₦airaland Forum

bj2012golf:
CONGRATULATIONS!

I keep wondering why d African-American VO in d 1st cubicle denied us and gave us d blue paper!

My wife , MIL and I were denied, despite presenting Dr D Ziwortin'si letter, with receipt of part payment of $1k, Oakbend hospital's letter n breakdown of all fees of $8k.

The VO's main grouse was dat $8k was too low for birthing cost!?

Going back next week Tuesday though, we've deposited abt $10k in my dom acct to add to d naira statement which has N3.4m. Abi dat one too low too??

Phema:
Hello everyone!! This is Phema reporting live from Phoenix, AZ!! . How are y'all doing? I don miss una wella . From the newbies to the "question answerers" to the groundnut eaters. Sorry I've not been participating actively for awhile now. Didn't have much going anyways, so there wasn't much to say.

Got into Phoenix tuesday night (Phoenix time). Flew BA and POE was Phoenix. Infact, make I start this gist from the beginning. . .

I flew from Lag and the experience with those Immigration officers wasn't bad at all. I already prepared not to tip any body, so didn't go with any naira. My big belle was all the "egunje" they needed. I weighed all my bags at home before setting out. So I didn't have any that was past the 23KG limit. I made sure of that. The lady that weighed my bags was surprised both were 23KG on the dot.

Then I got to the people that search bags. They were quite courteous and barely searched my bags. One of them helped my take the boxes to the check in counter. Checked in and was asked for my fit to fly. I gave dem a copy and they filed it. I chose my seat online, so i had my boarding pass ready.

We were two preggers that planned our trip together so it was not so exhausting or boring cos we had each other's company. We requested for wheelchair services for Heathrow during check in at MMA1. Didn't even know that could be done. So, the officer included it on our boarding passes. Preggers with layover should try and request for it. It turned out to be a life saver at Heathrow.

Like Tvegas advised, we didn't queue at immigration in Lagos. We used the fast lane and they gave us priority treatment till we got to the boarding gate. Everything went so smoothly without any hassles or delays. All we did was put on our "preggy faces" and behaved like we were going to pass out, or worse still, go into labour if we had the minutest of all hassles. Lol

We boarded at the right time. No delays whatsoever. Got to Heathrow and waited to be driven to the terminal where we would be connecting to the US. While others walked and were asking for direction, all we did was present our boarding passes. The driver knew exactly what to do and where to take us. So we were driven to go sit at a very comfy and warmer place to wait for our connecting flight. The experience was awesome. Everyone gave "wheelchair" passengers priority treatment. We didn't have to bother about sleeping off and missing our flights cos they would always call your name when it's time for you to board. Time came and they drove us to the boarding gate. We didn't join the queue. We were the first set of passengers to board. Yea yea, we are special like that.

Now to POE. . .

Babatwi:
Hi Phoenix mamas and mamas to be. Pls does any one know of any cheap accomodation around MIHS that is less than $700/month that i can book for without an American iID card and SSN. Pls i need info urgently. Thanks

mabels:
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The best time to buy BA is January and February ( ve been doing it for 5 yrs now). If u don't want to risk it now, u can book ur ticket bt check for same route in Jan and February and see d difference, u ll be surprised.

mabels:
J

The best time to buy BA is January and February ( ve been doing it for 5 yrs now). If u don't want to risk it now, u can book ur ticket bt check for same route in Jan and February and see d difference, u ll be surprised.

Siicker:
I believe the word you're looking for is "Thread".

You're welcome.

MerryMom:
Thanks people. I just woke up after a long day. It's still 3am ish here so my sleep clock never set.

Any ways, here's all that happened.



So people, if you are coming through ATL. I wish you the very best

justwise:
I hope that doesn't happen, genuine people need it.

meine:
Madam please continue to be nice but don't call members "you guys" again and don't instruct posters on how to respond to questions. That was very rude of you and not polite also. At the end everyone is entitled to their opinion. Kapish?

justwise:
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A time will come when US embassy will not take such excuse anymore if people blatantly keep misusing it.

Ezemistic:
Me, my wife and daughter did our visa interview today, at the end of the interview, the consular officer collected my bank statement and told us we will be contacted. He didn't ask much question.

VO: good morning
Us: good morning
VO: you were denied visa in April 2014.
Me: yes (in April 2014, our purpose of visit was same as today, but we didn't have doctor correspondence)
VO: what's your purpose of visit this time.
Me: vacation and childbirth
VO: childbirth is for your wife and not you, right
Me: yes ( with a smile)
VO: do you have doctor correspondence?
Me: yes ( I gave him email correspondence with hospital, letter of medical responsibility and 2-receipts from hospital & Ob/Gyn Doctor of 50% down payment for Hospital and for Physician bills).
VO: he read them
VO: your account statement pls ?
Me: I gave him
VO: (he left his seat with the account statement, spend about 3-mins and came back, and started typing for about 1-min)
VO: we will contact you later, don't pay any money, don't reapply.. We will contact you after further administrative processes t(he took only my bank statement and return other document to me) he also issue us a paper (221g) and mark the part that concern us,

The part marked says ," additional administrative processing is required. No further action on your part necessary. Consular section will contact you when the case is ready"

1) do anyone knows how long the administrative process will take?
2) Do anyone know if they will consider our dec 9th departure date to US, and our doctor appointment date dec 11th?

My account statement in my previous interview was low, due to dubai trip with my family. But in this interview as a permanent staff of multinational firm, I used my current acct statement so as to show source of my monthly income, I was able to maintain btw 2.7 to 5.2 for the 4-months statement.. The last balance on the acct statement was 5.1

lizcom25:
@Iyawotobe: Let me just give my personal countdown. The birth certificate came 8days after it was taken. Since my wife gave birth on a saturday, the BC was submitted on a Monday and so i notified it was ready for pick on the 8th day start counting from Monday. Then went to elpaso county to pick the BC on the 9th day and also did the baby US passport on the 9th day. So got the US Passport on the 10th day. I will add 5 working days for the Nigeria Visa to be done at Atlanta. So you should be ready to do everything between 4-6weeks after birth

Lotalways:
BRITISH AIRWAYS POLICY FOR PREGNANT TRAVELERS-

For uncomplicated single pregnancies, we restrict travel beyond the end of the 36th week, and for twins, triplets etc., beyond the end of the 32nd week. After your pregnancy has entered its 28th week, we ask that you carry with you a letter from your doctor or midwife, stating the pregnancy is uncomplicated and confirming the expected date of delivery. In this letter, your doctor should state that you are in good health, that they are happy for you to fly, and that (in their opinion) there is no reason why you cannot fly.

loopman:
It was a crazy day on Ikorodu road that day, those Army guys were acting like they were fighting war against Nigeria aggressors from another country.

raumdeuter:
I am sure Obaino would be so ashamed of that chicken republic party right now.

From Obi to Bianca Fani-Kayode now to Obaino

Less than a yr of Obaino joining, he became their National leader and BOT chairman

Even if you join Kegites in Nekede Poly, you cant become the chiefo under 1 yr.

Which means Kegite is a more serious organisation/group than APGA

Babe16:
Good morning house... About entering for my interview. I pray for God's favour. Will come back to give details of how it will go. Thanks for the assistance.

kilokeys:
Bros when thou hast tarried in the labour market for many years.. thou shalt learn to be courageous

E get as suffer go turn your sporting waves to dada... You will man up sharply

When millions of us are praying to be put on the spot, one on one with the likes of Donald trump, you are here being shy. Keep shying your shy!

shagaman:
My people please help needed on the issue of a good hospital and not too expensive in new york area ,have been pleading ooooo,budget friendly i called one hospital but after so many transfers i was lost..

meanwhile

@heart2heart
@walemuse

are you guys planining to go in January ,can we hook up if you route might be favourable to me ,i just dont want to rely on relatives i dnt want to be dissapointed