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Nasadiva:
I have loads of IGNORE button to share incase you are in need of one or two @FTM what happened to d one I gave u last time?

firsttymum:
I misplaced it o.... Pls gimme another one

See you oh...
I have more than enough "ignore", "unlook" and even "jump & pass buttons" @ my disposal...
Mine are even more like clickers cos they are faster to press n move on...
Let me share with you, just pick 1 & use as ur keyholder so its always wit u wen n u r on NL...
Use it freely, its very durable

@twingirls..., May God comfort you and replenish what you have lost. Like some1 said, the calabash is still intact and will certainly hold water again.. People have shared sad stories b4 on this forum but today their tears have been turned to joy/praise - Your own testimony is just round the corner in IJN... God bless the soulcare woman also, from people's description she is just an angel in human form.

@kkbaby Your story is touching too, Go ahead and apply for the extension like every1 has said. I'm sure it will be approved as you are the primary caregiver of the baby. My prayer for you is that you'll not need the extension as God would have performed His wonders on your daughter before your initial stay expires IJN.. Keep the faith, don't despair. God just wants to show his wondrous works

Able15:
Chai! Laugh won kill me here. Lol! Joseph the dreamer......

@able15 I can see the NL notification that u emailed me but I can't find the email. Anything I can help you with....??
Just say it here..

allen0000:
I have no maintenance fee charged, the bank officer told me that I'll not be charged the monthly fee of 12$ if i meet one of the requirements stated in their website such as **Have at least one qualifying direct deposit of $250 or more***Maintain an average daily balance of $1,500 or more OR When you are a Bank of America Preferred Rewards client (waiver applies to first 4 checking and savings accounts) Mine is Personal Core Checking account and been using it without any charges. I even have my BoA internet banking which I can transfer anytime without visiting the bank.

Windy City is fine and the weather is friendly

You should ask the bank officer to define what a qualifying direct deposit is, cos I don't think a cash deposit is part of it. I always get charged the $12/month whenever my ave daily bal is less than 1500 even when I deposit more than $250 in that month.

LadyGuinivere:
Good job on reading all the pages.How come u failed to see the 1 million and one mentions of NY? Read again. You l see them all. Either u do that or you use google and search for cheap NY hospitals. That option might be faster

God bless U LadyG, @bolded were my exact thoughts...
Thank God it's not even Texas he asked for.., "after reading all the pages" -

firsttymum:
So I changed the fuse... My step down is working.... *inserts dance smiley"

Cc shawlar

Yeeaahh... The fuse is usually the only thing that spoils in those step downs - they are pretty rugged
I guess changing it was far easier than u going to unload your unchill on them....

nefertitiram:
Nope, sorry to burst ur bubble.

Infact UBA declined my transactions because of the Amazon rates. You will still be charged at bank rate if the transaction is approved.

Yep.. Had to change my payment currency to dollar in order for the transaction to be approved and got charged N273 to a dollar

anizi:
Theres a way Amazon does it, they can bill you direct in Naira, which is way better than bank exchange rate, or they bill you in Usd and the bank changes with ther own rate. Open an account with Amazon and choose Naira as ur currency or when you enter your card detail

First bank used to do this for me till last week when they denied my card repeatedly. I called them and they said they are no longer honoring Naira payments on foreign sites, that I should use the 'pay in dollar' option... I changed my payment currency to $$ on Amazon and first bank honored it but converted @ their own rate i.e 273 ...

firsttymum:
What does it look like... See mine.. Is it d same?

Yeah, that is the standard step-down transformer. Since you bought it in a posh place,they'll probably just replace it for you although its most likely just the fuse that blew (a simple N30 replacement).... Abeg how much did u buy it @ the "posh" place

firsttymum:
So I can't use my card online..... because of This limit issue.
I guess this month I shld b able.
Pls I need to order medela breast pump adapter so that someone can bring for me.... Mbok
Who's coming this month o.
This battery matter is not funny... I don tire to buy.

Why don't you just buy rechargeable batteries...??
How is the LO doing....?? R u still on vigilante duties..??
Happy New year

Able15:
house,

Please I need your input/advice on this issue. I have been in an argument with my host and the friends over Nigerian visa for LO.
They insist LO's does not need it, that with the blue Pali Lo is good to go. That requesting for naija visa is spending money unnecessarily. But I told them is not true and is impossible . But on a 2nd thought I decisied to bring it up here, especially now dollar is not simileing.

Has anyone tried this before?can this be true?

For me, they checked mini-shawlar's travel docs twice; when we were checking in & @ the boarding gate. I had to show them his ETC when they checked his blue pali and saw no visa there... It was d immigration officer in 9ja that omitted asking for it. You have to get either a 9ja visa, 9ja passport or Emergency travel Cert. in order to travel to 9ja


Congrats to all the new mothers in the house.. May your LO's continually fill ur homes with Joy...,
& for those with successful POE stories..., we'll soon celebrate more good news from u soonest.

jayjay4lyf:
Oh boy see me dey halla thinking say na becos na Arik!
I first contacted dem 1st Dec and got an auto reply. Went to their office this week and they say I should get my refund in 10 working days, but with all these festivities that's like second week in Jan, so am keeping my fingers crossed. Whats Delta saying?
cc yokus
cc neks31

Mine is united oh...
They are saying refunds usually take btw 4-6 weeks, that its being processed from their office in the US and that I should pls be patient etc etc etc... I just haven't been available for a while cos of work ish so I decided to let it be but immediately its 6weeks and I don't get my money, i'll go and make noise in that their office.

jayjay4lyf:
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As per arik ehn, i wish i cud use my 60kg wtout goin on the flight cos i cant go back with the flight, i cant stand the service, looking out for a direct flight to lagos frm houston... sm1 said i can ask for a refund for the other leg of my flight if i dont use it, pls explain how o. Mayb i can get a refund frm arik n il need to get frm whichever flight i return with.


Send a mail to arik.refunds@arikair.com or call them on +2348077791310
Am sure they'll cut one outrageous figure out and give a paltry sum
Am still processing mine so don't know what it will eventually be

How long have you been on processing the refund with Arik....??
I have been trying to get United to refund me a ticket for like 5 weeks now and counting....

modath:
A don laugh tire @ the bold,

To think na old people with coat full union bank before..

lmao.... I thot I was the only one that noticed that before i.e. their coat wearing style

jacksparow:
House O! Something pass my power and need advice. My in law that gave birth at oakbend richmomd just called now. She was in excruciating and terrible pain on Monday and went to the hospital thinking it was labour but it was false. They did a scan to see the baby's neck was tired with the cord....in the pain, they brought a bunch of papers saying she needed to sign b4 the cs will be done. The story now is, they brought her baby back after a few hours today congratulating her that the baby passed his hearing test which unknown to her was part of what was given to her to sign. Eventhough she has called for everything she signed before they will perform every test on the baby.What options does she have? Call a lawyer and sue? I think she was misled by oakbend

How much is the hearing test, and how much do you think the lawyer will charge to take on this case....?

The truth of the matter is she signed the docs and I'm sure the nurse explained what she was signing b4 she gave her the docs to sign. Her best bet should be diplomacy, explain to the hospital management that she was beclouded by the pain and didn't intend to sign for hearing test and negotiate a discount

jacksparow:
Favoredgal....U inspired me o..

AmatuRahman:
Thank you all for your contributions that helped me in preparing well.
And thanks to favouredgal cause you gingered me to make plans to go to US for childbirth for my first born on your first trip to give birth to your daughter.

See @favoredgal just inspiring people anyhow...... lolz
Some Zig Ziglar ish.....
God bless you for always being a help to others. Much kudos to you

jacksparow:
From What I know, you are allow an extra month in any country you are once your visa expires....Others might have a contrary view

This is incorrect.... You can stay for the duration the CBP officer stamps you in for regardless of the expiry date on the visa. The visa must not have expired when presenting it for entry though.


In other news; for those on the search for PTA, it seems like it's going to get better.. (according to the punch sha)

Banks to sell foreign currencies to travellers - http://www.punchng.com/?p=13864

Mamatukwas:
My peeps I dey hail.

Pls firstymum once mentioned that when searching for flights you should do so in hidden mode on your PC. Pls does anyone understand what she meant and can u explain how I can change me browser settings to hidden mode because I want to start flight search.

@firsty pls if u have recovered enough to answer would love to hear from u too. Thanks

For internet explorer, click tools on the menu bar and then click 'inprivate browsing' or otherwise press ctrl+shift+P
For google chrome, on the menu tab click 'new incognito window' or otherwise press ctrl+shift+N

mulberry:
Hello everyone, pls I need advice on my visa renewal. I got my current visa for vacation but was pregnant at d time and declared it. I later sent a change of intent to d embassy as I didn't go on vacation anymore before porting for childbirth. Was meant to travel in December for a vacation but price of tickets are not smiling so considering cancelling. My visa expires in march and I'm due in may. My problem now is, will I ve a problem renewing d visa and going for another missionary journey, since I didn't use d first visa for vacation at all, just to give birth? Pls veterans ur advice will be seriously appreciated.

I'm not sure I understand this your story oh.... but I'm think you have gone 4 birthing once and now want to go for anoda.. - (sharp-sharp ) but you r concerned about renewing ur visa. However, since you say u declared the pregnancy and sent the change of intent letter to the embassy, I don't think you'll have any difficultly with renewal - as long as you can show that u paid all your bills.

bbaby84:
I thought the baby needed a ticket too showing he/she is travelling to expedite?
I just told my agent to send me a booking that I printed and showed them at the agency.

@firsttymum hope you're enjoying motherhood. Well done o....

The baby does not need to be on the itinerary in order to expedite the US passport application.
They only require the flight details of the parent(s)...

cinakin:
Hello from the other side!!! Thanks to everyone who answered me at each point I got stuck. Please I have few questions to ask:
1) I told the vo when I was interviewed that I will be traveling to Kansas cause I had a host there, but I have now decided to go to Chicago because of the cheaper hospital rates I got and flights to Chicago is cheaper than Kansas. Would changing my destination be a problem at the POE or in the future? Although I have correspondence with a hospital in Chicago not a letter of acceptance, they sent their prices and what it covers that's all...Would that be ok at the POE if asked?

I take it that your visa interview was successful....
You are supposed to share your experience here so others can learn from it....
.... make it as detailed as possible.
congrats...

cinakin:
Hello, please what did you use to apply for the naija passport and how did you go about it?, a friend of mine said it can't be done since the baby has a us passport...

Read back a few pages...,
someone still spoke about applying for naija passport like last week or so....

plus your friend is wrong; U can get both passports.

Enyinne:
My agent is charging 70k for baby's ticket on united Airlines. Pls does any one hv idea of baggage allowance for baby and for me.

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My babys ticket was also around that price.. When I pushed my sister that it should be cheaper, she queried them and they told her that the 10% is calculated only on the equivalent fare and doesn't cover taxes and surcharges. Meaning they take 10% of the normal equivalent fare plus full taxes and charges.

@beryl15 is on point with the baggage allowance. Note that united didn't take any bag that was even just 1lb overweight from us, they claimed the machine won't scan it in...

oliviah10:
Thank you so much @Shawlar, God bless you for the link you sent, so much information and things I dint know I had to do.

That's why it is very beneficial for you to read through or @ least use the search bar
A whole lot of info as been shared already and re-posting it all would be very tiring..

cc @kemo88

ozycy:
Pls for those that bought that step up abi step down thing for their breastpump and other electronic they bot from US, which one did you buy? Someone mentioned buying from cash and carry. Abeg what's the full name? I should just tell them "step up ". Can I see picture so I can know what am looking for. Tnx

Its called a "step-down", you can buy from any reputable electronics store. should cost btw 1,000 - 2,500 depending on where you buy from

deeore:
Please guyz @Tobermom @ozycy and anybody wif answers...i want to find out something as regards the us passport,i planned to leave d state on d 30th of dec buh nau i have made up my mind to leave 1st week in dec...nau to my question...do i ve to change my flight first to meet the requirements of appearing in person 4 us passport or i should go ahead wif d date i have...pls i need ur ans urgently as i really want to get things done asap...pleaseeeeeeeeee.

Some peeps here have said your travel date has to be within 2weeks in order to qualify for expedited processing (mine was so) but some others have done it without meeting that requirement... So I guess the choice is yours

Modified: I just realized that ur initial date is 6 weeks away..? In that case, I think you had better change the flight first and apply with the new date in order to avoid unnecessary talk-talk....

oliviah10:
Hello all can someone please tell me what exactly has to be in the budget sheet? Plus another thing I filled the D160 form and the accomodation part I filled i would be staying at a place called Independence apartments in Texas, apparently after calculating the cost of accomodation it turned out too expensive. I would now like to stay at Intown suits and I have reservation, do you think the VO would think of this as an issue . Please I need advise. Thanks all.

Budget sheet: https://www.nairaland.com/617280/give-birth-usa-cost-procedure/105#25802670

Your change of accommodation should not be an issue, just explain to the VO if it comes up. Best of luck

firsttymum:
The Lord that does what no man can do.... How excellent is His name.

I'm a Mother... I give God the praise.

Congrats firstty, May ur LO grow in the strength & grace of the Almighty.

Congratulations to happymum also - God bless u and the twins

kaakaa:
Congrats dearie.... I almost did aproko and give the news but said let me let you do it in your own way
Can't wait to see the cute lil guy....

This made me LOL cos she probably didnt realise that she still did d aproko small by revealing the sex of the baby

cinakin:
how about organization name? do they mean hospital or host place of work?

Use ur host place of work... although personally, I feel that space is for if an organisation is hosting you
Also use ur hubby as sponsor on the form. You can explain to the VO verbally if you'll be co-sponsoring... Point out the transfers 4rm ur hubby on the statement if necessary
As for the denial, I don't really know cos I've not been denied b4 but I don't think they give explanations to peeps as to why they were denied sha)

cinakin:
thank you so much Lady G and shawlar, the problem i had has been rectified, but i wanna ask a few questions please for clarification.
in the ds 160 form where they said contact person in the us" should it be my host or the docotor's?
and the organziation name in the us,should it be my host place of work or the hospital's name?
the contact address should it be my host or hospital?
and relationship as well??
i saw phema's post of something like that but its not similar.
quite confused and stuck.

Your contact person should be your host; contact address also.... (although some people put in their docs details sha)
Relationship is relationship btw contact person and yourself