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Hello,

I birthed there in 2015. I paid about 5.5k (hospital bill alone - 4k for myself and 1.5k for my daughter).

Doctors fee, anesthesia, paed, blood works about 7k

The bill in question wasn’t even mine but my baby’s (the room charges for extra night, apparently..the person who printed the receipt included the original charges and discounted charges and I was asked to pay the balance, which I did.)

If I had known it was going to cause issues, I wouldn’t have taken it along, I just packed all my receipts and the V.O noticed that and she noted it against my profile. They’ve been asking me to pay the discount meanwhile the hospital is insisting I am not owing them. I have been in a fix since then ��

Laurieuc:
Please what year did youbgive birth there and how much did you pay?



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Hello, thanks for this info.
Did you also use WHMC, Houston? They already specifically told me they can’t accept any form of payment from me again.

Thank you so much for this info. I appreciate your contribution.

Bluefin:
I think something you can do is to make a donation to the hospital for the equivalent of the amount you were discounted. Most US hospitals have a link on the website for donations. After you do the donation they will send you a donation statement. Perhaps you can try to use this to remedy the situation. You can then explain at the embassy that at the time you were given the discounts you did not know that it would be an issue but o remedy the situation you have made a donation and show them the evidence

Hello, thanks for this info.
Did you also use WHMC, Houston? They already specifically told me they can’t accept any form of payment from me again.

Mysha03:
You should try calling them again. I called them three weeks ago and I was told I can make payment for the balance if I want to

Good morning everyone.

Please does anyone have any info on how to pay discounts from hospital in Texas?

I had my last baby in WHMC, Houston and was given some discounts as a self pay patient but the embassy is insisting that it’s too much and was denied in July..

Tried applying again after so much back and forth with the hospital and they kept insisting they can’t collect any more money from me as I am not owing them.

I just left the embassy and was still denied visa cuz of this same discount issue but the V.O asked me to search google and look for means of payment to the state as he has seen some people with similar case make such payment.

Please any one with useful info should please reply ASAP.

Thank you.

Qei2u:
1) you used the wrong visa to birth in 2015 which have earned alot of pple denials

2)your bill is less than 10k while some have escaped this combining it with reason 1 made d case worse.

3)whats the time interval to your next application and what has changed about your application...did u pay back discounts etc

4) why should d whole family travel cos you are having a baby? You need a robust travel history to pull this off,how many times did u use ur last us visa

5)travel with d us citizen alone or travel with ur mum alone or travel with ur husband and leave the kids with mum,or best still travel alone and spare ur kids having to explain why dey were refused a uss visa when dey r off to uni .....abroad

6)be careful with canAda cos if you apply you must get it o,
apply with ur mum or hubby alone
Have good bank statement,be honest about usa denial add you hospital receipts to ur canada app if applying for medical or else even shengen will flag ur passport red tomorrow

Be positive its possible

Hello, how do I send you a DM? I am new to posting here. I have some questions I’ll like to ask.
Thanks

Glad to be able to post on this page. I discovered this section a bit late but like they say it’s never too late. Many thanks to everyone who has been contributing.

Wow! Am happy to read you got a visa eventually. I am in the same situation and in a fix. Being to the embassy twice (one for renewal of B1/B2, other for F1 Visa) and refused with V.O saying I was given too much discount despite showing all evidence with my zero balance letter. She insisted the discount was too much and I needed to pay more. Meanwhile my total bill was about $15k as at 2015. At my first interview she didn’t even look through all the receipts, once she saw one of the receipts with discounts she was just typing plenty plenty things

Sent a mail to the hospital immediately I left the embassy and they sent me a revised zero balance letter indicating I was a self pay patient and I paid the exact contracted fee for all self pay but the V.O who interviewed me at my last appearance at the embassy didn’t even want to see the letter.

My last interview was F1 for my PhD degree but wasn’t even given a fair chance as that was the first question the V.O asked “if I had made more payment since my last refusal”.


What would you advise I do though I have sent them an email explaining my predicament. If they are insisting I needed to pay more and the hospital is saying I am not owing.

I am still expecting their reply though.

It’s harrowing not knowing what to do.

TripleKMama:
Same situation I was in but I got Visa. My VO gave me audience and looked at my correspondence with the hosp which I printed out. She went to someone to deliberate then came back and issued me the Visa.
I later learnt that d embassy doesn't open any mails with attachments. That's why I didnt get response to all my mails earlier on. I had to physical go to d Embassy and had an appointment booked.
All d best and pray to get a kind VO.