₦airaland Forum

Phema:
^^^You may have to send someone in Naija to their office to buy your baby's ticket. That is the surest way to go about it.

bigfido:
you don't know what the kini you ate that sent you on missionary journey looks like lmaooo

shawlar:
.....AND I'M BACK...!!!!

sho..!! Just this small time I was away 4rm the forum, see how many new LO's we have...
It shows that the[b] yuletide gbenshin[/b] of last year was on point

Congrats to Zedaii, fizzywah, nefertitiram and triple congrats to Nogen - Ur story blew me away.

May the Almighty One bless & protect all ur LO's - Amen
Y'all can invite me for child dedication oh since I've missed out on naming ceremony -

Congrats to all those with successful visa & POE stories too - We'll welcome ur LO's in no distant time also


@olokings, firsttymum, anonymousmum, phema - I hail una oh

nefertitiram:
Yes ooo,
I don born ooo, a super duper whooper oyinbo mega baby girl. With a headfull of curly hair to go.

Was through CS so I am still recovering in the hosp.

We bless God

hi,I was told same thing that passport takes three weeks for expedite I had to go to another state and I got it same day.so you can try going to another state too.thanks

Nogen:
I went , I saw and I conquered to the Glory of God. Finally made it back home with my bundles of joy after a 3 month sojourn in the States.

At 34 weeks 4 days, I went for my routine check with the doctor and she insisted the babies must be taken out because I was about to have odema. My legs were so huge and dripping water. Asides that, I was doing great and the babies had more than enough amiotic fluid and doing awesome in the womb. The doctor was concerned I might have blood clothing and seizures if the babies were not taken out immediately. I was worried that the babies might end up in the NICU considering how expensive it can be. But , what mattered most was the lives of my babies. Thank God, they had no issues with the lungs as they were all fully developed. They still went to the NICU for them to gain some weight and properly checked. I got discharged 2 days after a CS delivery hale and hearty while my babies were kept back at the hospital.

We are in Nigeria now hale and hearty. Started with immunizations already and circumssion to follow next week. Wishing the rest of you on THIS journey an amazing experience.

OMary83:
Now in the documentation stage - abeg MamaTobenna, OMary83 and other mummies who gave birth in Cali, how long does it take for BC to come out o? Because these people are telling me 15 working days. How did you ladies do yours please? Did you get expedited?Congrats on d birth of ur princess.did u give d birth cert lady ur return ticket?i gave her my itinerary and I went to downtown la two days later,paid 23usd for expedited and 28usd for a copy of d bc.U can get appointment at d passport office within a week after baby if u call a week b4 ur due date.all baby's documentation was ready within a week plus.

yuddiepro:
Congrats dear on the arrival of ur LO. Thank God for safe delivery. Please what part of California did u have ur baby?

modath:
Good day House...

Update on the nightmarish POE called Chicago ORD, this time,its point of EXIT..




3. What govt benefits did you enjoy on this journeym, i answered none, they now asked to see receipt & zero balance, i said "its likely to be in my checked in baggage, the male officer said, we may have to ask for your luggage cos we are not likely to take your word for it...

I said hold on let me check my hand luggage cos i had some docs in it, may find it in there, he & the lady officer just said no need and took my hand luggage, diaper bag & hand bag and proceeded to empty them (the lady officer was even asking about my connection to the various biz cards in my wallet), by sheer luck, it was in there & he told me congrats, cos he was about to CANCEL my VISA with PREJUDICE..

I Expressed shock that "i was supposed to present it at my next ENTRY, but he told me NO, you were told EXIT (which is the truth but i assumed the guy who interviewed me at entry made an error), &reminded me to always have it for any US entry/exit for FOREVER.

Told him, "thanks" & was allowed to go after being told lucky you.. they aint gat nothing on me..#Godwin..

MORAL OF THE STORY!!!
Chicago ORD POE aint sh1t!!

Nogen:
Oh Boy! Finally out of El Paso with my trio. Gave birth to a set of triplets about 5 weeks ago. The doctor and her team were amazing.

darasimi1988:
Lwkmd. If u don't want to have HBP, pls don't use first bank card abroad. At least not now. They r charging 243. You needed to see how shocked I was. And they charge you 420 on atm withdrawals! Yes! 420. My only saving grace now is Zenith and gtb, not saving perse, but... half bread...

firsttymum:
My dear transfer your money to STANBIC na, except ur ATM has expired....
Is there any other ATM with u? Heard GTB is like 215 at least it's better...
This is not even fair.... Haba

lala4sure:
Part two (secondary inspection) please bear with my long story of life but I have been getting emails To post my Houston POE experience so I had to make out this time to do it. So read below


They threatened I will be sent back and right there I saw pregnant women been sent back (although their stories sef tire me too so I no blame the immigration) and all efforts to explain myself was just abortive. I started praying ohh until the last guy came and called my name so I went into his office with him and God just used him to set me free. He went through all my docs and he saw the email I sent to London/Abuja consulate informing them about my change of plans (I got my visa in london) and the response from both sides. He said his problem now is that I have no money but I insisted I have more than enough that he should check my cards with ATM. He asked if he can see my budget sheet (God bless Phema because I copied her pattern) and also access my account online, I said sure so I switched on my phone and logged into my GTB internet banking and he saw the money and started calculating based on my budget sheet and God knows what exchange rate he was using. After that he was convinced and didn't bother to check my other cards (even when I reminded him) and he explained to me to get my receipts for every payment just incase I am asked next time. He stamped me in till next year and I thank God. Other pregnant women where there but we didn't talk ohh, na so I run for my dear life.
Note: Houston Poe isn't advisable if your situation is not straight and note that they are aware of Nairaland because the immigration man told me about it.
Good luck to everyone. Na baby arrival we dey wait ni

bachangel:
@shawlar @helovesme...so after much pondering, I finally decided to have my baby is the US. One of the winning arguments....I dont see why my child, coming into this world, completely innocent and not responsible for the 'sins' of previous Nigerians, should have his/her potential halved just by our very limiting green passport.... As parents to be, I hope we are making the right decision. Will see how it goes.

Decided on New York, settled on a hospital and a Doc, first appointment date set...due end of November...just trying to decide when to stop work. Planned end of Oct initially, but due to very annoying bosses, huge workload and impossible sales target i am just not ready to deal with, thinking of leaving end of Sept since I can take 6 months mat leave (4 fully paid and 2 half paid)

All the best with your decisions!

bumby1by:
Please i need information on California birth. If you have an information about any hospital or doctor in California, i would appreciate it.

Hello everyone, I have been a silent member and follower of this thread and pretty excited to be posting. May God bless every contributor here as you've all provided valuable info to help people like me on this 'blue kpali journey'.

So I already had a valid US visa when I stumbled across this thread but I got the valuable info about the 'change of intent' letter amongst other things from here and info from friends.

So, I came into the US on the 1st of July (sorry for taking this long to share jare..plenty things). Btw, I'm a July/August mum. I flew Delta at 34 weeks with my 5 year old daughter. The flight was just there, slightly uncomfortable because I'm pretty tall. My POE was Atlanta en route LA (en route Bakersfield..2 hours away). So, in the spirit of giving back, here's my POE story:

The line at Atlanta no be child's play..stood for like an hour before it got to my turn. Thank God for a very co-operative daughter
Anyway, when it got to my turn, they kept moving me from queue to queue. First queue, it was a white guy, I was like, hmmm cos his face looked stern but I was like, "God, just give me favour sha". Cos I was pregnant, the person controlling the lines was looking to place me in the shortest queue possible so she moved me to another line. That one had one elderly white guy, I was like, "Hmm, ok". Just as I was settling in, she moved me to another queue that was shorter. Now this one had a black guy and I was like, "Ok oooo". So here goes:

CBP (A big black guy with attitude): Hello, why are you here?
Before I could answer, he's like, "To give birth right?"
Ah, ahn, na spirit! Cos the truth is people barely noticed my pregnancy even during my flights cos I didn't really look too far gone. In fact, I had to tell people I was pregnant just to get help with lifting my luggage at some points. Yeah, true story.

ME: Anyway, I smiled and said, "yes, and vacation for my daughter"

CBP: We've been having people come here to give birth here and all bla bla bla. So when's your EDD?
ME: I'm like August
CBP: Have you seen any doctor?
ME: Not yet but have correspondence with them.
CBP: Sits back. "How the heck are you going to give birth in like a month and you've not seen a doc here yet?! Let me see the correspondence ( I show him, which includes all the fees). "Have you made any payment?"
ME: Not yet.
CBP: Making faces...."So how much do you have?"
ME: $3500 in cash and the rest in cards
CBP: "How do I confirm that you have the rest in cards?. There are no ATM machines here. Do I just take your word for it?" I just smile.
"So how long do you plan to be here for?"
ME: 2 months plus
CBP: What does that even mean? It could be 4 months or more.
ME: Smiling "I couldn't be here for that long. I have a job" Still smiling.
CBP: So why do you want to give birth here? Did you have your daughter here?
ME: For access to better health care. No, I didn't.
CBP: "So, what did your doc in Nigeria say?"
ME: "I'm sorry, I don't understand your question"
CBP: "Wasn't he mad that you're coming to spend your money here and not spending it in Nigeria?"
ME: "He in fact gave me his blessings, gave me a letter (fit to fly and to whom it may concern) to come with and my test results" I showed him the letter.
All the while, he's muttering something about if his wife says she wants to come and give birth in Nigeria, he would wonder why (In my mind, I'm like, yeah of course!)

As he's stamping my passport, he's like, "Are you married?" and then he looks at my finger and sees and is like "Oh yeah" and then he asks, "So, is your husband coming?", I answer, "We're expecting him some time around the baby's delivery". He replies, "I'll be watching out for him", I reply smiling with a glint in my eye, "You can't miss him, he's extremely tall". He smiles back and gives me passport..otoun.

Then I go on to the secondary check point, the guy that gives the files says, "Hello Ma'am, what do you have?" Meanwhile, the CBP had asked me the same question and I told him. So I answer this guy and he's like, "Ma'am, do you have any plants or fresh stuff?". I say, "No". He says, "Go right along ma'am" and that was it o.

The key to going through successfully, I believe, is trusting in God all the way, being truthful and confident.

I have already seen my OBGYN twice. All my Naija test results were accepted but had 2 outstandings which I did today.

Doctor - $2520 (discounted)
Tests - Don't know yet but an estimate of $487 (might be lower cos I'm just doing 3 tests)
Hospital - $4000 (discounted)

Now awaiting arrival of Americana baby o