₦airaland Forum

zoemummy:
My 2cents on this question is that the application of medicaid (involving tax payers funds) must require some form of 'signed' documentation wherein you'd need to complete and sign a request form. The request will be processed and you accept the financial aid. I reckon it is not something that can be received by the beneficiary 'unknowingly'. I stand to be corrected though.

See screenshots below and note the key words 'application' and 'enrolment'. They are both very conscious activities.

MamaOO:
Not always the case. They don’t always tell you, Especially when it concerns infants. My newborn was automatically enrolled in Medi-Cal, California’s version of Medicaid cos he was in the NICU of Valley children’s Hospital in Madera for 3+ weeks. It was after he got discharged and I was asking for the billing that they told us they enrolled him. Eventually, between Medi-Cal, my insurance and my husband’s insurance, it was sorted out.

fiyray:
Hi everyone, about two Months ago I posted a comment on getting a ticket already and my POE is Chicago and how i would desperately want to change it cos of all I have read about Chicago POE for pregnant women. However I could not change my ticket cos it was costing me more to change the ticket than the ticket itself so my husband and I decided to put our trust in God, we pray really hard(psalm 105V13-15) got all my documents and enough funds. I avoid reading bad msges about Chicago POE and i decided to go with Chicago O'hare intl airport.
My people I tell you I passed through Chicago POE last 2days and I most say it my best experience so far in my traveling history. They were so pleasant, nothing like what I read about chicago POE at all nothing at all like it... Honestly in all modesty,I can't deny the grace of God being with me, I did not spend up to 8mins at the inner interrogation room before i was let go.
I will be back to drop my experience from my Airline BA the best airline for preggy woman to my experience at Heathrow when boarding to Chicago n my experience at Chicago .
Regards.

Christine77:
Hi mama00 but isn't ur son a citizen and therefore entitled to Medicaid? If the bill is in his name would that be a problem? U could have as well registered him for Medicaid right? I'm asking, if any1 in the house can clarify?

MamaOO:
Yes. He is a citizen. We is parents are also citizens too. But being a citizen doesn’t automatically qualify you for Medicaid. You have to actually be eligible based on income. Medicaid is for low income earners and people living below poverty lines. He is entitled to Medicaid because we (his parents live here), work and we get taxed, but he isn’t qualified based on his parents’ income being over the eligibility threshold and that’s despite the fact that for every monthly paycheck, the government deducts Medicaid taxes from our salary, which between me and my husband is around $800 a month. No jokes.

Being a US citizen doesn’t automatically qualify you for Medicaid. Note that I said the bills was eventually sorted out between Medicaid and our insurance companies. We were not qualified for Medicaid based on our income. Medicaid has an income threshold to qualify and once you’re over that threshold, you don’t qualify.

I guess the hospital enrolled him because his case was so critical (he had severe jaundice, that was life threatening) and he even had to be airlifted via an air ambulance to Valley Children’s. The bills were mounting (the bill for the air ambulance itself was $51,450 or so), they needed insurance for him pronto and I wasn’t there. They wouldn’t allow me ride in the air ambulance with him, so while they already airlifted him to Madera, I was still in the hospital trying to sort and sign my discharge papers, talk to social workers, go home and pack cos they told us to expect to be there for at least two weeks, shop for essentials and then drive two hours to Madera from where we live. I didn’t see him until about 10hours later and by the time I did, he had already been admitted, ragged, paperwork filled out and receiving treatment.

When you apply for Medicaid, they ask income based questions don’t they? That’s to know if you qualify. You as a mother, on birth tourism should not answer those income questions cos you don’t make income here neither do you pay taxes.

Let me even chip this in. Once the child grows up and probably wants to attend college here, they have to pay out of state tuition and in most cases, out of state tuition is even as expensive as international tuition. We all know how expensive international tuition is don’t we? You might ask why they have to pay out of state tuition when they’re US citizens?. It’s because they for them to qualify to in-state tuition, you must have been resident in that state for at least two years or more, depending on the state. The kids lived in Nigeria so they’re not resident in any state. Hence, the out of state tuition is needed. They will/might qualify for student loans though, and they will need to start paying that back as soon as they’re out of college.

And yes, the bill was in his name, the Medicaid was in his name as well. But when you fill out your paperwork, they demand for parents name and sometimes social security number. When they run your name, they can see you have insurance and that’s where they contact your insurance, since you’re his parents and you have insurance they expect you to put your child on your insurance and not on government assistance.

MamaOO:
Yes. He is a citizen. We is parents are also citizens too. But being a citizen doesn’t automatically qualify you for Medicaid. You have to actually be eligible based on income. Medicaid is for low income earners and people living below poverty lines. He is entitled to Medicaid because we (his parents live here), work and we get taxed, but he isn’t qualified based on his parents’ income being over the eligibility threshold and that’s despite the fact that for every monthly paycheck, the government deducts Medicaid taxes from our salary, which between me and my husband is around $800 a month. No jokes.

Being a US citizen doesn’t automatically qualify you for Medicaid. Note that I said the bills was eventually sorted out between Medicaid and our insurance companies. We were not qualified for Medicaid based on our income. Medicaid has an income threshold to qualify and once you’re over that threshold, you don’t qualify.

I guess the hospital enrolled him because his case was so critical (he had severe jaundice, that was life threatening) and he even had to be airlifted via an air ambulance to Valley Children’s. The bills were mounting (the bill for the air ambulance itself was $51,450 or so), they needed insurance for him pronto and I wasn’t there. They wouldn’t allow me ride in the air ambulance with him, so while they already airlifted him to Madera, I was still in the hospital trying to sort and sign my discharge papers, talk to social workers, go home and pack cos they told us to expect to be there for at least two weeks, shop for essentials and then drive two hours to Madera from where we live. I didn’t see him until about 10hours later and by the time I did, he had already been admitted, ragged, paperwork filled out and receiving treatment.

When you apply for Medicaid, they ask income based questions don’t they? That’s to know if you qualify. You as a mother, on birth tourism should not answer those income questions cos you don’t make income here neither do you pay taxes.

Let me even chip this in. Once the child grows up and probably wants to attend college here, they have to pay out of state tuition and in most cases, out of state tuition is even as expensive as international tuition. We all know how expensive international tuition is don’t we? You might ask why they have to pay out of state tuition when they’re US citizens?. It’s because they for them to qualify to in-state tuition, you must have been resident in that state for at least two years or more, depending on the state. The kids lived in Nigeria so they’re not resident in any state. Hence, the out of state tuition is needed. They will/might qualify for student loans though, and they will need to start paying that back as soon as they’re out of college.

And yes, the bill was in his name, the Medicaid was in his name as well. But when you fill out your paperwork, they demand for parents name and sometimes social security number. When they run your name, they can see you have insurance and that’s where they contact your insurance, since you’re his parents and you have insurance they expect you to put your child on your insurance and not on government assistance.

MamaOO:
Yes. He is a citizen. We is parents are also citizens too. But being a citizen doesn’t automatically qualify you for Medicaid. You have to actually be eligible based on income. Medicaid is for low income earners and people living below poverty lines. He is entitled to Medicaid because we (his parents live here), work and we get taxed, but he isn’t qualified based on his parents’ income being over the eligibility threshold and that’s despite the fact that for every monthly paycheck, the government deducts Medicaid taxes from our salary, which between me and my husband is around $800 a month. No jokes.

Being a US citizen doesn’t automatically qualify you for Medicaid. Note that I said the bills was eventually sorted out between Medicaid and our insurance companies. We were not qualified for Medicaid based on our income. Medicaid has an income threshold to qualify and once you’re over that threshold, you don’t qualify.

I guess the hospital enrolled him because his case was so critical (he had severe jaundice, that was life threatening) and he even had to be airlifted via an air ambulance to Valley Children’s. The bills were mounting (the bill for the air ambulance itself was $51,450 or so), they needed insurance for him pronto and I wasn’t there. They wouldn’t allow me ride in the air ambulance with him, so while they already airlifted him to Madera, I was still in the hospital trying to sort and sign my discharge papers, talk to social workers, go home and pack cos they told us to expect to be there for at least two weeks, shop for essentials and then drive two hours to Madera from where we live. I didn’t see him until about 10hours later and by the time I did, he had already been admitted, ragged, paperwork filled out and receiving treatment.

When you apply for Medicaid, they ask income based questions don’t they? That’s to know if you qualify. You as a mother, on birth tourism should not answer those income questions cos you don’t make income here neither do you pay taxes.

Let me even chip this in. Once the child grows up and probably wants to attend college here, they have to pay out of state tuition and in most cases, out of state tuition is even as expensive as international tuition. We all know how expensive international tuition is don’t we? You might ask why they have to pay out of state tuition when they’re US citizens?. It’s because they for them to qualify to in-state tuition, you must have been resident in that state for at least two years or more, depending on the state. The kids lived in Nigeria so they’re not resident in any state. Hence, the out of state tuition is needed. They will/might qualify for student loans though, and they will need to start paying that back as soon as they’re out of college.

And yes, the bill was in his name, the Medicaid was in his name as well. But when you fill out your paperwork, they demand for parents name and sometimes social security number. When they run your name, they can see you have insurance and that’s where they contact your insurance, since you’re his parents and you have insurance they expect you to put your child on your insurance and not on government assistance.

MamaOO:
Yes. He is a citizen. We is parents are also citizens too. But being a citizen doesn’t automatically qualify you for Medicaid. You have to actually be eligible based on income. Medicaid is for low income earners and people living below poverty lines. He is entitled to Medicaid because we (his parents live here), work and we get taxed, but he isn’t qualified based on his parents’ income being over the eligibility threshold and that’s despite the fact that for every monthly paycheck, the government deducts Medicaid taxes from our salary, which between me and my husband is around $800 a month. No jokes.

Being a US citizen doesn’t automatically qualify you for Medicaid. Note that I said the bills was eventually sorted out between Medicaid and our insurance companies. We were not qualified for Medicaid based on our income. Medicaid has an income threshold to qualify and once you’re over that threshold, you don’t qualify.

I guess the hospital enrolled him because his case was so critical (he had severe jaundice, that was life threatening) and he even had to be airlifted via an air ambulance to Valley Children’s. The bills were mounting (the bill for the air ambulance itself was $51,450 or so), they needed insurance for him pronto and I wasn’t there. They wouldn’t allow me ride in the air ambulance with him, so while they already airlifted him to Madera, I was still in the hospital trying to sort and sign my discharge papers, talk to social workers, go home and pack cos they told us to expect to be there for at least two weeks, shop for essentials and then drive two hours to Madera from where we live. I didn’t see him until about 10hours later and by the time I did, he had already been admitted, ragged, paperwork filled out and receiving treatment.

When you apply for Medicaid, they ask income based questions don’t they? That’s to know if you qualify. You as a mother, on birth tourism should not answer those income questions cos you don’t make income here neither do you pay taxes.

Let me even chip this in. Once the child grows up and probably wants to attend college here, they have to pay out of state tuition and in most cases, out of state tuition is even as expensive as international tuition. We all know how expensive international tuition is don’t we? You might ask why they have to pay out of state tuition when they’re US citizens?. It’s because they for them to qualify to in-state tuition, you must have been resident in that state for at least two years or more, depending on the state. The kids lived in Nigeria so they’re not resident in any state. Hence, the out of state tuition is needed. They will/might qualify for student loans though, and they will need to start paying that back as soon as they’re out of college.

And yes, the bill was in his name, the Medicaid was in his name as well. But when you fill out your paperwork, they demand for parents name and sometimes social security number. When they run your name, they can see you have insurance and that’s where they contact your insurance, since you’re his parents and you have insurance they expect you to put your child on your insurance and not on government assistance.

MamaOO:
I guess the hospital enrolled him because his case was so critical (he had severe jaundice, that was life threatening) and he even had to be airlifted via an air ambulance to Valley Children’s. The bills were mounting (the bill for the air ambulance itself was $51,450 or so),

TWoods:
When in doubt, ask your hospital to avoid stories that touch the heart. Most hospitals will not be able to differentiate between self pay because you’re a non-citizen and self pay because you are indigent and can not afford health insurance. The government grants hospitals in low income areas (the type of hospitals folks here frequent in houston) Medicaid payments to cover for the indigent. They may erroneously apply it to you without even thinking. That’s why the VOs are often suspicious. The costs of birthing here continues to amaze me, no one else I know pays that low... and I’ve got siblings and cousins who have had babies in the last year.

Babatwi:
Kpaga! $51,450 For air ambulance alone,Na watin i carry?.Jesus is Lord.

veleta:
This US instate and outstate tuition is something else.The disparity is so huge and the requirements for qualifying for instate tuition is daunting especially for some states like California. Apart from being physically resident and other stuffs.May God help us.

Babatwi:
Kpaga! $51,450 For air ambulance alone,Na watin i carry?.Jesus is Lord.

zoemummy:
House ee eh! Back to share my testimony

So based on all the feedback I received during my last post, I prepared physically and spiritually (with prayers).

Booked the follow up interview, prepared a checklist as a guide, gathered zero balance statements, pictures, my ticket itinerary from the child birth etc. Prepared a burden of proof as if I was attending for the first time (even the consular staff were looking at my FAT file like 'kilode'. I just kept a straight face ). Let them know that I'm not playing here...

So got to VO (there were two vacant booths but I chose the male VO over the female one...I've heard stories about female VOs and girls were not smiling), interview was 2 minutes...

VO: Good morning madam
ME: Good morning (with a smile)
VO: The last time you were here, you told the officer you'd be in the US for 2 weeks
ME: (utterly shocked ) 2 weeks! No! I'd said I'd be in school for 2 weeks, then stay back to have my baby.
VO: checks his screen again, types for a few seconds though it seemed like 1 hour (while I opened my file, just reconfirming document positions for dishing out )
VO: Hands my passport in for processing...Sorry madam, you were called in by mistake. Your visa will be ready in 3 days.

Before I could say anything else, he had bid me good bye and beckoned to the next person.

So I carried my burden of proof o, stepped out...considered walking back in to see if I could offer more info so that he'll help me write that I'm pregnant now but I was just directed out.

Na so my waka go o. Now I can focus on my exams. Thanks everyone for the moral support during this time

Moral of the story...'Clean hands' always pay and ensure you keep your records and documents straight and safe. Most of all, Trust God for ALL things. I over prepared for the follow up interview, but angels had gone ahead to also over prepare.

brooklyn20:
Great we can connect then please drop an email address or a way i can reach you on. or you may send me a mail on Shugarbabe@hotmail.com. The company will do us some good!!!!Yippee

Hi. Will be flying Qatar at 33weeks by last week in November to Houston . I need a company too,I've been worried that I'll get bored when I get there . I'm going with my toddler of 2yrs + , hubby will join us in Jan. Not yet settled where I'll stay ,I'm thinking of renting a place while hubby wants us to stay with his friends family in case of any emergency .

josiahese:
Where was your Visit Visa denied?
Where did this your Medical Visa get denied too?

So, on 6th Oct i boarded BA. The 6hrs Flight was ok bt d food wasn't, I got d opportunity to watch 'the wedding party' �  1st stop - Heathrow London; was there for abt 5hrs, slept all through, airport Wi-Fi wasn't working �, was hungry bt cldnt buy food coz I didn't  want to get my balance in £ and then start exchanging back to $ �. 2nd leg: London to Chicago abt 7hrs; older plane tho nt so bad, food nt so fantastic. Arrived CBP desk;
Cbp: hi
Me: hi, good evening
Cbp: what are you here for?
Me: vacation and to have my baby
Cbp: are u here alone?
Me: yes
Cbp: *types on his system* then gives my passport to another officer and asks me to follow him. I was taken to an office with many other travellers sitting and waiting..
After abt 4hrs, I was called and the bashing started  � can't even remember all of it.
Cbp: what are you here for?
Me: vacation and to have my baby
Cbp: when? (Due date)
Me: told her
Cbp: but that wasn't the reason your visa was issued (family vacation)
Me: trying to explain
Cbp: don't even try to lie to me, so you knew you wanted to have your baby here and you went ahead to lie to the embassy. I've met your type before. U didn't have the balls to state your reason so you just went the easy way. U are a pathetic liar (she actually said sth worse bt I can't even remember right nw).
Me: tried explaining again
Cbp: are u talking over me?
Me: i'm sorry
Cbp: just shut up. where did you say you were going during ur interview
Me: Florida, for a family vacation
Cbp: so who advised you to lie so that you can come into the U.S. and do wat u really wanted to do.
Me: a friend told us about her experience (giving birth in the U.S) and how it is legal and a good thing to do for your child. (Truthfully, We heard from few family and friends how it is nt really a big deal once u can afford it bt nobody told us abt medical visa cause all 3 of them we knw used b1/b2. They just said I shldnt disclose that I was preg both to VO and Cbp. This was all before I stumbled on NL while I was searching for hospitals and I saw all these info that nobody tld me abt. I just decided in my mind to say the truth at POE, take all necessary paperwork and pray that I wnt b sent back)
Cbp: Lemme see your documents.
Me: hands over
Cbp: is this ur 1st child?
Me: no, 2nd
Cbp: *looking thru d docs* see? Did u even see dis? U such a disgusting liar. U started contacting Drs & hospitals right after your visa. *reads the email from hosp* So VD is 20,000 bt with community discount they are bringing it down to 4200/5000. *jokes to her colleague* do u knw u can have ur child for jst $5000? I've seen so many like these *shakes her head*
When is your husband coming?
Me: by d end of November after I've had my baby.
Cbp: when?
Me: 28th Nov
Cbp: bt he hasn't got a ticket yet
Me: no he hasn't
Cbp: I thought so.
(I was smiling thru the whole interrogation) ... and why are you smiling to me face and lying like i'm saying sth funny.
Me: i'm sorry, just that I smile a lot
Cbp: it's just a defense mechanism (truth! If I wasn't smiling I wld'v prob be crying).
where will u be staying?
Me: told her the address @ Virginia. I'll be staying with my cousin.
Cbp: is she a citizen
Me: no, she's a green card holder
Cbp: how did she get it?
Me: I really don't know
Cbp: Give me your wallet, money and phone *I gave her*
Where did you get this money from?
Me: I got some from the bank and some from the black market.
Cbp: black market?
Me: bureau d change.  Where I exchanged naira for dollars
Cbp: i mean who did you borrow the money from?
Me: *confused* my husband is my sponsor and he's a business man, he gave me the money
Cbp: *sarcastic* 'everybody is a business man.
*counts the money ($9100), searches my purse, gives me a leaflet that explains why my phone will be searched and asked me to unlock it* 
Cbp: *checking my whatsapp chat* who is (calls name) is she the cousin? And u sent her "we just landed in Chicago" who is "we"
Me: yes that's my cousin. By "we" i mean the plane and it's occupants.  Drop your return ticket and go back to ur seat. I'll call u when I'm done.
(All these lasted for abt 25mins)
After abt 10mins, she comes out:
Cbp:*hands over my passport, ticket, docs and  phone*. You are very lucky, your records and answers are straight. Left to me I wld' ve jst cancelled your visa.
Me: Thanks. *checked my passport to see that I was stamped for 3months* *checked my phone and saw she went through my old chats with hubby*
I thanked God and made my way to baggage claim.
Of course i' d already missed my connecting flight with American airlines. So I went to their desk and complained. Unfortunately, they don't have another same day flight so I was given a boarding pass for another flight the next day @ noon. Unfortunately, they can't help with accomodation or meal voucher (so OYO was my case). She advised I either call a number to speak with a couple of hotels around or if i didnt want to leave the airport, I could go to terminal 2 and ask for a cart (or whatever it's really called) to spend d night.
Na so I waka round Chicago airport neither finding a cart nor able to call the number. Was even directed to bus/shuttle centre to make enquiries abt hotels bt I got lost on the way ���. Myself jst tire me! I was hungry, extremely exhausted from pushing my heavy bags, confused beyond comprehension and I just wanted to sit in the middle of the airport and cry  ��! I finally located the cart area only for them to say I can't pass through that particular security with my bags. Was asked to go back to the airline and check-in my bags. I dragged myself and my bags there only for d lovely lady to say that they don't keep bags overnight  except I can come back @ 3am dat' s when they start Check in for d day. (Time was past 9pm, 2hrs after I'd left CBP). Now I understand the meaning of "ur village ppl are doing u" �����
I kuku asked "pls where can I get food"? *she directs me*
I went to Starbucks and got sandwich & juice. D chic was busy complaining that she didn't have change for $100. (Hmmm... if only she knew my story). All these while, nobody @ home knws what's up with me, no free airport Wi-Fi. I havnt even called my host. Needed coins to use d payphone so I went to ask the Starbucks chic to help me change $20. She said it's too much she can't, I explained I needed to make a call, nobody knws where I am. I decided to buy more juice jst 4 d change, she saw I was serious and asked me to return the juice and gave me some change wc included $4 coins. I was able to call my cousin, said they waited 4 me @ d airport and thought I was sent back. I spent d remaining $3 trying to contact hubby, no way. Wo! I jst told my cousin to send d msg across to them. Found me a chair and jst decided to spend d night there using my bag as pillow to avoid story dat touch (thiefry �)
Checked in next day, arrived Norfolk VA @ 3pm. Exhausted much!

goobyparks:
Sharing time! �
So, on 6th Oct i boarded BA. The 6hrs Flight was ok bt d food wasn't, I got d opportunity to watch 'the wedding party' �  1st stop - Heathrow London; was there for abt 5hrs, slept all through, airport Wi-Fi wasn't working �, was hungry bt cldnt buy food coz I didn't  want to get my balance in £ and then start exchanging back to $ �. 2nd leg: London to Chicago abt 7hrs; older plane tho nt so bad, food nt so fantastic. Arrived CBP desk;
Cbp: hi
Me: hi, good evening
Cbp: what are you here for?
Me: vacation and to have my baby
Cbp: are u here alone?
Me: yes
Cbp: *types on his system* then gives my passport to another officer and asks me to follow him. I was taken to an office with many other travellers sitting and waiting..
After abt 4hrs, I was called and the bashing started  � can't even remember all of it.
Cbp: what are you here for?
Me: vacation and to have my baby
Cbp: when? (Due date)
Me: told her
Cbp: but that wasn't the reason your visa was issued (family vacation)
Me: trying to explain
Cbp: don't even try to lie to me, so you knew you wanted to have your baby here and you went ahead to lie to the embassy. I've met your type before. U didn't have the balls to state your reason so you just went the easy way. U are a pathetic liar (she actually said sth worse bt I can't even remember right nw).
Me: tried explaining again
Cbp: are u talking over me?
Me: i'm sorry
Cbp: just shut up. where did you say you were going during ur interview
Me: Florida, for a family vacation
Cbp: so who advised you to lie so that you can come into the U.S. and do wat u really wanted to do.
Me: a friend told us about her experience (giving birth in the U.S) and how it is legal and a good thing to do for your child. (Truthfully, We heard from few family and friends how it is nt really a big deal once u can afford it bt nobody told us abt medical visa cause all 3 of them we knw used b1/b2. They just said I shldnt disclose that I was preg both to VO and Cbp. This was all before I stumbled on NL while I was searching for hospitals and I saw all these info that nobody tld me abt. I just decided in my mind to say the truth at POE, take all necessary paperwork and pray that I wnt b sent back)
Cbp: Lemme see your documents.
Me: hands over
Cbp: is this ur 1st child?
Me: no, 2nd
Cbp: *looking thru d docs* see? Did u even see dis? U such a disgusting liar. U started contacting Drs & hospitals right after your visa. *reads the email from hosp* So VD is 20,000 bt with community discount they are bringing it down to 4200/5000. *jokes to her colleague* do u knw u can have ur child for jst $5000? I've seen so many like these *shakes her head*
When is your husband coming?
Me: by d end of November after I've had my baby.
Cbp: when?
Me: 28th Nov
Cbp: bt he hasn't got a ticket yet
Me: no he hasn't
Cbp: I thought so.
(I was smiling thru the whole interrogation) ... and why are you smiling to me face and lying like i'm saying sth funny.
Me: i'm sorry, just that I smile a lot
Cbp: it's just a defense mechanism (truth! If I wasn't smiling I wld'v prob be crying).
where will u be staying?
Me: told her the address @ Virginia. I'll be staying with my cousin.
Cbp: is she a citizen
Me: no, she's a green card holder
Cbp: how did she get it?
Me: I really don't know
Cbp: Give me your wallet, money and phone *I gave her*
Where did you get this money from?
Me: I got some from the bank and some from the black market.
Cbp: black market?
Me: bureau d change.  Where I exchanged naira for dollars
Cbp: i mean who did you borrow the money from?
Me: *confused* my husband is my sponsor and he's a business man, he gave me the money
Cbp: *sarcastic* 'everybody is a business man.
*counts the money ($9100), searches my purse, gives me a leaflet that explains why my phone will be searched and asked me to unlock it* 
Cbp: *checking my whatsapp chat* who is (calls name) is she the cousin? And u sent her "we just landed in Chicago" who is "we"
Me: yes that's my cousin. By "we" i mean the plane and it's occupants.  Drop your return ticket and go back to ur seat. I'll call u when I'm done.
(All these lasted for abt 25mins)
After abt 10mins, she comes out:
Cbp:*hands over my passport, ticket, docs and  phone*. You are very lucky, your records and answers are straight. Left to me I wld' ve jst cancelled your visa.
Me: Thanks. *checked my passport to see that I was stamped for 3months* *checked my phone and saw she went through my old chats with hubby*
I thanked God and made my way to baggage claim.
Of course i' d already missed my connecting flight with American airlines. So I went to their desk and complained. Unfortunately, they don't have another same day flight so I was given a boarding pass for another flight the next day @ noon. Unfortunately, they can't help with accomodation or meal voucher (so OYO was my case). She advised I either call a number to speak with a couple of hotels around or if i didnt want to leave the airport, I could go to terminal 2 and ask for a cart (or whatever it's really called) to spend d night.
Na so I waka round Chicago airport neither finding a cart nor able to call the number. Was even directed to bus/shuttle centre to make enquiries abt hotels bt I got lost on the way ���. Myself jst tire me! I was hungry, extremely exhausted from pushing my heavy bags, confused beyond comprehension and I just wanted to sit in the middle of the airport and cry  ��! I finally located the cart area only for them to say I can't pass through that particular security with my bags. Was asked to go back to the airline and check-in my bags. I dragged myself and my bags there only for d lovely lady to say that they don't keep bags overnight  except I can come back @ 3am dat' s when they start Check in for d day. (Time was past 9pm, 2hrs after I'd left CBP). Now I understand the meaning of "ur village ppl are doing u" �����
I kuku asked "pls where can I get food"? *she directs me*
I went to Starbucks and got sandwich & juice. D chic was busy complaining that she didn't have change for $100. (Hmmm... if only she knew my story). All these while, nobody @ home knws what's up with me, no free airport Wi-Fi. I havnt even called my host. Needed coins to use d payphone so I went to ask the Starbucks chic to help me change $20. She said it's too much she can't, I explained I needed to make a call, nobody knws where I am. I decided to buy more juice jst 4 d change, she saw I was serious and asked me to return the juice and gave me some change wc included $4 coins. I was able to call my cousin, said they waited 4 me @ d airport and thought I was sent back. I spent d remaining $3 trying to contact hubby, no way. Wo! I jst told my cousin to send d msg across to them. Found me a chair and jst decided to spend d night there using my bag as pillow to avoid story dat touch (thiefry �)
Checked in next day, arrived Norfolk VA @ 3pm. Exhausted much!

Thank you Jesus!

sizl:
I wasnt aware this was an issue i.e. length of stay stated at interview (2 weeks) vs actual length of stay (maybe 4 weeks) so far its not beyond what you were stamped in for at border control...so you have stay for exactly the time period you stated at the interview?

eyez02:
I assume this question is directed to me, but you didn't quote me, both interviews were lagos