent, Help a sister in need.

So just as I promised to share my total bill and experience for my first Missionary Journey:

Hospital Bill - 3k for noncomplicated vaginal delivery (it has to be paid before discharge from the hospital to qualify for the discount package)

Dr fee - 1k for vaginal delivery (payment is due at initial doctors appointment)

Lab test - 158

Ultra scan - 120

Paediatrician - 300

Well Child Check - 95 (this was done at JPS hospital fort Worth)

LO birth cert. - 23 each (collected two copies)

American Passport - 165 (I got it by mail exactly 13days after applying)

I got my zero balance from the hospital by mail 3 weeks after discharge. I left US with LO on the 30th of March, got to Qatar and was hoping to get a transit visa to qualify for an hotel in Doha but sadly our Visa wasn't granted by the immigration, we had to stay at the airport for a 12hrs layover. Thank God it's finally over for now, I will hang my coat and hibernate till further notice. Thanks to everyone who has shared their experiences, bills and answered both my public and direct questions, God bless you all especially @chloe7 @temmyo ...@dyout Congratulations and thank you so so much for the assistance with LO letter of Consent and it was nice to meet your Madam a fellow Nairalander in diaspora.
Peace!

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by boluwagin: 3:02pm On Apr 11, 2017
boluwagin:


So just as I promised to share my total bill and experience for my first Missionary Journey:

Hospital Bill - 3k for noncomplicated vaginal delivery (it has to be paid before discharge from the hospital to qualify for the discount package)

Dr fee - 1k for vaginal delivery (payment is due at initial doctors appointment)

Lab test - 158

Ultra scan - 120

Paediatrician - 300

Well Child Check - 95 (this was done at JPS hospital fort Worth)

LO birth cert. - 23 each (collected two copies)

American Passport - 165 (I got it by mail exactly 13days after applying)

I got my zero balance from the hospital by mail 3 weeks after discharge. I left US with LO on the 30th of March, got to Qatar and was hoping to get a transit visa to qualify for an hotel in Doha but sadly our Visa wasn't granted by the immigration, we had to stay at the airport for a 12hrs layover. Thank God it's finally over for now, I will hang my coat and hibernate till further notice. Thanks to everyone who has shared their experiences, bills and answered both my public and direct questions, God bless you all especially @chloe7 @temmyo ...@dyout Congratulations and thank you so so much for the assistance with LO letter of Consent and it was nice to meet your Madam a fellow Nairalander in diaspora.
Peace!

Forgot to add that Visa on arrival works and its less stressful, DH applied with the help of @Desoul and got the approval 2 days after. Got to lagos and paid 200usd!

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by chi1145: 3:55pm On Apr 11, 2017
hello everyone. please I am new here and I have some questions to ask..I travelled to the US with my family (myself, spouse n son) in 2014 and again in 2015...had a baby in Boston. Upon Dropbox renewal we were refused visas on grounds that the visa was for visiting and not for medicals...my question is, what can we do to get our visas back? please it's rather urgent...thanks
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by 9jabiggurl: 4:05pm On Apr 11, 2017
chi1145:
hello everyone. please I am new here and I have some questions to ask..I travelled to the US with my family (myself, spouse n son) in 2014 and again in 2015...had a baby in Boston. Upon Dropbox renewal we were refused visas on grounds that the visa was for visiting and not for medicals...my question is, what can we do to get our visas back? please it's rather urgent...thanks

Oh Dear!! So sorry about that, this issue happened to me. But now i have my visa..took a little while to get it though but in the end i got it. (Sent you a message, check your inbox)
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by 9jabiggurl: 4:24pm On Apr 11, 2017
Queen2016:
Hello my good people....please help a sister. I have been following this thread for a while now and I intend applying for the visa by feeling the form myself but someone just said the interview date I will be given will be so far, that those agents can get a nearer date. I want to go through medical.....pls I need advice asap.

Trust me you can get a date for Friday....i applied on a Wednesday and got a date for Monday the following week. Infact you can get a date for tomorrow all by yourself....just use the required link for booking dates and you are good to go

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by chi1145: 4:39pm On Apr 11, 2017
@ 9jabiggurl , please can I have ur email address? can't see ur message...would really appreciate it. tnx
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by 9jabiggurl: 4:45pm On Apr 11, 2017
chi1145:
@ 9jabiggurl , please can I have ur email address? can't see ur message...would really appreciate it. tnx

I just replied your email.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Vivicious: 4:45pm On Apr 11, 2017
boluwagin:


Forgot to add that Visa on arrival works and its less stressful, DH applied with the help of @Desoul and got the approval 2 days after. Got to lagos and paid 200u4sd!
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by jesufifunmi: 4:45pm On Apr 11, 2017
9jabiggurl:


I just replied your email.
Hi sis, pls i sent you a PM
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by glogirl(f): 4:59pm On Apr 11, 2017
@desoul,

Hello desoul. Please I just sent you a pm. I need your assistance with VOA if possible.

God bless you.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by 9jabiggurl: 5:35pm On Apr 11, 2017
jesufifunmi:
Hi sis, pls i sent you a PM

I have replied you sis...
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Gloriagee(f): 7:48pm On Apr 11, 2017
Thanks. Please can I have ur email or can you follow me back so I can PM you? Thanks

boluwagin:


So just as I promised to share my total bill and experience for my first Missionary Journey:

Hospital Bill - 3k for noncomplicated vaginal delivery (it has to be paid before discharge from the hospital to qualify for the discount package)

Dr fee - 1k for vaginal delivery (payment is due at initial doctors appointment)

Lab test - 158

Ultra scan - 120

Paediatrician - 300

Well Child Check - 95 (this was done at JPS hospital fort Worth)

LO birth cert. - 23 each (collected two copies)

American Passport - 165 (I got it by mail exactly 13days after applying)

I got my zero balance from the hospital by mail 3 weeks after discharge. I left US with LO on the 30th of March, got to Qatar and was hoping to get a transit visa to qualify for an hotel in Doha but sadly our Visa wasn't granted by the immigration, we had to stay at the airport for a 12hrs layover. Thank God it's finally over for now, I will hang my coat and hibernate till further notice. Thanks to everyone who has shared their experiences, bills and answered both my public and direct questions, God bless you all especially @chloe7 @temmyo ...@dyout Congratulations and thank you so so much for the assistance with LO letter of Consent and it was nice to meet your Madam a fellow Nairalander in diaspora.
Peace!
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by reniduke(f): 8:16pm On Apr 11, 2017
I have gotten a lot of emails from nairalanders in the last few days asking for a sample of my change of intent letter, i will assume its because you think i got some special treatment at POE as a result of writing something very poetic to the consulate and not because you're lazy about searching through the threads for a sample like i did. So here it is, please dont send any emails asking for it again.


This is just a sample,you should edit to suit your purpose .

Dear US embassy,

I write to inform you of my intention to use my B1/B2 visa to give birth in the us, the visa was originally gotten for business/vacation purpose and i travelled in Bleep for Bleep meeting and had a two week vacation afterwards and have not been to the US since. I have contacted a doctor and a hospital in the us and have been able to confirm that I have the financial ability to pay our bills. i will be arriving in April 2017.

I look forward to hearing from you.

End of sample.

Now they always send everybody the same generic response that basically tells you, you're not obligated to tell them and makes you feel like you wasted your time. I responded to their generic email by saying a warm thank you and they in turn said 'thank you for my feedback', which is the only non-generic email i have from them.

So my advice: as someone who tot the change of intent email was a waste of time, but sent it out of 'let me sha do copy copy n send', my poe experience has tot me that it is quite useful and a blessing.

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by temmyo: 9:18pm On Apr 11, 2017
boluwagin:


Paediatrician - 300

Thanks to everyone who has shared their experiences, bills and answered both my public and direct questions, God bless you all especially @chloe7 @temmyo ...@dyout Congratulations and thank you so so much for the assistance with LO letter of Consent and it was nice to meet your Madam a fellow Nairalander in diaspora.
Peace!

Congrats boluwagin, and welcome home.

Please which pediatrician checked baby at the hospital, and how did you get your bill of 300?
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by nefertitiram: 9:54pm On Apr 11, 2017
reniduke:
I have gotten a lot of emails from nairalanders in the last few days asking for a sample of my change of intent letter, i will assume its because you think i got some special treatment at POE as a result of writing something very poetic to the consulate and not because you're lazy about searching through the threads for a sample like i did. So here it is, please dont send any emails asking for it again.


This is just a sample,you should edit to suit your purpose .

Dear US embassy,

I write to inform you of my intention to use my B1/B2 visa to give birth in the us, the visa was originally gotten for business/vacation purpose and i travelled in Bleep for Bleep meeting and had a two week vacation afterwards and have not been to the US since. I have contacted a doctor and a hospital in the us and have been able to confirm that I have the financial ability to pay our bills. i will be arriving in April 2017.

I look forward to hearing from you.

End of sample.

Now they always send everybody the same generic response that basically tells you, you're not obligated to tell them and makes you feel like you wasted your time. I responded to their generic email by saying a warm thank you and they in turn said 'thank you for my feedback', which is the only non-generic email i have from them.

So my advice: as someone who tot the change of intent email was a waste of time, but sent it out of 'let me sha do copy copy n send', my poe experience has tot me that it is quite useful and a blessing.

Thanks for sharing but some clarification has to be made.

You got ur visa for conference or a meeting, and you used it for the purpose.. And a lot later you went for childbirth. I got my visa for a business meeting as well, visited US 3 times before having my baby, and when it was time to renew it was a piece of cake because it was used for the purpose it was gotten already. I didnt need to send in a letter, but that was before trump era.

what you sent is not a change of intent, this is notification of intent. The change of intent letter has become useless for the people who knowingly lied about their intentions and show up at POE a few months later with 9 months pregnancy. The embassy personnel are not exactly naive you know. Infact, their eyes are shining well well

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by sehawale: 9:54pm On Apr 11, 2017
Please does anyone know if the passport booklet scarcity most Nigeria consulates are facing is over? I want to apply for Passport at New York but I want to be sure I will get it early enough before paying the money on INNOVATE... Please if you have in-house information on whether they still delay or not at this consulate, let me know please. I will appreciate direct info from someone who knows someone that works there.

Their website (Nigeriahouse...), of course, won't tell you if they have booklet or not. Thanks. Travel back date is getting nearer and nearer for DW and our LO.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Queen2016: 10:05pm On Apr 11, 2017
9jabiggurl:


Trust me you can get a date for Friday....i applied on a Wednesday and got a date for Monday the following week. Infact you can get a date for tomorrow all by yourself....just use the required link for booking dates and you are good to go
Thanks a lot...God bless
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by ekoboy: 10:25pm On Apr 11, 2017
jesufifunmi:
Hello fam,

Please i need the help of any mama/papa coming back to naija soon embarassed I want to purchase the attached drug from Amazon, but unfortunately they don't do overseas shipping for the particular product. I desperately need it and can't find it in any pharmacy here in Lagos. Please help a sister, pls cry I have my dollar card for payment, will only need to ship to your address in the US.

Just 4 bottles, they are very lightweight. I stay in Lagos but will pay for dispatch from anywhere you are shipping from in Nigeria. God bless!
You can also use one of the many courier companies mostly at Ajao estate. You simply register with them and then use their US address as your address on Amazon and they will send your good across for a small fee. With that you can keep shopping at Amazon

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by boluwagin: 10:44pm On Apr 11, 2017
temmyo:


Congrats boluwagin, and welcome home.

Please which pediatrician checked baby at the hospital, and how did you get your bill of 300?

Thanks Temmyo, I met her at the hospital as she was the pediatrician on call, she charges 300 for self pay patient, pm me if you need her contact.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by kunle2367: 11:12pm On Apr 11, 2017
Hello Guys ,

I have been following this thread and it has been very educative we are about to embark on to preparation for our first missionary Journey,i need an Hospital in Indianapolis. DW is 3 months gone .

Kindly give us referrals we chose the state cause we can get helping hands dere has we have relatives dere. Please help a brother
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by boluwagin: 11:26pm On Apr 11, 2017
Gloriagee:
Thanks. Please can I have ur email or can you follow me back so I can PM you? Thanks


Done!
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by sexymj(f): 11:44pm On Apr 11, 2017
Please if you are able to get this information, kindly share. I have called their number but no response.

sehawale:
Please does anyone know if the passport booklet scarcity most Nigeria consulates are facing is over? I want to apply for Passport at New York but I want to be sure I will get it early enough before paying the money on INNOVATE... Please if you have in-house information on whether they still delay or not at this consulate, let me know please. I will appreciate direct info from someone who knows someone that works there.

Their website (Nigeriahouse...), of course, won't tell you if they have booklet or not. Thanks. Travel back date is getting nearer and nearer for DW and our LO.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by pointednose: 12:23am On Apr 12, 2017
Good day all

Please has anyone used Qatar airlines before or recently? Heard their Poe is Doha? Please can someone share the Poe encounter. Also, was accommodation given during the layover. What did they ask for as fit to fly.

Thanks
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by drafrican: 12:56am On Apr 12, 2017
pointednose:
Good day all

Please has anyone used Qatar airlines before or recently? Heard their Poe is Doha? Please can someone share the Poe encounter. Also, was accommodation given during the layover. What did they ask for as fit to fly.

Thanks

spoke about this earlier
their poe is in the USA not doha
left on the 5th of April
have ur drs report and FAAN medical certificate if you are less than 32 weeks and submit it upon check in

if you are over 32 weeks one week before u fly get your MEDIf form from qatar or download online and have a dr fill it, it must be submitted 48 hours before you fly and you must obtain an approvsl from qatar before you fly along with this MEDIF form you need the FAAN medical cettificate snd your dr's fit to fly.

qatar is in the habit of returning passengers to naija at checkin to the USA if you are noticed to be pregnant snd dont have the MEDIF form because their flight is long and you are a high risk passenger.

thats where the story about poe being in doha came from but its not true, they are just strict about flying pregnant women.

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by glogirl(f): 4:50am On Apr 12, 2017
@desoul,

Please just in case the Nair a land pm is failing, my email is glogirl007@yahoo.com

Please I need your assistance with visa on arrival for my LO.


Thanks and God bless

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