Hello @Hotstepper and ALL,

i have been following the nairaland thread on giving birth in Canada and have read all 57 pages however noticed there has been no recent (within the last 3 months or so) post on people’s poe experiences. So i am officially asking for info from anyone who has passed through canadian poe recently for birth. Particularly those who didn't declare birth purpose.

Please see my situation below

I applied for a visitor visa in November with intention to travel in December with my husband (and then in March for child birth).

I stated my purpose of travel in the form that we were planning on going for xmas to visit family (my sister is a canadian citizen and my brother has PR status there)

I have travelled to Canada 2ce previously so i didn’t think the visa process will take longer than 1 month as it didn’t take long previous applications.

The visa came after the intended December travel date so we cancelled December plan.

Now I plan to travel for the birth in March at 33 weeks and want to know what people’s recent experiences have been at poe in very recent months

Do you think i should mention intention of child birth in addition to family visit at poe?

I plan to travel with more than enough cash On Hand as i have seen the estimates from previous posts and will be accompanied by my mom who has been in and out of canada more frequently than i have (she was there as of early Dec 2017)

Would appreciate advise from the gurus