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Richards08:
Thanks bro.. Nah, I didn't read, I just joined NL

shawlar:
Like @favoredgal has told you, the fastest way to get your LO's passport is by going to the passport office yourself. You can get it that same day or the next. Using the post office gives you a wait time of 4-6weeks but some people have been known to receive theirs quicker than that (just by chance/sheer luck)

favoredgal:
No way around it, scanned copy are not accepted. He has to courier it to you. Some courier companies have fast services or he goes to the airport to look for someone going to your city

Same day / 24 hours you have to go to the passport office yourself. Using a post office service, minimum wait time is at least 4 weeks or 6 like you have been told

Nigerian visa....hmm. I haven't logged in for over three months but a quick scan of the page show lots of people now use visa on arrival. Madam, if only you have bothered to read you would have been equipped with everything you need to handle your emergency

All the best

Babatwi:
When asked about your job status at poe ,just tell them the truth as it is,i don't think here is anything to be afraid of there.

borryworld:
The information is correct from the vital record requirements on paper. However, I was advised to go with a second ID by the hospital and the county officer (@ Fort Bend, Texas) insisted on a second ID. Sometimes rules are applied differently from what is written black and white.

nefertitiram:
For number 1. You got it slightly wrong. Your US visa affixed to your passport suffices as a second means of Id. The county person wanted to sell me the sour grapes of getting a second means of id till I showed him his own requirement list where a valid us visa suffices. So that person just stressed your wifey for nothing. Lolz

Modified: in fact only 1 means of id suffices in the instances below and foreign passport is allowed as the only means! Lolz;

markmard:
it not a letter but a form to be downloaded online called Form DS-3053 ,print and fill by your husband then notarized by a lawyer and then send to you by courier with photocopy of his travel passport ,the completed ds3053 filled by your husband must be notarized before a Notary Public,lawyer or Solicitor. The notary or solicitor must place his/her official seal upon the document and the notarization must be no more than 3 months old. The absent parent must also provide an original or clear photocopy of the government-issued photo I.D.(such as their foreign passport, driving license or military I.D) which they presented when notarizing Form DS-3053.

https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds3053.pdf

funmikay:
Hello,
Silent reader of the forum here.And you have been of great help for me in this journey .
Looking to get back home to give a detailed synopsis of this experience.HOWEVER,Please I need the urgent assistance of anyone who recently had a baby at HNWMC.
The paediatrician bill I just received is $3,800!

The breakdown sheet I was given at registration was not even up to$1000,but I still budgeted $1000. I also declined the hearing test.

Please can someone help me to explain or direct me to who to talk to about reducing the estimate.

Please help!I am due to leave this country by Sunday
@funmikaywere you able to settle the pead bill with the hospital

funmikay:
Hello,
Silent reader of the forum here.And you have been of great help for me in this journey .
Looking to get back home to give a detailed synopsis of this experience.HOWEVER,Please I need the urgent assistance of anyone who recently had a baby at HNWMC.
The paediatrician bill I just received is $3,800!

The breakdown sheet I was given at registration was not even up to$1000,but I still budgeted $1000. I also declined the hearing test.

Please can someone help me to explain or direct me to who to talk to about reducing the estimate.

Please help!I am due to leave this country by Sunday
Were you able to settle the bill for pead with the hospital.

dabson2020:
I just got their bill this morning and same bill of 3800 was given. I will follow your advise. Thanks and God bless

Mandex11:
@JMarines thanks dear for the info was actually opting for arik but they don't fly the day i choose and they just resumed.

well will try the second option.

pertruchi:
Hello house,pls am new here.Pls hubby and I re going to US embassy for interview by next month.Am planning to give birth there but am just 2months gone.The plan is that my uncle will send birthday invitation to both of us and the party is August. Which means I will have to travel by August if granted. And my husband will join me by Dec.Pls hope this plan will work out and what are the documents to take along.We are planning to go to Abuja embassy.Pls I need response.........

TWoods:
Semantics. Not declaring your intent, even if you were not asked, is equivalent to misrepresentation here.

baeboss:
Print the letters from immigration and show the airline that's all. From my personal experience, no "officer at the airport" checked or stopped Me for not having a visa on my baby's passport.
Anyway even if they tried to stop me, I would have shown them the letters from immigration and the correspondence email to prove that i applied and my application was granted.

baeboss:
Pls go to the website and submit your application letter together with the required documents (husband's data page, wife's data page, baby's data page, travel itinery etc). They will respond with two letters within two days or less. One letter contains an approval letter addressed to you while the other letter is addressed to the immigration comptroller incharge of the location you choose to arrive (lagos or abuja) instructing the officer to grant your baby visa upon the baby's arrival. You can choose to make payment online or you can pay cash or with ur card as soon as you arrive Nigeria. It is as simple as that@

nefertitiram:
Did u travel for the original reason? The VOs still frown at it during renewal if you were pregnant during interview and didn't declare. Sometimes they may chose to overlook it, but it is a chance you can never predict

bigtalla:
You are very correct.

2014, my wife and I went for a visa interview and was asked if she was pregnant, we said no, but she was actually pregnant. We were not properly informed and thought the easiest way was to lie about it. We wrote the normal ''letter of change of intent'' and got a reply that it was OK for us to travel. When u got to the POE, the CBP officer didn't say anything about the letter and we were stamped in for 6 months... Fast forward to 2016, we did a dropbox for visa renewal but was invited for an interview. The first question we were asked was, '' did you (my wife) give birth in the US?'' We said yes, and went further to expalain we paid all our bills and have zero balance,...bal bla bla.. he just said we were not eligible for a visa because we lied about our intent of travelling. We told him that we wrote to the embassy before travelling, he said '' those letters mean nothing to us''....

So please, do yourself some good and don't lie about your travel intentions.. It will somehow, someday bite you when you least expect.

TWoods:
It is obvious you did not read her post which i quoted, in any detail at all. According to her, she is intending to go with her son to apply for a visa, which last i checked, requires a visa interview. I reproduce her quote here in its entirety:



In addition, if you've paid any attention to what the VOs have been saying here for months, a change of intent letter after obtaining a visa is a complete waste of time. Please read here - https://www.nairaland.com/1792662/u.s-non-immigrant-visas-listening/176#56565515

Again, be a little less hasty to post and spend more time reading.

Blackgolden:
This information is not correct. The need to inform the embassy about your change of intent always comes after you have gone for your interview and/or already have your visa. So which interview again are you referring to?

If you send the email to LagosNIV@state.gov you will get a reply. It usually comes in this format after a couple of days...(This is what you print as evidence).

Thank you for your inquiry.

Please note that there is no legal requirement to inform us that you are seeking to give birth in the United States or that your purpose of travel has changed. The Customs and Border Protection, a branch of USCIS, determines a traveler’s eligibility of entry to the U.S, you should be prepared to demonstrate to the immigration officer at the port of entry why you are seeking medical treatment and that you have logistical and financial plans for the treatment. You should show the border protection agents upon arrival in the U.S. your detailed birth plan, which would include correspondence with your doctor, the cost of the delivery, any receipts showing prepayments for care and evidence that you have the ability to pay for all costs while in the U.S. up to and including your living expenses.

We recommend that you review the regulations on non-immigrant aliens entering the United States for purposes of childbirth at https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/882/~/visit-the-u.s.-while-pregnant-and-the-risks-involved and plan accordingly. Please you should not stay in the U.S. longer than you are permitted by Customs and Border Protection at the port of entry. The Department of Homeland Security at the port of entry will determine your eligibility to enter the United States on any travel.

If you choose to give birth in the U.S., we advise you to bring evidence of payment, both when you enter the U.S. on this visit, and at your future U.S. visa interviews.

Sincerely,

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Correspondence Unit (AAO)

US CONSULATE GENERAL

LAGOS, NIGERIA

@veegurl, hope this helps?