podada:
Dear NLers,
Please I want to confirm if my DW can open a bank account in the US. What's the procedure and which bank is Naija-friendly?
Also she flew with ET airline. How does she add our LO to her ticket.
Thanks

iwuoahsamuels:
Pls house , need some clarification on these , I engaged two hospitals and below are excerpts from each
Hospital 1: “You are not required to pay for the acceptance letter but if you are requesting on be written for
any reason you will first make $200 non-refundable fee“
Hospital 2, after sending my requested status profile : “I have scheduled you to come see Dr ** on 21st may 2018 by 11am. Pls let me know if there’s anything else I can help with”
My question: do I need to pay a certain amount for an acceptance letter that I need to go to interview with or for Poe?
Does the response or correspondence from hospital suffice for what I need for interview and Poe

valeria:
Good day everyone.

I really appreciate all the help provided on this forum.

Please i will like to know if anyone has booked elective CS in the U.S before. My doctor here in Naija says 38 weeks is fine and I need this date to book flights for hubby and I.

Thanks in anticipation.

anonymousmum:


I’m guessing you meant at the post office rather than the Passport agency?

In that case, it takes 2 to 3 weeks.

drI:


I don't get the gist of the passport office rather than the agency.

I did mine about 6 weeks ago and I went to the passport office at downtown Houston for submission of the documents. I got the passport the next day. it depends on ur travel itinerary. Here is their number(877) 487-2778

i am referring to the US passport. hope that's what you refer to?

Ayotundesh:
Hello people just in case you are traveling local flights to connect with your international flights...e.g from Abuja to Lagos.

The local air lines don't allow you fly over 30 weeks,
within the country....
While international air lines go as far as 36 weeks.

Our local flights average 1 hour... not up to a regular Nigerian movie some may sit to watch.

Do you think they are trying to reduce the number of persons that deliver outside the country...because if a pregnant woman is at risk to fly for 45 mins - 1hour at30 weeks, are they safer to go on a whole day's journey on rough,bumpy, dangerous roads to same destination?

ogemele:
Pls who knows how to book domestic flights from.naija. southwest airlines to be precise. Am trying to book but it keep showing access denied message.

kristinbaby:
Hi, you have to understand that each applications will be treated according to it's merit. Immediately you apply for another visa to declare your intention to give birth, your pre existing visa will be cancel without prejudice. The VO officer will decide either to issue you the visa for the purpose of giving birth or not. You may be issue the visa and you may be denied based on how you can convince the VO. If your new visa application is denied, you can't use the pre existing visa anymore because it would be cancel immediately you put in for new visa application.
You will surely be call for interview because you are seeking visa for another purpose, so it's better to book for interview if you want to apply to declare your intention to give birth when you already have a valid visa not issued for the purpose to give birth.
As I said earlier, yes such person may be denied. It depends on how you can defend yourself during the interview.
The only legal way is to apply for new visa and declare your intention to give birth. Best of luck.

litylity55:
Good evening my people. Pls I need urgent advise and enlightement on this issue.

I got B1/b2 visa for me and my family to go for Easter break last March but we couldn't make the trip due to my work. But we are planning to go by next year Easter which is March ending. But now I discovered my wife is pregnant and we are planing that if we travel that next year March she shd stay back and have the baby and come back after the child birth in Houston. Her due date is ending of June or early July. And we will travel by March ending 2018.

We have family to stay with there but we are yet to get a doctor and hospital for her which I believe we will get by grace of God. My issue is that shd we inform the embassy of change of intent because of point of entry issue, and when buying tickets me am going to stay for just two weeks but she and the kids will stay back until after delivery they will be coming back with new baby. When buying the ticket shd I buy two weeks for my self and like 5months for them cos of the duration of her coming back. Pls advise me am so confused here. Plsss Biko.

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.

Aprilborn:
Good day everyone, please I need clarification on an issue I have, I had a US visiting visa in 2012 used it twice, renewed and still used it once then decided to use it for delivery in 2015(didn't know it was legal to have my baby then) so I travelled and was sent back when they found out I was preg at poe(tho I argued with them I wasn't going to have my baby just visit and leave, becos I was just abt 28 weeks then). Now I want to reapply tho im not preg now, I want to travel in nov for a wedding after which I would like to use it next year for childbirth, my qst is should I apply for a medical visa even tho im not preg now or just visiting visa and consequently go ahead with my decision for childbirth next year as I plan to take in end of the year? Also incase im asked at the interview why I didn't let them know I was preg, shld I still stick to my argument at the poe that I wasn't going to have a baby just visit.
Thank you in advance for your answers.

aremso:


Hello Super,

can i apply along with my wife? she will be going for birthing why i go for visiting though she has been denied b4 trice on the same birthing when we were expecting our first born but we want to try again, she wanted us to go to the embassy together this time around. She was denied even with all burden of proofs she went to the embassy with Please kindly enlighten us as we are JJC and we want to try again.

kazchick:


Thanks I would go with my office bank statement. I heard that I have to show that the funds to cover all the expenses should be in my account, that was why I was thinking of moving the sum to my salary account but I think I would move the funds to my other bank accounts as well as create a fixed deposit in my name. Is it also compulsory for my partner to go with me to the interview considering the fact that we are not married.

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kazchick:


What did you present. My partner and I are thinking of presenting fixed deposit certificate for the interview. Hope it would suffice. I don't want to be rejected oo

Chijiuche:


Why current account?? i have been going for Visa interviews and i have never presented current account and i have never been rejected once.

I think any bank account statement will suffice - whether current or savings

olathunde:
Good morning all

In the spirit of giving back

After a rescheduled Tuesday interview, DW and I went for our Visa interview on today Saturday

Early morning favour. Atleast our VO was smiling and apologizing for the rescheduling.

VO: good morning

DW & I: Good morning

VO: And how are you today

DW & I: fine and you

VO: What brings you to the consulate/ why do you want to do in the US

ME: for child birth & vacation

VO: What is your budget for the travel

ME: bleep dollars

VO: That is an expensive child birth

DW & I : Smiles, yes it is

Vo: How do you intend to pay for this

ME: i have been working for bleep years with bleep company as bleep. i have been able to save up over the years

VO: So based on the job i do, he asked what is the recent incident you have had to resolve

DH&I: i sha gave one answer like that of the what came to mind

VO: Asked DW, what do you do

DW: i work with so so and so

VO: what is the recent project you have had to handle

DW: so so so project

VO: Have you traveled before

DW & I: Together to the UAE, and listed others i have been to

VO: We are good, when your child becomes a citizen, collect the birth certificate and visit a site (don't remember cos i was looking at the white paper in his hand) to renew passport. Take care of your wife and baby.

VO: pick up ur visa in 3 business days at the address on the paper

DW & I: Thank youu (smiling and laughing inside)

All these questions, the VO typed all the answers while looking straight into our eyes.

No document was looked at.

Oya o where can we get cheap ticket

Buku:
Good evening all,
Please I want to know how many months statement I would need to present at the embassy, my husband us my sponsor and also if it has to be his current account statement ? Thanks

Lollipop1234:
Good evening house, please I have a question.....
When filling our application for dropbox, we omitted one of the countries visited but it was an oversight....how do we remedy the situation #thanks.

LagosNIV:
Hello kokorita -

You have two options. Your first option, and my recommendation, is to apply for a visa without using dropbox, have an interview, and disclose your current intent to have childbirth in the US during the interview. This is the safest option, as your intent will then be documented in the system, and you are much less likely to be turned away at the Port of Entry while heavily pregnant after the expense and the long flight to the US. Your second option is to continue with the dropbox visa that you have, and bring all the necessary documents to the Port of Entry. CBP has the authority to allow you into the US at the Port of Entry based on a valid B1/B2 visa and your documents, and some people are succesfull in doing this. Some are not.

I want to emphasize this point, as I see it being discussed here often. Sending a "change of intent letter" has no effect. It does not go into the file or into the casenotes, it does not get to CBP in any way. The only way to ensure that your changed intent is documented is to apply for a new visa and have a new interview.

mizGene:
Anyone else having problems opening whmc website?? Or is it just me?

amosadamu:


Hi Supernaturalone
I would like to ask if you have the contact details for John H stroger hospital. I have tried without any luck.

Senatornuella:
Please can anyone who have used Dr. Funsho Fagbohun of oakbend or Dr. Nwanyieze Amajoh of southwest methodist share their experience. Making sure I make a right choice of the doctor to settle for.

Thank you

Pompoms:


I wasn't even asked for a prepayment, which I would gladly have done. I was told registration and payment are on arrival.

Pompoms:


Thank you so much.
What was the correspondence between you and the hospital/doctor like? Were you able to get a cover/personalized letter? Sorry for prodding.

sleekender:
Good morning House,

My friend is in a little dilemma and I would need any one's guided opinion to help her out.

She is 19 weeks pregnant and would like to have her child in the US. She also intends to apply for a visa and declare she would be going for childbirth. However she has a little fibroid growth(not harmful to the baby) but she would like to depend on that as her major premise for having her baby in the US(better healthcare)

She intends to get a letter from her doctor in Nigeria stating that the fibroid may be harmful, as well as a correspondence from a doctor in the US corroborating her claims.

Please any advice to the contrary or should she go ahead?