Due 1st week of July.

Varvara:


When is your due ? i'm going to do the same

Any expectant mothers in the San Bernadino county of California? Please let me know, I will like to compare notes on hospitals and costs. Thanks

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Popri:


Beautiful transcript well typed..
Calmness and patience:very important, it's truly a mental game
Wish u safe delivery and enjoy the sunshine

Thanks a lot.

Still waiting for LA recommendations. Especially around the Fontana area.

Only recommendation I have seen since is Dr Mbagwu at the St Francis hospital.

Popri:


Beautiful transcript well typed..
Calmness and patience:very important, it's truly a mental game
Wish u safe delivery and enjoy the sunshine

I have shared my POE experience. Scroll up a bit, you'll see it.

Ajujuju2:


Care to share your exact transcript at LAX? We sure would like to know why you were held for 7hours.

Thanks for your suggestion.

My LAX POE experience

I renewed my B1/B2 visa in March 2016 and sent a notification of intent mail in April 2016.

When I got to the immigration desk, I was asked for my purpose for the visit and I told the officer that I was here to have my baby. Without him asking, I brought out my notification of intent mail, email communications with my doctor and bank statements. He asked how much cashbibwas carrying, i told him USD4k asides the money in my account and credit card.

He looked at them and asked me to step aside that he'll like his colleagues to look more intently at my papers.

When we got to the CBP office, I waited almost 3hours before my name was called. Walked up to the officer, he asked me the same questions, I gave him the same answers. He started trying to nitpick my answers. He said in my visa application I had filled in 4 weeks for my duration of stay which doesn't correlate with me asking for entry to give birth. I told him I honestly couldn't remember what I filled in. Again, he asked why my husband wasnt with me when I had filled him in as my travel companion. I told him my husband couldn't travel now and would be joining me later. I refused to be rattled by his questions. He told me to go sit down and then took my documents into another inner office. After about another 2.5hours, I was called by another set of officers (a man and woman).

The following convo ensued:

Female POE Officer - Do you speak English?
Me: Perfectly well

F POE Officer - What do you do?
Me: I am a lawyer and I work in......

Male POE Officer - Ma'am, we are sorry we kept you waiting this long. Your documents are in order but we need to verify that you have enough funds to foot your bills.

Me: But I have USd4k here and you can see from my bank statement and my husband's bank statement that we can afford to foot the bills.

M POE officer: That's right ma'am but you know printed statements can be doctored.

F POE officer: Why didn't you pay your bills before you came in?

Me: the hospital specifically states that pre-payments are not allowed. How about I log into my Internet banking portal to show you my live balance.

F POE officer: That's better.

She helped me connect to the wifi on my phone but my line wasn't roaming so I couldn't receive my OTP to log in.

F POE officer: Okay, lets call the doctor you are going to give birth with.

We tried his line but it was past official hours so no one picked.

M POE officer: what are your accommodation plans?

Me: I'll be staying with my mum and family friends.

M POE officer: Oh, your mum is here? What does she do? Is she a citizen?

Me: No she's not. She's retired and she shuttles between Nigeria, Dubai and US amd spends equal time between the 3 locations.

M POE Officer: Can we call her?

Me: Of course. (Gives them her number)

They speak to her for about 10mins. Ask her if she's aware I am here to give birth. She stylishly says yes without being too blunt and then as if she knew where they were headed, she said that they need not worry about funds because if the money on me is not enough, she is more than able to foot the bills. The call ended and he came back to me

M POE Officer: Ma'am, please ensure you pay all your bills and keep the receipts on you when you are leaving. I'll be back shortly.

He came back about 5mins later. I had been stamped in for 6months.

LESSONS LEARNT.
1. Go with printouts of all and any documents relating to your trip.
2. Never lie about your intentions. These people have heard the deepest lies and know all the tricks. I saw 2 people deported because they didnt state clearly that they came to give birth.
3. Be calm and patient. The long delay is just a mental game. Of the 7 hours i spent there, my actual conversations all lasted less than 30mins cumulatively.
4. If you can, travel with up to USD 10k in cash. Apparently, I was delayed because they needed to ensure I had access to more than the USD4k cash I was travelling with.
5. Be confident and prepare your mind for a delay. That way, if you are delayed, you won't be too rattled.

herrik066:

Congratz on your successful entry. However, in the spirit of giving back, it will be applauded and important you post your POE transcript like others do for us to read. I believe you and many of us learnt from couple of persons POE experience from there transcript posts in here. I would have expected you do same. This thread was based on that bedrock, learning from each other. I don't think the likes of Lady G and all the beautiful women, mums, dad, mums to be etc with their lovely comments/assistance so far will proffer answers to your question(s) if you don't do the needful. My thoughts though....

Hello house, been following this thread for a few months although I never commented. Thanks to the information I got on here, I was able to successfully scale through Immigration at LAX POE last Saturday...although I was held for about 7 hours but they had no choice but to release me as I was well prepared.
My question now is I need recommendations for hospitals in/around Fontana, California. My initial plan was to give birth in Texas and I had concluded arrangements with the doctor there. But California is more convenient for me as I got a very beautiful free accommodation.
So...please I will appreciate any and all recommendations.
Thanks