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Hi Nairalanders,

I promised to share my POE experience. So after I posted that my POE was Philly, and got responses on how Philly can be; remain small I wan fear.

Anyways this is how my experience was:
Officer:Why are you in the USA
Me: To give birth
Officer: Who will you stay with
Me: My aunt
Officer:What does she do
Me: Told her
Officer: Where is your husband
Me: Nigeria
Officer: What do you do
Me: Told her
Officer: is this your first time here
Me: Yes
Officer: Have you contacted the hospital
Me: Yes. I have even made some upfront payment
Officer: Okay. I would send you for secondary inspection. It is just a routine. All the bet
Me: "In my mind i said oooooohhhhh...why naaa"

Na so i siddon for secondary inspection for like 30 minutes. Then they called me, offcourse they murdered my name well well

Officer: First time here?
Me: Yes
Officer: What are you here for
Me: Child birth
Officer: Contacted any hospital?
Me: Yes I have. I have made some payments. Showed him documentation
Officer: (looks at system) why did they send you here then? didnt you show the earlier officer your papers?
The earlier officer enters during that period and when asked, she stated that she did not have to look at papers (lol).
Officer: stamps me in. Good luck.

Sorry for the long story. As for PTA, i was only able to secure 1,500.

So the Philly sojourn begins.

All the best

Ludo2016:
Thanks to all N/Landers; i ve bn following silently since January. Without asking any questions i got all neccesary info from here, from the hospital to POE burden of proof. I say thanks to all once again. Giving back i want to share my POE transcripts for my fellow silent followers.
I flew British Airways from Abuja on 14th April to Philadelphia with just $500 and a print out of my bank statements plus DH‘s own. Vain pursuit of PTA in 3 different banks is a story for another day. With a 3hrs stop over at Heathrow; i got to Philly by 8:20pm local time.
CBP: Why are you in the USA?
Me: For childbirth.
CBP: Are you pregnant?
Me : Can you give birth without pregnancy?
CBP: oh sorry, your tommy is not showing.
(sincerely i could hide it if i wanted to even at my 34 weeks)
He put my passport in a pink transparent folder and directed me for secondary inspection. Maybe because of the time i met no non immigrant there so i had no need to wait.
CBP: Oh these Nigerians; you are here to have your baby?
Me: Yes
CBP: You were denied Visa in 2005, why?
Me: I was obviously pregnant but did not declare my intention, i guess it was due to ignorance.
CBP:How many kids do you have; are they USA citizens?
Me: I hv three, expecting the fourth. One is British Citizen, the other two are Nigerians.
CBP: Where is ur husband; what does he do for a living?
Me: He's back home in Nigeria with the kids. He's a civil engineer.
CBP: What do you do for a living?
Me: I work in xxxx doing xxxx.
CBP: Have you contacted any hospital, where is your correspondences?
Me: Here pls. (with a fee of N7500) and other incidental charges.
CBP: How much do you have with you?
Me: $500 with over N3m on my cards. I handed the statements over to him.
CBP: Collected the statements, started converting to dollars. Later asked for where i would stay.
Me: With a friend, ( cos i claimed no relation during interview) . but i need to stay with someone since i would be having a CS.
CBP: Ok, have your seat as i have a long story to write.
After about 3 minutes, he called me and gave me my documents with the passport stamped for 6 months.

I saw my doc on Friday, and waiting for my next appointment by next week.
I thank God for His divine favour and thank every one here for your inputs.

Thanks for this.

damidamsel:
I am presently in Philly........

I tried sending you a direct message

Hello everyone, I am a newbie on this thread. Great jobs you all are doing. God bless you all. Would like to know if anyone is planning to travel to Philly or is already at Philly. Philadephia moms please holla! I intend travelling to Philadephia soon...Would share my testimony very very soon!!!