augustmom2be:
Please has anyone used holy cross hospital, Maryland? Can u please suggest an affordable doctor .obgyn and paediatrician. And if possible how much did ur Hosp bill come to. I can pm if u want. Thank u

QUEENBIZ:


Hello...I really need to get something clear as regards the VOA. Do u mean that one can actually process it as stated on the Nigeria Immigration Service website without any contact help?

justwise:
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That is what it supposed to be under normal circumstances

QUEENBIZ:


Thanks for your response and do we have anyone that has gone through the VOA DIY successfully on this forum? Cos I actually paid a contact about 20k to have mine done & I've seen other people charge between 30-50k for the same service. If one can actually do it without any contact help, then paying for such doesn't worth it. Let anyone that has done it successfully reach out to people that will be in need of such service.

justwise:


That is the problem right there, because those 'contacts' are milking it they make it look as if one can not do it online successfully without them.

You can apply online of you don't want to keep feeding those 'contacts'

https://portal.immigration.gov.ng/VisaArrivalProgram/freshVisaOnArrivalProgram



Entry Visa on Arrival Program Guidelines:

Visit the Home page of Nigeria Immigration Portal
Locate & click on the appropriate application form to start the process:
Entry Visa on Arrival Program Application Form
Fill the Application form; check the ' I ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS FORM ' check box.
Click on 'Submit Application' button to view ‘Applicant details page’
Click on “Proceed to Online Payment”
Click to select Payment Currency “Pay in Dollars” option then Click on ‘Continue’ button
For Payment Outside of Nigeria
If you select a processing country other than Nigeria, your payment will be in US Dollars. You will be re-directed to an approved payment platform to complete your application and make your payment in US Dollars.
Please take your visa on Arrival program payment receipts and other required documents to the Arrival point of Entry in Nigeria on your slated interview date for further processing.
Please note that you can reschedule your interview date to the next available date by sending your Application id, Reference no and the proposed date to our support mail address nis-support@newworkssolution.com


https://portal.immigration.gov.ng/pages/visaWavierProgram

jesufifunmi:


Officially, you can also apply for your Nigerian passport online but we all know how that will turn out. You'd probably wait 5 months before scanning and then wait another 3 months before your passport is produced. This is Nigeria, nothing is normal, it's the sad truth.

My advise to mums on VOA is, If you don't want to be stranded with you LO at MMA, pls use an immigration officer/agent.

borryworld:
For same love of God, I have to marry your comment and mine. I will also explain the bolded a little FYI

1.IMO= In My Own Opinion
2.NPC= National Population Commission
3.Citizen of Nigeria (also known as Nigerian Citizenship)=I have shared extract from the constitution earlier
4.Should/shouldn't= authority to decide (base on rules & regulations)
5.Fact= Very deep and wide with many attributes e.g true always, constant over time, verifiable and can come in different form)

NB: Assumption here is that Children in discuss are holding both Nigerian (due to lineage) and American (due to place of birth) citizenship

Kindly help identify the mis from the information above

justwise:


That is the problem right there, because those 'contacts' are milking it they make it look as if one can not do it online successfully without them.

You can apply online of you don't want to keep feeding those 'contacts'

https://portal.immigration.gov.ng/VisaArrivalProgram/freshVisaOnArrivalProgram



Entry Visa on Arrival Program Guidelines:

Visit the Home page of Nigeria Immigration Portal
Locate & click on the appropriate application form to start the process:
Entry Visa on Arrival Program Application Form
Fill the Application form; check the ' I ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS FORM ' check box.
Click on 'Submit Application' button to view ‘Applicant details page’
Click on “Proceed to Online Payment”
Click to select Payment Currency “Pay in Dollars” option then Click on ‘Continue’ button
For Payment Outside of Nigeria
If you select a processing country other than Nigeria, your payment will be in US Dollars. You will be re-directed to an approved payment platform to complete your application and make your payment in US Dollars.
Please take your visa on Arrival program payment receipts and other required documents to the Arrival point of Entry in Nigeria on your slated interview date for further processing.
Please note that you can reschedule your interview date to the next available date by sending your Application id, Reference no and the proposed date to our support mail address nis-support@newworkssolution.com


https://portal.immigration.gov.ng/pages/visaWavierProgram

anonymousmum:


Your write up above is irrelevant and does not answer the question.

A birth certificate is what it is - certifying the details surroundng the birth of a child (DOB, time of birth, location, etc)

So you have a birth certificate stating a person was born in Fort Bend County, USA.

Then you have one issued at Mafoluku Local Government stating you were born in Mafoluku General Hospital.

How does this make any sense?

borryworld:
I had to look back on every contribution to the issue of BC. I can't find anyone implying the bolded. You actually need to read again to find the mis. I thought I mentioned fact in my irrelevant response.

I'm looking away at this point. Bye

sugah:

Somebody mentioned she was asked to put place of birth of her baby as "Eti-osa" even though baby was born in the US......

desoul:

unfortunately, this is not the process for visa on arrival sir.

desoul:
justwise pls permit me to do this, this is the step by step process of visa on arrival...
About Visa on Arrival (VoA)

Harisbabe:
Travelled on 22nd with turkish airline with my preggy sis too. Was asked to still get fit to fly from port health cos i was over 28weeks. Asked y it was not d website nd dey apologised. I tink naija is just using it to get moni from ppl.

Got to turkey and had jfk plane was already boarding b4 we got out of our naija plane. Come see all jfk bound passengers running. Thank God we ddnt miss d flight.

Arrived jfk around 10:45am, joined d line for self service machine, finished and was sent to an officer.

Me: gudmrning

Cbp: gudmrning, ao long will u be here
congrtas babes. please i also intend to travel turkish can i get the fit to fly from any hospital? or must it be from port health? if yes how can i do that before my trip. thanks

Me: 3 months

Cbp: pupose of visit
Me: delivery nd vaacation

Cbp: which state
Me: houston

Cbp: do u av family nd frends there
Me: no, but i av frends in atlanta so i ll be attending a wedding b4 proceeding

Cbp: y did u choose houston, how much do u have

Me: told him d amount.

He stamped me in for 6 months and sent me to agric. Agric scaned my bags nd dat was all. The whole process from plane to cbp ddnt even take up to 30mins.

Same tin for my sis and anoda preggy dat we all bonded on d plane nd moved togeda

Wen my sis got to cbp dey were already laffing @ her dat see another pregnant woman cos all 3 of us finished @ d same time.

My sis paspport was only stamped but no date so we told her to go back nd g officer made jest of her dat does she want to stay morw dan 6momths

Thanks for all d info and help. Wish all mamas safe trip nd safe delivery

sugah:

Somebody mentioned she was asked to put place of birth of her baby as "Eti-osa" even though baby was born in the US......

sugah:

Somebody mentioned she was asked to put place of birth of her baby as "Eti-osa" even though baby was born in the US......

justwise:


That is the process from Nigeria immigration website as i provided the link above.

Can you provide the link where you copied that from?

The process you stated in your post is for business VOA application

borryworld:
she said she walked away.....

Someone also said US was stated on hers.

We all have valid concerns but no one agreed with misrepresentation.

I said NPC (not clerk sitting on one desk in one LGA office) via its regulation should determine its possibility.

Do u agree that Nigeria should have record of her citizens born outside her shores? If yes, how do we go about?

borryworld:
she said she walked away.....

Someone also said US was stated on hers.

We all have valid concerns but no one agreed with misrepresentation.

I said NPC (not clerk sitting on one desk in one LGA office) via its regulation should determine its possibility.

Do u agree that Nigeria should have record of her citizens born outside her shores? If yes, how do we go about?

desoul:
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@ the bolded, why did the federal govt introduce visa on arrival then? it was in march 2014, during president Jonathan that this scheme was introduced to enable 'big' investors have easy access to Nigerian visas, subsequently,it extended to every investors, due to the constant shortage of visa vignette and passport booklets in some Nigeria missions abroad, some individual prefer VOA, cos its fast,easier and cheaper, kindly also permit me to state that the information on the step by step process of VOA i posted earlier is correct and authentic, kindly log on to the website i posted few pages back for more info.. again, am not an agent nor embassy worker, just that i care..

justwise:


I know why it was introduced but my point is that if you are applying for a new born baby you don't need some of the steps listed in that link. The website I posted gives a simpler steps and also another separate steps for business or investors

desoul:

if you are processing nigerian passport for your yankee LO, you need NPC birth certificate but the place of birth will be USA even in the nigeria passport, you will just have to produce the american birth certificate for sighting and confirmation that the child was actually born abroad. the place of birth in my babys nigerian passport is USA, cos thats where she was born

chibertha:
NPC Birth certificate was not requested for my LO
Nigerian Passport it was first bank that did

desoul:

if you are processing nigerian passport for your yankee LO, you need NPC birth certificate but the place of birth will be USA even in the nigeria passport, you will just have to produce the american birth certificate for sighting and confirmation that the child was actually born abroad. the place of birth in my babys nigerian passport is USA, cos thats where she was born