FADEO:
Please can someone send me the US Embassy address to send a letter of intent to.

Pls be careful with this ’letter of intent’,I read here of someone who sent a change of intent letter to the embassy not too long ago and they cancelled her visa. So I would advise you to thread cautiously.

I really need advice on this I have been trying to get a visa appointment date for a while now and due date is fast approaching. Can I apply for an expedited visa appointment? is there repercussion to applying for it or it a no go area

Please can you give me the OBGYN contact you used for Piedmont Hospital, their name and price please.
You can send me here or meelife@yahoo.com

Dhollargurl:
Hello fam, please I still need more answers


So, I have a couple of questions please...

1) Has any Atlanta mama gone to renew visa and granted of late? I had my baby in Atlanta in 2017, uninsured and self paid.... Total bill was a little bit over 10k but I only have receipts for 9875 here because I already got back to Naija before I got the remaining ones which were about 500 dollars and I just paid over the phone. Asides those, ive got all my receipts and itemized bill showing huge discount. Btw, I used Piedmont Atlanta hospital.

2) Now, we use Cigna Global Insurance and we can get any medical treatment anywhere in the world provided the hospital and the doctor accept the insurance. I intend using Piedmont again and fortunately, they accept this insurance, so, I’ll be going as an insured patient, (i.e no discount palaver this time around).

3) My question is this; what are my chances? I paid all my bills the first time, but still d huge discount which I didn’t know about till I got the itemized bill. Now, with our new insurance, do I stand a better of getting my Visa or I should just look for a very expensive hospital and go as a self-paying patient and present my bills later to my Cigna for a refund.

I need your help because I will be applying very soon. Thanks.

Please anyone assist with price estimate for Piedmont Hospital Atlanta for delivery, both Normal and CS?
Also estimate for OBGYN Doctor, their name, telephone contact and fees.
Thank you.

Wow its been 3years already since i came on here. Watagwan people!!

Hello House!!!!

Pls I need help urgently. My sister is thinking of giving birth in New Jersey. Pls I need info on hospital n doctor...

Your kind assistance will be highly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Heĺlo everyone,

For people with discounted bills trying to renew their visas. Is there any remedy? What are people doing to renew their visas?

FADEO:
Please can i get a sample of letter of change of intent. Asking for a friend.. she has used the visa twice for vacation before now (October 2018 and January 2019). Now she want to use the same Visa for child birth and she also want to write to the embassy before she go ahead. Please kindly help with sample of the change of intent letter.
Also any recommendation on any nice hospital in California (Somewhere around hawthorne).

Thanks all.

St Francis Lynwood

I got a quote from Emory Hospital and they gave this quote.
Thank you for this information! I’d be happy to answer your following questions:



1. The cost of $10,740 and $13,564 includes a 35% discount.

2. This cost includes: delivery (physician fees), prenatal care, anesthesia, and facility fees ONLY. Additional services such as pediatric care, lab testing, imaging, stitching, etc. will be additional costs billed after hospital discharge.

3. Yes this includes the doctor’s fee.

4. Anesthesia is included in this cost

5. In the event patient does not use prenatal care, a refund will be processed back to the original method of payment.

6. Additional services such as pediatric care, lab testing, imaging, stitching, etc. will be additional costs billed after hospital discharge.

My question is what do they mean by Stiching on point 6. If CS is done won't stitching be included?
Please can someone advise.Or who ever has used this package before please help explain.

Congratulations!

Pls can you post the link to notarise in Lagos?

Thanks

isysleek:
Good morning all. I left Nigeria on Sunday and arrived Virginia on Tuesday. Wrote my POE story on Monday.

Using Henrico Doctor's hospital and Dr. William Fitzhugh.

Went for my first doctor's appointment on Wednesday. Forgot to stop by at the billing department of the hospital to make payment. Though I had pre-registered with the hospital over the phone last year November. Decided I would pay hospital fees by my next doctor's appointment next week Wednesday.

Surprisingly, my water broke on Thursday night. I'm 35weeks and 6days. I was so scared. Thank God my mum is with me. Packed a few things and we headed for the hospital. Arrived at 12:24am Friday morning, checked and i was already 7cm dilated. Baby arrived 2:33am. I didn't use epidural. Labour was short but crazy. Used epidural for my first daughter so this no epidural thing got me bad.

They brought in over 5 NICU specialist doctors into the delivery room cos they said baby was preterm and she would most likely have to go to NICU. To God be the glory, they checked her and all was well and no need for epidural. God is so Awesome!

Please mums who used Henrico Doctor's hospital , I need steps on how to get all baby's documents fast as I want to be done as soon as possible and head to Maryland where I have family.

Also, please I need the link for my husband to notarise for baby's US passport in Abuja. The link I have is for Lagos.

Please someone help urgently.

Thank you.

dere5:

Pls be careful with this ’letter of intent’,I read here of someone who sent a change of intent letter to the embassy not too long ago and they cancelled her visa. So I would advise you to thread cautiously.

It became a trend and they all followed it now see what happened. I hope people learn from the cancelled visa lady and I hope she gets the visa again.
People need to understand that whether or not a change of intent letter is sent admission into the USA is at the discretion of the cbp Officer

chloe00:

It became a trend and they all followed it now see what happened. I hope people learn from the cancelled visa lady and I hope she gets the visa again.
People need to understand that whether or not a change of intent letter is sent admission into the USA is at the discretion of the cbp Officer

Equally need to understand visas should be used for the purpose they were granted for.

Hello,
In 2015 I applied for a US Visa b1/b2 went for interview and got it. Traveled to the US for 9 days and came back same 2015. Never used the Visa again. In 2018 when it appeared my drop box window had only 2 months to expire, I quickly used it and got renewed in March 2018. Then I was preparing to get married in April 2018. Now i am pregnant and considering giving birth in the US. my b1/b2 Visa expires in 2020 and I havnt used it.Do I have to go back and apply for medical Visa again or use my valid visa? I searched their site and didn't see any thing regarding that. Any body had similar experience?

abujaniv:
Hello. We don’t normally post in this thread, but it seemed worthwhile to drop in and correct some misconceptions. We say this a lot, but it bears repeating: Birth tourism is legal in the US provided the applicant is open about their intention and pays the medical expenses in full. This means that the applicant should declare any such intention they have at the Embassy/Consulate and again at the port of entry. 

If it happens that the applicant gets pregnant well after the initial visa interview, they will have the opportunity to make their intention, medical preparations and financial resources known at the POE. However, it will remain up to Customs and Border Patrol whether to allow that applicant into the country. Some are not, and they are put on the next flight home. This must be extremely uncomfortable for a heavily pregnant person, to spend 15-20 hours on a flight to America, several more hours being questioned, then another 15-20 hours on a plane home. This is what we want to avoid.

Onto some other misconceptions:
The concept of the “change of intent” letter is not valid. These e-mails are not read nor correlated with the applicant’s file. Some people who send such letters may get a form letter in response, but it is informational in nature and in no way confers permission to amend the declared purpose of travel. What matters is what you declare at the Embassy/Consulate and at the POE. After the fact e-mails do not carry any weight.

Some applicants say, “I applied for only the B2 visa to declare my medical intent.” The B1/B2 visa categories are conjoined, so applying for only one does not make any difference. Other applicants say, “I appeared at the window with a big belly,” as if this alone is enough to declare their medical intent. Again, the responsibility is on the applicant to be honest about what they plan to do in the US.

Other considerations:
Medical care is expensive in the US, and costs can escalate dramatically if there are complications. 
Credibility is paramount in the US visa process. If visa officers detect any deception or obfuscation, no amount of excuses, documents or receipts will make up for the loss of credibility.

This is from 2017. From earlier parts of this thread.... I think it answers alot of my questions and for any one in in my boat. IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE: b1/b2 are CONJOINED VISA. 2. Be ready to prove at the POE that your are able to pay all medical Bills, also when you reapply for a renewal be ready to show to the VO that you didn't give birth on tax payers money. BE honest.

nimcote:
abujaniv:
Hello. We don’t normally post in this thread, but it seemed worthwhile to drop in and correct some misconceptions. We say this a lot, but it bears repeating: Birth tourism is legal in the US provided the applicant is open about their intention and pays the medical expenses in full. This means that the applicant should declare any such intention they have at the Embassy/Consulate and again at the port of entry. 

If it happens that the applicant gets pregnant well after the initial visa interview, they will have the opportunity to make their intention, medical preparations and financial resources known at the POE. However, it will remain up to Customs and Border Patrol whether to allow that applicant into the country. Some are not, and they are put on the next flight home. This must be extremely uncomfortable for a heavily pregnant person, to spend 15-20 hours on a flight to America, several more hours being questioned, then another 15-20 hours on a plane home. This is what we want to avoid.

Onto some other misconceptions:
The concept of the “change of intent” letter is not valid. These e-mails are not read nor correlated with the applicant’s file. Some people who send such letters may get a form letter in response, but it is informational in nature and in no way confers permission to amend the declared purpose of travel. What matters is what you declare at the Embassy/Consulate and at the POE. After the fact e-mails do not carry any weight.

Some applicants say, “I applied for only the B2 visa to declare my medical intent.” The B1/B2 visa categories are conjoined, so applying for only one does not make any difference. Other applicants say, “I appeared at the window with a big belly,” as if this alone is enough to declare their medical intent. Again, the responsibility is on the applicant to be honest about what they plan to do in the US.

Other considerations:
Medical care is expensive in the US, and costs can escalate dramatically if there are complications. 
Credibility is paramount in the US visa process. If visa officers detect any deception or obfuscation, no amount of excuses, documents or receipts will make up for the loss of credibility.

folmus:


That era might be over. kindly advise your friend to apply for B2 to avoid stories that touch.

But B1/B2 are conjoined Visa, is there anyone here going to the US to give birth that has just B2 Visa

nimcote:


But B1/B2 are conjoined Visa, is there anyone here going to the US to give birth that has just B2 Visa

I want to believe you quite understand what I meant. On your ds 160, you specifically stated whether b1 or b2. If You have a visa that states b1/b2 as expected, when you get to the POE, the CBP officer will stamp the kind of visa whether B1 or B2 when you are accepted. That will not give you unnecessary panic or fear as your ds 160 that the CBP officer has access to will state the purpose of your visit. You have said you are going for conference and you are granted the visa for that purpose. But you show up again with a different purpose that your B1 doesn't cover. B1 doesn't cover any medical in whatever form. Yes they are conjoined but your application specifically states which you apply for.

Things have changed quickly from 2017 and 2019. So better to do the right than travels thousand of miles and be sent back home. The trauma can be traumatic . I am talking from my experience. My colleague was sent back home. Again, when I was stamped in March 2019, the stamp states B1 as thats what I applied for. Ask anybody who travelled recently, the stamp has the class of visa. So thread gently.

nimcote:
abujaniv:
Hello. We don’t normally post in this thread, but it seemed worthwhile to drop in and correct some misconceptions. We say this a lot, but it bears repeating: Birth tourism is legal in the US provided the applicant is open about their intention and pays the medical expenses in full. This means that the applicant should declare any such intention they have at the Embassy/Consulate and again at the port of entry. 

If it happens that the applicant gets pregnant well after the initial visa interview, they will have the opportunity to make their intention, medical preparations and financial resources known at the POE. However, it will remain up to Customs and Border Patrol whether to allow that applicant into the country. Some are not, and they are put on the next flight home. This must be extremely uncomfortable for a heavily pregnant person, to spend 15-20 hours on a flight to America, several more hours being questioned, then another 15-20 hours on a plane home. This is what we want to avoid.

Onto some other misconceptions:
The concept of the “change of intent” letter is not valid. These e-mails are not read nor correlated with the applicant’s file. Some people who send such letters may get a form letter in response, but it is informational in nature and in no way confers permission to amend the declared purpose of travel. What matters is what you declare at the Embassy/Consulate and at the POE. After the fact e-mails do not carry any weight.

Some applicants say, “I applied for only the B2 visa to declare my medical intent.” The B1/B2 visa categories are conjoined, so applying for only one does not make any difference. Other applicants say, “I appeared at the window with a big belly,” as if this alone is enough to declare their medical intent. Again, the responsibility is on the applicant to be honest about what they plan to do in the US.

Other considerations:
Medical care is expensive in the US, and costs can escalate dramatically if there are complications. 
Credibility is paramount in the US visa process. If visa officers detect any deception or obfuscation, no amount of excuses, documents or receipts will make up for the loss of credibility.

That bolded is extremely important. Study it well.

I will call their office tomorrow to ask for what to do, should I decide giving birth in America is something I want to do. So if they say come in, and apply for a new Visa, fine.

Thanks for all contribution. I will let you guys know the result. Wont be sending any letter of change of intent, because I havnt even made up my mind still in the early stages of pregnancy.

I hear you but you need to understand , B1/B2 are conjoined. I had a B1/B2 VISA, was stamped in with the B2 STAMP at POE and was give 6months stay. But this was a in 2015....

folmus:


I want to believe you quite understand what I meant. On your ds 160, you specifically stated whether b1 or b2. If You have a visa that states b1/b2 as expected, when you get to the POE, the CBP officer will stamp the kind of visa whether B1 or B2 when you are accepted. That will not give you unnecessary panic or fear as your ds 160 that the CBP officer has access to will state the purpose of your visit. You have said you are going for conference and you are granted the visa for that purpose. But you show up again with a different purpose that your B1 doesn't cover. B1 doesn't cover any medical in whatever form. Yes they are conjoined but your application specifically states which you apply for.

Things have changed quickly from 2017 and 2019. So better to do the right than travels thousand of miles and be sent back home. The trauma can be traumatic . I am talking from my experience. My colleague was sent back home. Again, when I was stamped in March 2019, the stamp states B1 as thats what I applied for. Ask anybody who travelled recently, the stamp has the class of visa. So thread gently.

nimcote:
I hear you but you need to understand , B1/B2 are conjoined. I had a B1/B2 VISA, was stamped in with the B2 STAMP at POE and was give 6months stay. But this was a in 2015....

You will see I didn't dispute the conjoin theory. Thats what they all carry. However, you specified the type you needed in your Ds160.

Ok.
quote author=folmus post=77927391]

You will see I didn't dispute the conjoin theory. Thats what they all carry. However, you specified the type you needed in your Ds160.[/quote]

Yes, me. Applied for a b2 visa for the specific purpose of birth and nothing else. Got it too.

nimcote:


But B1/B2 are conjoined Visa, is there anyone here going to the US to give birth that has just B2 Visa

folmus:


I want to believe you quite understand what I meant. On your ds 160, you specifically stated whether b1 or b2. If You have a visa that states b1/b2 as expected, when you get to the POE, the CBP officer will stamp the kind of visa whether B1 or B2 when you are accepted. That will not give you unnecessary panic or fear as your ds 160 that the CBP officer has access to will state the purpose of your visit. You have said you are going for conference and you are granted the visa for that purpose. But you show up again with a different purpose that your B1 doesn't cover. B1 doesn't cover any medical in whatever form. Yes they are conjoined but your application specifically states which you apply for.

Things have changed quickly from 2017 and 2019. So better to do the right than travels thousand of miles and be sent back home. The trauma can be traumatic . I am talking from my experience. My colleague was sent back home. Again, when I was stamped in March 2019, the stamp states B1 as thats what I applied for. Ask anybody who travelled recently, the stamp has the class of visa. So thread gently.

This is correct. My stamp at poe said b2.

Pls does anyone know the turn around time for drop box application i.e from when you drop your passport at dhl and when you collect it back?

dere5:
Pls does anyone know the turn around time for drop box application i.e from when you drop your passport at dhl and when you collect it back?

It’s not like before when we knew the time, now it can take from 2 weeks to 3 months depending. Mine took 12 days in Abuja

Nersh:


This is correct. My stamp at poe said b2.

You've not given us the POE transcripts.

You applied for a Visa to give birth in the US. AND Your Visa Class/type given to you reads just B2? not B1/B2?

Nersh:
Yes, me. Applied for a b2 visa for the specific purpose of birth and nothing else. Got it too.

Ok in the spirit of giving back. I will like to share my story. I recently renewed my visa.

2016 got a B1/B2 Visa for my family. We had our vacation June 2016 and stayed for a month. 2017, I got pregnant and I did the change of intent. Had my baby Dec 2017 and got back April 2018. Did dropbox Feb 2019 and I got the almighty 221G letter after 8days.

Scheduling a follow-up interview was tasking but by end of March I checked my status and the whole of April was available. I picked end of April to give me ample time to prepare for the interview. My hospital bill for birthing was about $9250 excluding lab. Got all my zero receipts and kept reading this thread on nairaland.
On the D-Day. I set out with all my documents even carried my LO blue passport as I saw on this thread with her BC. Infact I was more than ready, had my itemized bill, zero receipts, 6month payslips, statement of account, letter of introduction from my office...my people I even carried my recent promotion and recommendation letter����
Guess what? absolute nothing was asked other than my receipts, itemized bill.
In my opinion, I think is the confidence that one exudes during interview goes a long way, be sincere and look them in the eye. Try not to stutter.
I mean everyone on my queue during my interview time was not given a visa, I was scared but I told myself that I will give my best smile and be as confident as I can.
Visa was granted.
Grateful to God.

Good evening my fellow people. Pls I need help and advice urgently