Good day all,
I am confused oh because my husband,the main applicant for UK student visa, myself and 2 of my children are about to apply for the student tier 4 Visa, we got some advice from the agent that got us admission to the school that we don't need to apply for our 3rd child who was born in the USA and holds a valid US Passport. I also read somewhere that they can enter and stay legally in the UK, but will have to extend or change their visa after that which was what we planned to do. going trough Nairaland posts now backdated to last year 2021. i saw a post of someone asking the same question and at least 2 people said it will be an issue.
please whoever is sure of the proper thing to do please advice me. i am begging for advice please i don't need insults as we learn everyday. God bless you all as we realize our dreams. Amen

Good day All,
first post(apologies for the long post). i have traveled numerous times to the UK in the past 15 years or so. and i schooled in the UK(Masters degree)also been back and forth on work training .my first attempt at a USA Visa was successful when i applied for a B1/B2 in the year 2015( i was never asked if i was pregnant). I found out after that i was pregnant and decided to have my baby in the USA. I asked about changing my visa to a medical one and was told it covers for medical. i was advised to send a change of intent letter. i did and proceeded to the USA. At the point of entry even before i was asked i declared my intention and was sent to secondary inspection. that took less than 5 minutes. the officer asked me for the bill and how much i had with me. i told them the bill (hospital and doctor )which amounted to about 6000+ dollars. the officer was surprised at the total and i reminded him that i was self pay and so got huge discounts he laughed, agreed, stamped me in wishing me a safe delivery.
fast forward to 2017 it was time for renewal so i opted for drop box. less than a week i was called and immediately handed a 212g and asked to show up for a follow up interview. when i got there i greeted, got no response the lady had a very stern expression and demanded to see my hospital bill which i presented (the bill was from Atlanta) she barely looked at the paper and said no way will you get childbirth for 3200. i explained that it was self pay. she asked for my doctor bill which was about 3000 and was OK with it. she now said if i cant prove that it was self pay she wont grant the application. on my zero bill it showed the adjustments. i now begged please if you don't believe me can you call or investigate. i think this annoyed her further because she snapped and said it wasn't part of her job. and shouted NEXT!
fast forward to 2018 this time my main purpose was family visit with my kids (the first i had in the UK as a student, the 2nd i had here in Nigeria and the last i had in the USA)my husband couldn't join us because he had work commitments. this time i got another zero balance saying fee was adjusted from hospital. as soon as i got there another very stern reception. he asked if all my kids were present i said the last one is a US citizen so needs no visa so i came with those needing visa. he asked where i worked and where i was going. i told him. that was it! the next thing he said was that i wasn't qualified. HAH!. i was qualified before what has disqualified me??
They didn't ask for my zero balance which i believed to be the reason for my refusal the last time.
I have a clean travel history
i truly paid all my bills and rigidly forced the doctors and hospital to hand them over before leaving the USA
i have never taken any govt aid and always advised people against it
could i have taken my Son to interview to prove i didn't leave him in the USA?
Just confused and hurt and i also noticed that all my friends who previously had kids in the USA around that time were all refused renewals. i have been honest in my application and for me to be refused twice in a row after initially getting a visa is quite depressing. have i been marked to never get visa? is there a way i can find out reasons for my repeated refusals? as i plan to apply early next year again. HOUSE PLEASE HELP.

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You can never know the reason you can only guess
Not sure if this would work but u could get a qualified immigration lawyer to assist you in writing a friend of mine did after 4 refusals
I don’t know if it would work now hers was in 2016
Never knew this calling after drop box has been since 2017 tot it started this year
thanks for not insulting or judging.yes oh they started calling after drop box 2017 January many attributed this to Trump. all i know is that at the queue for interview i came across at least 4 women who previously had babies in the USA, did drop box and was called in for interview. 2 had theirs before me and were refused like me. please could you private chat me the lawyers number. thank you.

thanks its just about clearing my name. i have traveled there before. just want to know the main reason.

Beautyaddy:
Being refused the US visa is not the end of the world. Try going to another country for your vacation if indeed your main purpose of travelling is for vacation and nothing else.

AfonjaBoston:


I will attempt to break it down to a reasonable level.

I am not an impulsive shopper and never will be especially when it concerns life of a new born, personal health and well being.

This is not like buying Chico phone or London use laptop that you just jump into Danfo and go to Ikeja under bridge to buy whatever you can buy even if it means running game on the seller or have him/her give you for free.

Now step back for a minute if you like quality and you want or to be fair need laptop/phone you will go to SLOT or HP office on the mainland or island and if they low ball you, wouldn't you ask questions like why is it so low is there a sale going on? Are these products refurbished, low grade, what's the selling price of the real deal ? These are valid questions.

To the real deal these scenarios are not comparable with human life. You know how much average prenatal/postpartum maternity cost is for foreigners who desire to take advantage of immigration system via medical tourism in the U.S. (that is the reason why the damn thing is expensive in the first place) and the technicalities involved in medical transfers from naija and visa processing.

If a doctor or shady hospital for whatever reason gives you a way lower than the belt average cost it is your responsibility to inform them hey this is way above normal cost is anything else attached to it and let them know you are a foreigner can they tell you the reason for the pricing. They are obliged to tell you oh we having some new trials and we trying to rack up results by driving sales or blah blah blah.

I tried to break it down as simple as I could.

Now she has chop discount whey too big for her throat oyinbo man done catch her.

If you have family member in her shoes tell them to go and tell the visa officers what you just said up there they will definitely pity her and give them

very funny Atlanta medicals isn't a shady hospital it is a very recognized hospital. all hospitals give discount for self pay. it is money that is seen as against waiting for insurance money. please do your research you either pay self pay and get discounts or you are on insurance as a permanent resident or on medicaid. i no chop discount wey big pass me if you cant offer advice politely you didn't have to comment.

thank you yes i paid 3000 for doctors, my total was about 6200 i even came with receipts for all checks for baby, pediatricians and even circumcision(L0L). thanks you have any advice on what to do next?

megastu:
I Think you were refused because the 3200 you stated as medical bill is on their system. An average medical bill is in the region of 6000 to 12k USD. Having paid 3200 flags up on their system. You need to check well to see if you actually paid all bills; Doctor, Hospital, Ear test etc.

Doctor's fee is separate from Hospital Bills.

Good day All,
first post(apologies for the long post). i have traveled numerous times to the UK in the past 15 years or so. and i schooled in the UK(Masters degree)also been back and forth on work training .my first attempt at a USA Visa was successful when i applied for a B1/B2 in the year 2015( i was never asked if i was pregnant). I found out after that i was pregnant and decided to have my baby in the USA. I asked about changing my visa to a medical one and was told it covers for medical. i was advised to send a change of intent letter. i did and proceeded to the USA. At the point of entry even before i was asked i declared my intention and was sent to secondary inspection. that took less than 5 minutes. the officer asked me for the bill and how much i had with me. i told them the bill (hospital and doctor )which amounted to about 6000+ dollars. the officer was surprised at the total and i reminded him that i was self pay and so got huge discounts he laughed, agreed, stamped me in wishing me a safe delivery.
fast forward to 2017 it was time for renewal so i opted for drop box. less than a week i was called and immediately handed a 212g and asked to show up for a follow up interview. when i got there i greeted, got no response the lady had a very stern expression and demanded to see my hospital bill which i presented (the bill was from Atlanta) she barely looked at the paper and said no way will you get childbirth for 3200. i explained that it was self pay. she asked for my doctor bill which was about 3000 and was OK with it. she now said if i cant prove that it was self pay she wont grant the application. on my zero bill it showed the adjustments. i now begged please if you don't believe me can you call or investigate. i think this annoyed her further because she snapped and said it wasn't part of her job. and shouted NEXT!
fast forward to 2018 this time my main purpose was family visit with my kids (the first i had in the UK as a student, the 2nd i had here in Nigeria and the last i had in the USA)my husband couldn't join us because he had work commitments. this time i got another zero balance saying fee was adjusted from hospital. as soon as i got there another very stern reception. he asked if all my kids were present i said the last one is a US citizen so needs no visa so i came with those needing visa. he asked where i worked and where i was going. i told him. that was it! the next thing he said was that i wasn't qualified. HAH!. i was qualified before what has disqualified me??
They didn't ask for my zero balance which i believed to be the reason for my refusal the last time.
I have a clean travel history
i truly paid all my bills and rigidly forced the doctors and hospital to hand them over before leaving the USA
i have never taken any govt aid and always advised people against it
could i have taken my Son to interview to prove i didn't leave him in the USA?
Just confused and hurt and i also noticed that all my friends who previously had kids in the USA around that time were all refused renewals. i have been honest in my application and for me to be refused twice in a row after initially getting a visa is quite depressing. have i been marked to never get visa? is there a way i can find out reasons for my repeated refusals? as i plan to apply early nest year again. HOUSE PLEASE HELP.