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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Senatornuella: 8:04pm On May 31, 2018
hello everyone, i have been trying all day to register a new profile for DH but it keep saying my request cannot be processed at the moment. can i use my existing profile and edit it to my DH data so i can book an appointment for him. As i need to urgently book a date for him
Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Senatornuella: 6:59pm On Jan 10, 2018
ANIT1:



I got same day approval thou with time difference. Hope you sent it to the correct email address

Yes I sent to
oa@nigeriaimmigration.gov.ng
Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Senatornuella: 11:35pm On Jan 09, 2018
I gather it takes two days to get approval for VOA but I have not received approval for mine LOs for our trip for Saturday. What do I do?
Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Senatornuella: 11:52am On Jan 08, 2018
For VOA do i need passport photographs for my LO and return ticket?

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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Senatornuella: 10:19pm On Jan 01, 2018
Thank you. I see you you advised we pay in $100 bills only. Will they be giving us $10 change or what?

uote author=borryworld post=63775088] You will pay with a Dollar card or pay $190 in cash. Apply as soon as you have your LO passport. Approval takes like 2 working days. [/quote]
Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Senatornuella: 7:34am On Dec 31, 2017
urblackpearl:


Wrote mine Dec 10. Got approval Dec 13. I'm not travelling till 2nd week january

Thank u
Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Senatornuella: 12:54am On Dec 31, 2017
Can those who have travelled with VOA for their LO answer these questions please

1. When we pay for visa on arrival with card is it naira card or dollar card

2. How early do you write Nigeria immigration for the approval for your LO VOA[/quote]
Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 6 by Senatornuella: 1:12am On Dec 30, 2017
Hello citizens of Nairaland

Need answere to these questions

1. When we pay for visa on arrival with card is it naira card or dollar card

2. How early do you write Nigeria immigration for the approval for your LO VOA

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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 4:15am On Dec 23, 2017
Omodadi2:


I think they issued photocopies of the refusal letters so it ws white that day

I am sorry you went through that. My advice is you apply again

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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 11:47pm On Dec 22, 2017
Sorry but I thought when you given the white paper it means your visa is granted.

Well, no amount of money is too much for good health if one can afford it and moreso we would also be giving that child the dual citizenship opportunity.
Vo continues to type, i had to say that I am also going again for childbirth thinking that she was granting me visa. She said she knows, we would discuss that. After few seconds, then she looked up and said you arnt eligible this time and gave me the white paper.

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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 9:23pm On Nov 30, 2017
Fellow nairalanders, what my eyes have seen with my host is nothing I have seen my whole life. I have proof of everything I say here today, even pictures of the said apartment

We need to be careful with people who approach us for accommodation from here, my experience has been awful.

I had my first child in Maryland, second in Sugar land,tx and I am presently in the US for another. This summary is to show that atleast I am not a jjc in the matter.

When I posted here some time back, a lady here who claims she is a nurse in oakbend sent me a private msg that she has accommodation for lease, she sent me lovely pictures and amenities that I could use cos I told her I was coming with my toddler. I also told her that I wanted a room downstairs cos this pregnancy is one that does not permit me to climb the stairs frequently and she answered in the affirmative. We discussed the price and settled for N700 a month for a room which I was to share the bathroom with another room. I told her I was coming in on the 27th of Sept and was to travel to Dallas to visit friends by the 31st of September, and that by middle DEC my DH will join me and that i will drop some of my bags with her and travel and she said ok . I asked her if her house was in Richmond/sugar land area and she told me it was close to memorial, I concluded she was referring to Herman memorial hospital.

I arrived Houston and she was prompt to pick me up and I was impressed. We drove into Houston to a place that wasn't familiar to me, when we got to her place I quizzed her that her place isn't close to the Herman memorial as we discussed and she said rather aggressively that oh there is a place called memorial drive close to her house and she tot that that was the memorial I was talking about. Well I am here already let this one not spoil things, with uber I can always get around.

I got in and her place is a three bedroom bungalow, looking unkempt, she had beds in the parlour, I met another preggy there who was occupying one room upstairs. I asked her for the room downstairs and she said oh I could stay in the parlour. Excuse me I replied, where do I drop my bags and change my clothes when need be. I told you I needed a room downstairs and she replied that she tot I needed a place to rest during the day and retire to my room upstair. Wow! I said to myself (misrepresentation number 2). I followed her to the room. I had not settled in when she came for her rent. I brought out the $700 and gave to her and she collected and further requested I paid another $100. What for? I asked and she said it was deposit just in case I spoilt anything, well I wasn't going to spoil anything I responded and gave it to her. That made it $800. She issued me a receipt for them both and left. I needed to make food for my toddler and asked her for water and she said she didn't have, the preggy lady I met gave me a bottle and offered me food. I used the water to make food for my toddler and drank water from the tap. It tested bad but what can I do. The next day I got a sim card, opened an account, bought water and some other things I needed. I also confirmed my doctor's appointment for the next day. I came back from my doctor's and my host was in my room again this time that I was to pay $35/per the days I have stayed as my rent was to start from 1st of November. Excuse me! I tot we discussed that I will land in Houston, use 3days to settle in, see my doctor and leave for Dallas on the 31st? Ehen that she does daily on airbnb and that is her daily charges. I told her to hold her demand first till I get back that I was staying in her house till Feb so let us not start with this daily thing and she agreed. The next day I was to travel she sent me a WhatsApp msg that I should write out everything I was leaving behind or I carry my bags I told her I could not give her a comprehensive list of all the items in my bag as that will take a lot of bending and my waist could not take it but she shouldn't worry that I owned the bags and I not scared of anything going missing. She replied that she was not going to take it that America is a country of law unlike Nigeria. This is a Nigerian lady talking so I got angry that okay I wasn't staying again she should take her $35 for the number of days i had stayed and refund my money then she calmed down. I left for Dallas and returned to Houston on the 27th of October, and dear host was not around to open the door for me even when I gave her sufficient notice of my return and the other preggy lady who had now put to bed went visiting her cousin. I sat at the airport for 4hours until the other last came back and opened the main door. My dear host came back with no apologies for locking me out and asking how I settled in came in with a receipt of $210 for rent of 6days ie the previous 3days in sept and the one I will spend in Oct, I was mad but I kept my cool. I swept the room myself, changed the sheets and mopped the ground and she was only interested in money. I told her to hold her receipt first. Then she started to shout that she doesn't want this, that that is how Nigerians like to stress her. Ha madam which one is any small thing you say 'nigerians' are you not a Nigerian yourself of Urhobo descent and she says 'no o' I am no longer a Nigerian, okay madam I was planning that I have 8days in February and intend to add this 6days to the 8days and pay half month. She said no that as a matter I should pay her the $210 first and that when my rent in Nov expires I will pay her $700 DEC, Jan and $280 for Feb and that when my hubby comes by 15th December he will pay $35 x 16 remaining days in December and pay 350 for rent for the Jan and another $280 for himself in feb for the one room I leased. Madam I won't pay you all my rent at once (cos I had read the post by emerald here on the 2nd of Nov) and she said I will have to pack. OK madam, let my November rent expire first I replied. The other preggy lady had left and she gave the other room out for a week, don't forget we share the same convenience which had never been cleaned since I got there. Another preggy came in with her toddler and she put her in her room. The whole thing amazed me how someone could love money like that. When I asked that the house and convenience be cleaned she asked me to pay for cleaning services then I told her she was not the only one who likes money. What is it? The house is hers, and people like me will come and go she should keep the place clean, then I went and washed the bathroom upstairs and left her. Fellow nairalander, I bought everything I used in that house, down to kitchen soap, dustbin bag, airfreshner. Infact not a dime of her money or sweat was spent on me. I used her charger to charge and the lights went off and came on and the charger got blown, she asked me to pay for it or she will deduct it from my deposit. I paid for it. I asked her on her way to grocery store to buy water for me, she came back and demanded I pay her $4.25 for the water or she deducts it from my deposit, infact she looked for ways to keep my deposit but I made sure I didn't give it to her. The cooling/heating system doesn't work, WiFi is poor upstairs. Infact na fan I dey siddon under for the heat time and went it is cold I and my son dress like Eskimos inside house. Ha fellow nairalanders I cannot tell you my ordeal in her house, the emotional trauma, the pain and my struggles there. My son became sick and was coughing, dear nurse didn't even show concern. Most nights I cried and my son of 19months will be the one to say sorry. My hubby got tired of my crying and asked me to leave her place even before the rent expired. I got another place that seems like heaven for the same $700, the lady takes me for my appointments, cooks for me and even help me take care of my son. For the past 6days I have been able to nap in the afternoons cos someone can keep an eye on him. Two days to my leaving I asked for refund and she said she doesn't refund money, it is either I stay complete or I forfeit. Very epic coming from someone who charged extra $210 for 6days. Another preggy lady came in and couldn't stay cos really the house is a dump, when she asked for refund dear host refused to give her back a whooping sum of $900 Omo na so I leave my 7days with her. Before she gave me my deposit she was inspecting even to pots wey I use cook, it was almost ending in a fight. My parcel that was sent to her house after I left, it took me threatening to call the cops when I went back to pick it before she brought it out. I know that I am in a place of justice, cos I could mess her up real bad but I am too heavy to do all that wahala right now, however, the other preggy lady got a lawyer who wrote to her for the refund of her money. Imagine having to get involved in legal issues when you came to have your baby in peace. I don't mind advice from you all on what to do to her, but I am still recuperating from the trauma I and my son faced there.

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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 1:04am On Oct 16, 2017
[quote author=Ayotundesh post=61457587]

Need all my strength.

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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 4:05am On Oct 15, 2017
[quote author=Ayotundesh post=61431113]

Perhaps you didnt read both posts well ie mine and that of the originating post, if you did you wouldnt see any reason to send this. I like to state here emphatically that there is no where in my post I called u a liar. So please correct that notion. My grouse with you was ur statement if you knew you lied, why complain you were treated badly (paraphrased. Note that you have edited the offending statement to what I attached below)

The CBP has the absolute right to send anyone home even for not liking your face but to call people names like disgusting liar, tell such a person to just shut up, ask where she got money from, if she borrowed it bla bla bla probably insinuating that the money was stolen is even against international standard. I mean a person has the right to be treated with human dignity. And then such a person after going thru this ordeal still found the strength to post so that it can be reiterated that one should be honest when seeking visas and you then still go on to rub salt on injury. This is my point! Posts like your reply discourage others from sending in their experiences and still yet people like you will cry that no one shares their experiences anymore. I didn't have to lie because I am not comfortable lying but that doesn't mean that people don't get advised to lie when seeking visas to birth in the US and not everyone knows that such place as nairaland exists. I will send in your munched post which you have edited to tone down the effect of what caused my response so you see that it is not my emotions talking or the victim mentality like you stated in one of your posts. I expect that someone who comes back here to give such an ordeal should get some compassion from us. People should learn how to empathise. So if you will excuse me let me go back to minding my business

Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 5:09pm On Oct 13, 2017
[quote author=Ayotundesh post=61383389]




If knew u did not tell the truth to get your visa and they catch y

Please dont act so holy. That you are opportuned to know that birth tourism in the US is legal and you can boldly state it at your interview as long as you prove you can pay your bills is not grounds to act so holy. I for one when I wanted to come have my first child here was advised not to tell I was going to have my child rather I should say I am going for vacation. I was just not comfortable lying. I told myself why should i lie about my intentions and if there is a provision for medical purpose then people get such visas. Don't forget that there is a myth about US visas, that they don't like giving people visas talk more when you state your intentions about having a child. I had people tell me to pray that the person who interviews me isn't a Republican because they don't even want you having your child in their country. I had my first, and second child and not until my third journey that someone introduced me to nairaland. The fact is we know Nigerians are brash but we expect a civil treatment from the so called civilised country we all running to align with. I mean calling someone a liar, and other defamatory names is wrong no matter the offence. After all, it is in America you will see a criminal being treated with caution. We are Nigerians nah and so we can be treated with disdain and no one will speak for us. Government will treat us badly, then we can not come and get some empathy from nairaland family. Pleeeeeaaase!

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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 6:14pm On Oct 09, 2017
OMG! I salute your courage to still put up that smile. I mean you were literally molested. You mean she called you a liar, went on to say she knows your type. Haba! Tot one was supposed to be treated decently? Na to born them treat person like this, if na say person come enter with drugs nko. My dear, you must have been drained after this. Thank you for even sharing. Nigeria will be great again!

Congrats in advance!





[quote author=goobyparks post=61260028]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

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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 3:57pm On Oct 07, 2017
My dear, I know how you feel right now. I have been there before, but the good news is that I am presently in the States for my third child, first and second here. The fact is no one here can give you the real reason why you were denied. If I analyse I would say that the answer to the question why us and not UK. The VO knows that healthcare in UK is also good but the UK dont give passport so if you say you are going on grounds of better healthcare then you needed a stronger reason to choose the US and of course it is for the passport. Again I will analyse that you should have said that the cost of birthing in Houston for self pay patient is cheaper than Connecticut. However, all hope is not lost, brace up and apply again. When filling your form let your contact person be st where you intend to birth your child. It can be your hotel or your doctor, also your income should show you can afford the process without becoming bankrupt. Above all, believe God to grant you favour.








Helloo house, please I need someone to tell me what went wrong here, I went for my interview yesterday but was declined, the heartbreak noo be here at all. Here goes my transcript:

VO: why are you going to the US
Me: to have my baby

VO: why us?
Me: talked about maternal mortality rate in naija, the need for better health care system bla bla

VO: why US not UK
Me: don't really know much about the UK system and since I have friends who have had their babies in the US, I opted for US

VO: do you have any friends in the US
Me: I have a friend in connecticut

VO: why are you not staying with her
Me: after my research on hospitals I chose houston because I liked the online reviews

VO: are you married?
Me: yes

VO: how many kids?
Me: none, this will be my first

VO: how long have you beeen married?
Me: 10 months

VO: when are you due
Me: Dec

VO: is your husband going with you
Me: No, our baby will be coming at thee peak of his business soo he will not be available to travel

VO: did yoou get any info from the hospital you researched about
Me: yes

Vo: can I seee?
Me: yea, *hands over info from HNWM, appointment letter and email correspondence*

VO: reads through, returns documents, types for a while and gives me the blue paper sad

Please what went wrong, i'm due too travel Nov ending, I don't know if i'll get an early date in October if I re-apply. Also note that I was denied visiting visa in January (wasn't pregnant o)....please I need advise

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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 5:34pm On Sep 29, 2017
Uniquezuri:
Thanks for your very elaborate post. Congratulations! And congrats in advance on the birth of your LO


Thank you

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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 4:08pm On Sep 29, 2017
At Doha, I was asked for my boarding pass only for me to discover that Lagos gave me only LOS - DOH, all 4 of them noDOH-IAH, come and see questioning by officers. So I told them that the mistake was from them and not me that they could check their system if they think I am lying. That got sorted out. I was given accommodation. The next day I got back to the airport, hopped on a wheel chair with my son and was driven to my gate. When I got there a US officer came to question me.
CBP: hello I work with the US government
Me: oh hello
CBP: why are you going to the States
Me: to have my baby
CBP: how much do you have
Me: xxxxxx
CBP: do you have doctor's appointment and a zero balance for your son
Me: yes
CBP: let me see ( I brought them out but he didn't look at them. I guess he saw my bulky document and he concluded I was ready for them so no need) he walked back to the system and I saw him nodding his head and so they let me pass.

When we landed in the states, I still waited for the wheel chair. They came but said they couldn't carry me and my son on the wheel chair. Me I told them I could not walk long distance and my son can't walk while I ride. They eventually carried the both of us to the CBP
CBP: how long are you here for
Me: 14weeks
CBP:why
Me: to have my baby
CBP: place your hand here (takes my finger print and took my picture then stamps me in for 6months, hand over my passport and I got wheeled out to pick my luggage. Went to agric nothing was seized and I got a ride and went to my accommodation.


Now lesson here is that it was rough for another don't mean it will be rough for you. I had it rough the first time but very easy the second time. Just be prepared to pay your bills and have all necessary document handy. Above all, trust in God for nothing is impossible. He makes the funds available and grants us safe trip and passage.

Gracias

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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 11:40am On Sep 29, 2017
Part 2

So we left the airport happier. Went back to our hotel room and waited for 2 days to pick up the visas. On the D day my hubby went and picked up our visa, he couldn't even wait to get back to the hotel he snapped and sent me our visa page. Oh my joy knew no bound ' so me wey dey dread to apply for us visa since because I dey hear plenty tori of how them take dey refuse people don get visa' I thought to myself.' 'Baba God you too much' I praised my God. My DH got to the hotel he said babes come let go and buy our flight ticket. Ha so soon, I quizzed! Yes oh he answered, I no wan hear say you come born for here (because of the stress i have had to endure travelling to and fro abj for interviews and the process of the application. Gist for another day) when you already have visa. So we got to Lufthansa office and paid for our tickets I was to leave in 10days. We got back to the hotel, rested and was preparing to go back the next day my DH slipped and fell on his hand breaking his last finger and a crack on wrist bone. At first we told it was a small thing until the hand got swollen even before we got to the airport. Getting back home he went for an xray that showed what the problem was. The devil is a liar! They went ahead and casted the hand. On the very day a one handed man and a heavily pregnancy woman proceeded to america. Oh boy the walk at Frankfurt was crazy so when we got to US I was too tired so I climbed a wheel chair and because I was on a wheel chair I would get to the CBP first my DH too climb his own wheel chair. We got to the officer, he took our passport, looked at us and just sent us to the secondary inspection ( even at this time I did not know the implications of secondary inspection say na quarter to go be that) we got there, they took our passports and told us to sit. 4 hours pass we were still sitting no one attended to us. All these time I will go to the toilet to ease myself. By this time hunger don dey spell my first name. Ha 6hours hunger don reach my middle name. Na so I get up go meet one officer ask say why dem keep us here without attending to us and he said someone is attending to our matter. For 6 hours ni I quizzed on and he nicely said be patient. If I needed anything I should tell him so I told him I was hungry and he went inside and brought me noodles to eat. I went back and ate the food. Like an hour later they called my hubby inside. He spent like 30mins then they called me in.
CBP: ma'am why are you here
Me: to have my baby
CBP: do you have a doctor
Me: yes
CBP: any appointment
Me: yes
CBP: let me see it (show everything I had to him)
CBP: I see you paid some bills
Me: yes ( meanwhile my hubby was there ooo)
CBP: how much do you have
Me: just money in my cards, my hubby has 4k dollars with him and the rest he will pay from his card.
Another officer there collects the money from my husband and counts it
CBP: where are you staying
Me: we have booked an accommodation online and I showed him the printout
CBP: go and sit down (we leave the room back to our seats and na there my DH tell me say everything they asked me was what they asked him, so na confirmation I come do) where we sat for another 30mins before they called us to take our passport which was already stamped. BTW na Houston poet of entry dey do this.
We proceeded to agric and nothing was seized even though I carried indomie chicken.
Got a taxi that took us to our accommodation.
Never stopped wondering why we were kept 8hours at the airport. I and my DH still tease ourselves. I tell him that he really looked suspicious with his pop hand and replies that my tummy was too big so they couldn't help but think maybe I swallowed drugs so the 8 hours was for the drugs to burst in the tummy. Well whatever, my son was born and we returned safely home.

The next journey started in 2016 April and I had 10 months left on my visa. Calculation come start. Say my visa go expire before I go ready to come back to naija. DH contacted the agent that took 20k from us, who told us that when visa is remaining 6 months to expire we should renew. I believed him this time. However, I reached out to my friend who I met in Houston who told me to come to nairaland I might find answers to my question. Omo I enter here begin read from part 1 sef, then I discovered that I didn't need to renew my visa. Told my DH and he said are you sure and I said yes so we boned that one.

I booked Qatar and filled the medif form which I submitted 7 days to my trip. A day to my trip no response from them. I was in Lagos already. I called their office countless times, the phone will be on answering machine, no one to talk to you. When they pick they told me no reply yet from qatar. Then by 4pm someone from qatar called to say I need to reach my doctor bla bla bla. I was pissed! I sent in this form since a week now and just in the late hour you people are talking trash. Later on i got the approval. Next day I got to the airport, I was sent to health port to get fit to fly. Hian! What is this? After all the stress on the medic! Well I proceeded to health got it and paid 1500, checked in my luggage and rolled my son in his stroller thru immigration.
Then the immigration officer say my son has committed an offence because he overstayed his stay. Which kain wahala be this nah. DH was still at the airport, I called him to come and carry his son o, say the officer say make we pay fine before them go allow am pass cos he is a foreigner. Let long story cut short I paid some money and we proceeded.

Qatar first leg was full but it was a wonderful flight. The hostess were kind to I and my son. We got to Doha guys I hop on a wheel chair no time at all.

Be right back guys

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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 8:41am On Sep 29, 2017
Hello everyone,

I had my son in the US last year and I just arrived on the 28th of September,to have another. I will share my experiences from visa application and my two point of entry experience just so many can learn and be encouraged.

In 2015, when I was almost 5months gone my friend call me she too was pregnant to tell me she was applying to go give birth there. She got invite from her brother in-law who works with the us army and got the visa so I bidded her farewell and good luck and continued with my bring preggy in naija. Two weeks later my husband said to me baby get ready you will go and have this baby in the us, my response was 'please let me be, I don't want any heartbreaks biko' we don't have anybody in the us, we no nobody and I don't have the strength for us embassy refusal' moreover my friend who just left said it cost about $30,000/to have a child there, that is too much biko. NB: I hate it when I apply for visa and get refused, the thing dey pain me reach bone marrow cos me know say I must come back to my country so why you dey style for me. So I bone and continued enjoying my pregnancy in naija. Like a week my hubby came again and said babes xxxxx wife just went to have their child in the us, haba if they can do it then we can. Oh that really made me think about it. Do DH started to look for agents to help with the visa application process. First the agent bill my hubby 20k to get hotel reservation on booking.com. I was mad! In addition to that we will pay the agency 400k for the 2visas yet there are no guarantees. After DH paid the 20k i Told my husband that I will fill the application shebi na online things abi. So I went to bank paid the fees and logged online and filled for appointment and submitted, even when the form asked me for DSC no I used my passport number and added the AO prefix. Oya na! Feeling very fly that I had done what someone would have done for 400k. Then DH reached out to his friend who said that her YS had direct connect at the embassy and that she assures us that we will get it, but when the visa comes out DH will pay her 200k. So he gave her my number and she called me. When she started ask me questions like who is your contact person in the us, who did you state is your sponsor etc I knew something was wrong! I had not even filled my application form and my interview was in 15days. She said I should not worry she will send my details to her friend to correct it for me. We waited 5days and nothing was done so I started to read instructions on the visa site, filled a dsc form contacted support myself and explained that I needed to change the DSC number on my appointment to the right one and voila support did it. So I told her that I have done it and she was like 'oh okay! My contact travelled to the us and wasn't back yet that was the reason she couldn't do it for me. I submitted my form and we went for the interview and was refused. Ha! The thing pain me gaan! Why should I be refused! Got home and cried. At this point I was already 30 weeks gone. Oya see world people, this girl said 'ehn it is because I filled the application myself without her input , that all the ones she has done for people none has been refused. Some said I should have hidden my pregnancy.... Oh nairalanders the blames many. I went into my room and cried my heart to God to just comfort me! DH like 4days later gave me another money to apply again that he saw no reason why we should have been refused after all there are evidences of plenty ties in naija. So I went to buy pin after all all die na die! Applied again, got interview scheduled in the next days, we journeyed to Abj again and got interviewed with the same documents and information we had before when we first came. I will reproduce the first and second interview below
VO: let me have your passport (gave them to her)
Why are you going to the US
Me: to have my baby
VO: why?
DH: because I can afford it and it is legal
VO: what do you do ma'am
Me: I work with xxxxxx
VO: I am sorry, you have been refused (hands over the blue paper)

2nd interview

VO: hello
DH: good morning
VO: I see you were here 2weeks ago
DH: yes we were
VO: what has changed
DH: Nothing! I think we were not properly assessed
VO: okay, what do you do
DH: I am into xxxxxxx
VO: how do you earn monthly
DH: xxxxxxxx
VO: ma'am what do you do
ME: I am a xxxxxx
VO: asked for an advise that pertains to my profession and I was just answering like he really needed it only to discover he was actually finding out if I am who I say I am
VO: do you have an idea of how much it will cost
DH: about $10k
VO: shakes his head
ME: no it is more than that. I have a sketch of what we will spend in totality on a rough paper I made (at this time I didn't know this was called budget sheet. It was a sketch I was doing to bill hubby for the trip o)
VO': oh let me see ( I hand it over)oh this is more like it. ( it had doctor's fee, Hosp fee, accommodation, shopping, feeding, etc on it and it rounded up to almost 15k) (he hands us the white paper and started to advise that giving birth in the us us legal, just make sure you pay your bills, we can even pay the bills from naija, and when traveling we should go with every necessary document to show we have a doctor, can pay the bills and bla bla bla cos the us boarder protection had the right to grant us passage. And we left the embassy happier, giving thanks to God!

To be continue. (Still jet lagged)

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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 12:53pm On Sep 25, 2017
Most times I try to understand these VO and why they refuse visas. My analogy is not water tight but come to think of there are basic things one needs to prove and they are you have ties in your country, you are financially capable to foot the bills and you are coming back after the period you state you would.

Now taking your child with you isn't wrong but saying you are going to pull your child out of school for the purpose of going to birth another may have put the VO off and she needed you to clarify by asking you what happens to her schooling. If perhaps you stated that you didn't intend to travel with her now but later on during summer and since it is a 2 year visa it would be understandable and so the next question might have been who will care for her when you are gone.

However, as much as some persons don't think that God's favour is also needed, it is! That is why some person show all the good evidence and still get refused.

Your hubby can apply again with or without your child but if for the purpose of childbirth I advise he apply without her but if for the purpose of family vacation apply when schools have closed. For you applying with them depends on if your visa is medical or not, if it is not medical I am sure you know the stance of NIV here on this place


[author=kokorita post=60810833]Hello house my hubby and son went for there interview today , they were denied. Transcript below.
Vo........ Why are you going to Texas
DH..... Vacation and also visiting my wife. .
V0........ Wouldn't your son be in school by then DH......... Will talk to his school to allow him. V0... Where do you work ...... .Dh ........ Financial institution bla bla. V0....How long do you intent to stay
DH...... 3 weeks. Vo.... Have you travel before. DH.......... Yes Vo............ We're sorry you're not eligible for usa for now blah blah blah, put the green form in between his passport. am so sad , they didn't check his documents at all. . They plan to reapply soon. Or should we all reapply together since I already have a visa. Please is there any hope sad sad [/quote]

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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 2:20pm On Sep 09, 2017
Are you pregnant with multiple babies, if yes then you will surely get a no from most doctors at 34weeks. They usually accept latest 32weeks, otherwise I see no reason why they won't take you even up to 36week.

To get hospital in Dallas, search for it on google or the search button here.

Good luck





sculpt:
Good day. Pls I'm new to this blog. I've read alot about this topic and I must say so educative. Tnx 4 this platform. This is my first baby. I'm due in January and want 2 go to dallas but my biggest problem now is getting a Dr (an reasonably priced one) and also a correspondence. I av called a couple of Dr's and it's either they say they can't take me in at 34weeks when I intend to travel or they say until I come b4 they fix me in d available Dr on seat. I feel I'm going about it the wrong way. Pls can any1 with a doctor's contact in dallas that has done dis before or any suggestions on how I go about it will be highly appreciated. Pls contact me on... obinwebeh@yahoo.com thanks

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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 11:24am On Sep 09, 2017
sanddieo:
[i am planning to go in jan but i am due in february.

i also got dr Xydas contact.

My concern is my visa is to expire november ending. wondering whats the earliest time i can do a dropbox so i am on the safe side.

Please i will appreciate if we can carry each other along


There are two ways to do this if your existing visa is a B2 visa (medical visa)

Just travel in November bf your visa expires, you will get 6months stay which should cover your due date then reapply when you come back if you have need to travel again or

Do dropbox
Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 10:16am On Sep 09, 2017
There are 2 ways to do this if your present visa is a B2 (medical visa)

Either you travel in November before your visa expires and get 6 months stay which covers you as you are due in February and when you come back you can reapply for another visa if you intend to travel again

Or just reapply now
Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 10:07am On Sep 09, 2017
Richmond, Texas. However, people just say Houston



Please i need advice: Me & wify agreed using Oakbend Medical Center & av gotten doc correspondence, almost done filling the b2 form .

My question goes like dis:
When d VO ask where presisly in U.S wify is going? .....which is correct " Richmond in Houston or Richmond in Texas
Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 8:45pm On Aug 30, 2017
[quote author=debby516 post=59977258]If its urgent, just type Dallas hosp in the search box under travel section and i am sure you will see old posts pop up. waiting for someone to respond to you may take forever. When you see the hosp names, enter the names on google to get to their website and i am sure you will find numbers to call. Even before them, you will see quotes of mama who used Dallas hosp, to guide you.

Off my head, i think i have seen Baylor scott and JPS hosps.

Thank you

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Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 8:44pm On Aug 30, 2017
[quote author=YoungMetrosG post=59979941]

I emailed you some info. Hope it helps. In the future, you'd be better off searching the thread with keywords. That way, you'll get replies and necessary information quicker.

OK thank you
Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 6:37pm On Aug 30, 2017
Can anyone answer me please


Pls I need quotes for doctors and hospitals in dallas. Was planning to deliver in Houston but the hurricane so I need to get another place. It is kinda urgent. Anyone kind enough can email them to me. Here is my email address myellalove@yahoo.com
Travel / Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 5 by Senatornuella: 6:35pm On Aug 30, 2017
[quote author=yinks13 post=59974295]thanks debby516,can I fill another form,with the previous payment? Cause I had filled,made payment and submitted the previous form.

In response to your question I rather advise you search for another hospital and doctor, get correspondence from the doctor, leave your form that way but make sure you let the VO know that your first choice was Houston but because of the flooding you and hubby decided to reach out for another doctor so just in case things don't get back to normal you will use the new doctor or hospital but if things get to normal bf your due date you will still go to Houston. Again, the budget of your houston hospital and new hospital should almost be the same rate if not same. These people understand and all they want to see is sincerity of purpose. All the best!

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