Gd evening house..pls av been trying to schedule an appointment for visa interview for ma mum.it keeps saying appointment not available. Av contacted them by mail, they replied saying that they have number of slots and that we can keep trying n all that. They even apologised for the inconveniences and asked we shuld refresh the page. We have done that severally. And if u keep login in they tell you u have exceeded your login for the day try tomorrow. Pls am i the only person in.this? Who's experiencing the Same thing? What do we do now?

FrontPageLawyer:


@Twoods.

Please stop misleading people. I just came back from the US leaving my wife behind to have our baby.

My firsthand expereince;

Before the trip, I sent a letter of intent to the US Consulate and got the usual response.

At JFK POE; once the CBP officer took my wife's finger print. He told my wife that it was a good thing she already sent a letter of intent to the US consulate notifying them about her intention to give birth in the US. He was very pleased and stamped us in without further questions.

We were both surprised the information was actually recorded in the system.

We are all adults. Please leave people alone to do what suits them and what they can defend. You live in the US and don't know what travellers encounter just to cross the US border.

Do you really have problem with people coming to the US?

Read before you comment. I posted a link twice that was a direct quote on this very topic from abujaniv, a VO who is a regular poster here. Perhaps you should direct your comment to him.

The point is simple - sending a letter of intent is not standard procedure. It may have worked for you but don't imply that others follow the same pattern so they don't end up wasting their time.

A million likes biko!!
Imagine!

Me sef follow write. And I didn't meet any issue afterwards cos I got my visa long before preggers.
I also wrote dem before my sis came and it was all smooth sailing.
If need be,make we write d letter o! Leave it to d VOs and CBP officers to use or not. EOD

FrontPageLawyer:


@Twoods.

Please stop misleading people. I just came back from the US leaving my wife behind to have our baby.

My firsthand expereince;

Before the trip, I sent a letter of intent to the US Consulate and got the usual response.

At JFK POE; once the CBP officer took my wife's finger print. He told my wife that it was a good thing she already sent a letter of intent to the US consulate notifying them about her intention to give birth in the US. He was very pleased and stamped us in without further questions.

We were both surprised the information was actually recorded in the system.

We are all adults. Please leave people alone to do what suits them and what they can defend. You live in the US and don't know what travellers encounter just to cross the US border.

Do you really have problem with people coming to the US?

Som pipo are trouble manufacturers sha!

TripleKMama:
A million likes biko!!
Imagine!

Me sef follow write. And I didn't meet any issue afterwards cos I got my visa long before preggers.
I also wrote dem before my sis came and it was all smooth sailing.
If need be,make we write d letter o! Leave it to d VOs and CBP officers to use or not. EOD

FrontPageLawyer:


@Twoods.

Please stop misleading people. I just came back from the US leaving my wife behind to have our baby.

My firsthand expereince;

Before the trip, I sent a letter of intent to the US Consulate and got the usual response.

At JFK POE; once the CBP officer took my wife's finger print. He told my wife that it was a good thing she already sent a letter of intent to the US consulate notifying them about her intention to give birth in the US. He was very pleased and stamped us in without further questions.

We were both surprised the information was actually recorded in the system.

We are all adults. Please leave people alone to do what suits them and what they can defend. You live in the US and don't know what travellers encounter just to cross the US border.

Do you really have problem with people coming to the US?

He is not misleading anybody. VO has said it over and over again that letter of intent means nothing.

Sometimes here people just jump on people they don't like without reading properly. Were your wife pregnant during the interview and lied about it then send letter of intent after getting the visa?

TripleKMama:
A million likes biko!!
Imagine!

Me sef follow write. And I didn't meet any issue afterwards cos I got my visa long before preggers.
I also wrote dem before my sis came and it was all smooth sailing.
If need be,make we write d letter o! Leave it to d VOs and CBP officers to use or not. EOD

This case is not the same as somebody who lied during visa interview then send letter of intent as a short cut.

people have shared their recent experiences with the CPB at POE and you are here writing rude English in the name of " standard procedure " why mislead/ discourage people? You are already a citizen and definately have less none immigrant visa experience (especially recent) than none immigrant visa applicants. Just read a few pages back, you will see how that change of intent letter and reply have saved so many. The question is why discourage someone from getting it (rudely sef) , its just a letter, its not an extra load, if not asked at POE fine, afterall its not heavy to carry.
Honestly your hibernation was a relief

TWoods:


Read before you comment. I posted a link twice that was a direct quote on this very topic from abujaniv, a VO who is a regular poster here. Perhaps you should direct your comment to him.

The point is simple - sending a letter of intent is not standard procedure. It may have worked for you but don't imply that others follow the same pattern so they don't end up wasting their time.

So the change if intent letter is still needful in some cases right?
Not for someone to come here to completely rule it out

justwise:


This case is not the same as somebody who lied during visa interview then send letter of intent as a short cut.

Mbamto:
So the change if intent letter is still needful in some cases right?
Not for someone to come here to completely rule it out

I can't think of any

Well,its upto CBPO to count backwards & determine if dey carry belle before interview. My own letter carry my LMP sef.
And if dey count back times 2 sef, I could not have been pregnant at d time of application (dropbox).
Summary- make dem write d letter. Its upto CBP to grant entry or not.

justwise:


This case is not the same as somebody who lied during visa interview then send letter of intent as a short cut.

Good evening house, please can anyone assist with the email address of Abuja Consulate for letter of intent. Thanks.

freshdad:
haaa...please o!!! send me direct message o before the owner of the hospital come cut my head for publicizing their hospital .

Hello fresh dad...pls I'm waiting for your response..kindly check your mail...thanks

cyntop:
Good evening house, please can anyone assist with the email address of Abuja Consulate for letter of intent. Thanks.

Abeg write letter jare. Will find you the email.

Greetings everyone. Great minds are here indeed.

Please I have few questions and guide.

We have been corresponding with a family care maternity center in Dallas for delivery in October, and they issued us acceptance letter today, please do we still need any other letter from anyone?

And also is it advisable both us book an appointment with the embassy same time or my wife should go first?

Please I look forward to you guys.

justwise:
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He is not misleading anybody. VO has said it over and over again that letter of intent means nothing.

Sometimes here people just jump on people they don't like without reading properly. Were your wife pregnant during the interview and lied about it then send letter of intent after getting the visa?

You are very correct.

2014, my wife and I went for a visa interview and was asked if she was pregnant, we said no, but she was actually pregnant. We were not properly informed and thought the easiest way was to lie about it. We wrote the normal ''letter of change of intent'' and got a reply that it was OK for us to travel. When u got to the POE, the CBP officer didn't say anything about the letter and we were stamped in for 6 months... Fast forward to 2016, we did a dropbox for visa renewal but was invited for an interview. The first question we were asked was, '' did you (my wife) give birth in the US?'' We said yes, and went further to expalain we paid all our bills and have zero balance,...bal bla bla.. he just said we were not eligible for a visa because we lied about our intent of travelling. We told him that we wrote to the embassy before travelling, he said '' those letters mean nothing to us''....

So please, do yourself some good and don't lie about your travel intentions.. It will somehow, someday bite you when you least expect.

Mbamto:
people have shared their recent experiences with the CPB at POE and you are here writing rude English in the name of " standard procedure " why mislead/ discourage people? You are already a citizen and definately have less none immigrant visa experience (especially recent) than none immigrant visa applicants. Just read a few pages back, you will see how that change of intent letter and reply have saved so many. The question is why discourage someone from getting it (rudely sef) , its just a letter, its not an extra load, if not asked at POE fine, afterall its not heavy to carry.
Honestly your hibernation was a relief

I have not done so at all. Simple advice - read more, speak less.

Please can someone direct me to the post on applying for Nigerian visa for my LO? Is it possible to get it within a week as I'm not in atlanta?

Anybody going to Houston very soon and wants to share apartment should pm me.

Hi everyone, you don't need to pay anyone money to get visa on arrival. Kindly go to the immigration website, apply and pay online. When you arrive Nigeria, show your receipt and the visa will be given to your LO. Or you can apply and pay in cash or with your card when you arrive. There is just a slight $10 difference when paying in cash.

baeboss:
Hi everyone, you don't need to pay anyone money to get visa on arrival. Kindly go to the immigration website, apply and pay online. When you arrive Nigeria, show your receipt and the visa will be given to your LO. Or you can apply and pay in cash or with your card when you arrive. There is just a slight $10 difference when paying in cash.

Still wondering why people don't like taking simple steps but far too willing to bribe immigration officers.

Thanks for this post.

bigtalla:


You are very correct.

2014, my wife and I went for a visa interview and was asked if she was pregnant, we said no, but she was actually pregnant. We were not properly informed and thought the easiest way was to lie about it. We wrote the normal ''letter of change of intent'' and got a reply that it was OK for us to travel. When u got to the POE, the CBP officer didn't say anything about the letter and we were stamped in for 6 months... Fast forward to 2016, we did a dropbox for visa renewal but was invited for an interview. The first question we were asked was, '' did you (my wife) give birth in the US?'' We said yes, and went further to expalain we paid all our bills and have zero balance,...bal bla bla.. he just said we were not eligible for a visa because we lied about our intent of travelling. We told him that we wrote to the embassy before travelling, he said '' those letters mean nothing to us''....

So please, do yourself some good and don't lie about your travel intentions.. It will somehow, someday bite you when you least expect.

I have read many stories like that here and many people here arguing against it are doing so because the issue was brought by TWoods (their common enemy), not because they truly believed that letter of change of intent worth anything when you lied during visa interview

Hi everyone, please am in need of an accommodation in Chicago as am looking at giving birth at cook county hospital. Any ideas will be appreciated O I don't mind sharing a flat. Thank you

maideyz:
Hello Thermolady, i am happy for you and hope your baby is doing great. Please i am currently in elpaso in the elpaso to have my baby and i have been informed that it takes a long time for the birth certificate to arrive. Please i will like to know if you had to an extra fee for the certificate to arrive early. Kindly advise on how you were able to scale through.

Pardon late reply. LO's fine, thanks. No extra payment needed. Just keep checking this site : www.epcounty.com/publicrecords by inputting ur baby's name ; if the certificate isn't ready, result will be 'no records found' . as soon as it's ready U will see '1 record found.' You can then go immediately to records office with hubby or notarised form & ID to collect it. Takes about a week. (I used to impatiently check site 2x/3x daily !)

Blackgolden:


This information is not correct. The need to inform the embassy about your change of intent always comes after you have gone for your interview and/or already have your visa. So which interview again are you referring to?

If you send the email to LagosNIV@state.gov you will get a reply. It usually comes in this format after a couple of days...(This is what you print as evidence).

Thank you for your inquiry.

Please note that there is no legal requirement to inform us that you are seeking to give birth in the United States or that your purpose of travel has changed. The Customs and Border Protection, a branch of USCIS, determines a traveler’s eligibility of entry to the U.S, you should be prepared to demonstrate to the immigration officer at the port of entry why you are seeking medical treatment and that you have logistical and financial plans for the treatment. You should show the border protection agents upon arrival in the U.S. your detailed birth plan, which would include correspondence with your doctor, the cost of the delivery, any receipts showing prepayments for care and evidence that you have the ability to pay for all costs while in the U.S. up to and including your living expenses.

We recommend that you review the regulations on non-immigrant aliens entering the United States for purposes of childbirth at https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/882/~/visit-the-u.s.-while-pregnant-and-the-risks-involved and plan accordingly. Please you should not stay in the U.S. longer than you are permitted by Customs and Border Protection at the port of entry. The Department of Homeland Security at the port of entry will determine your eligibility to enter the United States on any travel.

If you choose to give birth in the U.S., we advise you to bring evidence of payment, both when you enter the U.S. on this visit, and at your future U.S. visa interviews.

Sincerely,

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Correspondence Unit (AAO)

US CONSULATE GENERAL

LAGOS, NIGERIA

@veegurl, hope this helps?

I'm going for my son's visa not mine. When i travelled before now i didnt go with him. So now i'm going with him. So you mean i should send to lagos embassy? Because where i was sending it was Abuja embassy.

TWoods:


It is obvious you did not read her post which i quoted, in any detail at all. According to her, she is intending to go with her son to apply for a visa, which last i checked, requires a visa interview. I reproduce her quote here in its entirety:



In addition, if you've paid any attention to what the VOs have been saying here for months, a change of intent letter after obtaining a visa is a complete waste of time. Please read here - https://www.nairaland.com/1792662/u.s-non-immigrant-visas-listening/176#56565515

Again, be a little less hasty to post and spend more time reading.

Sorry i dont understand, i have been reading the thread and almost everybody that had visa before and intent to go for childbirth later present their correspondence letter from the embassy at POE. So please help me understand wht you meant by waste of time. That i dont need it? I already have my own visa, just going to apply for toddler son since i didnt travel with him initially.

pls house make una quick enlighthen me,those that have gone through turkish,what kind of test is conducted for them at the airport.i need to be sure cos by doctor calculation is 34weeks2days but by scan 35weeks and we all know scan is faster than doc cal.
pls I want to know is its scan test dey do for them on turkish or normal routine test
thank.need reply asap

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Blackgolden:
Hello House,

I've been a loyal reader of this thread since a friend recommended it recently, and i would appreciate your advice as I am yet to read any similar experience.

Warning: Long post!

DH and I got our visa in Feb 2017 and when asked I said I wasn't pregnant, because hospital result showed at that time that I wasn't (even though we have being trying). During the interview, the lady said I could go give birth but must keep all my documents(I guess this is routine statement). A few weeks later another hospital confirmed I've been pregnant since January. We had lost our first pregnancy due to hospital carelessness and negligence, and the hospitals we starting their drama again.

DH and I did not initially think of having our baby (our 1st) in US until late April and we have decided.
I have family in Dallas, Houston and North Carolina, and my sister has helped secure a hospital in Dallas were we plan to use.
Please note that:
1. This will be my first trip to the US (in fact, my visa was stamped on a virgin passport).
2. Our vacation trip wasn't until later in the year, now the plan is to go give birth.
3. I'm planning to travel in June( flight with lufthansa has been secured) and stay till after I give birth sometime in October.

I've read about the letter change of intent and experiences at POE.
My fear now:
1. Is it not to late now to send the "change of intent" letter (as I will be leaving in June) and considering the fact that this is my first time, how easy will that be granted?

2. I want to carry enough cash to pay my bills and I want to tell the CBP at POE that I plan to give birth and return ( I'm staying that long to have better prenatal care cos of previous experience ) to Nigeria.

We have discussed the option of going and coming and going again, and that will involve a lot of cash, and I no get that kind money ibeg.

Your constructive advise will be appreciated. Thanks in anticipation.

Pls can you send me a copy of your change of intent letter. Thank you

I wonder why it is called "letter of intent" then..the vo saying the letter doesnt mean a thing is a good way of disuading dishonest people..but fr those who honestly need the letter can go ahead and send it

justwise:
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He is not misleading anybody. VO has said it over and over again that letter of intent means nothing.

Sometimes here people just jump on people they don't like without reading properly. Were your wife pregnant during the interview and lied about it then send letter of intent after getting the visa?