Accra Ghana Consulate Help! (merged threads)

[A&Oforever 9]

So my timeline is incredibly going fast. Our interview is in 2 weeks and we are confused on a few things . I have been advocate of going with the fiancé for the interview and plan on doing so but just in case it does not work out that I can go , how necessary is it for me to go??? I know they won't ask anything of me and proabably tell me to sit down but the consular will take note that the fiancé flew in and isn't that very substantial?? Please has anyone went with the fiancé and gotten a denial before and what were the reasons. we met in 2012 when I went to Ghana for a short trip, lost contact and got reaquaninted and started dating seriously late 2014 and I went to Ghana in 2015 . We talk everyday and I have logs to prove this and we have the greatest pictures from my trip. I have a good job and my income won't be a problem but my fiancé has been there three times prior; tourist twice when he was younger and the most recent one was Student in 2013 . So I wanted our case to be stronger by my second trip with new pictures and my actual presence at the interview. Have not had an engagement or anything .

[Boiler 43,629]

If you spent 2015 in Ghana and can evidence that, well face time is the biggest factor. You see a lot of cases where people have met once or twice and for a high fraud consulate that will be difficult.

[Daisy.Chain 317]

By not having "had an engagement", do you mean that you are not yet engaged?

[kris&me 572]

i was there for interview / not allowed into the interview as depends on size of interview room, embassy and number of people being interviewed

but they knew i was there

my gf went for K1 and then CR 1 to another country to support husband and he was denied both times / they got approved on 3rd interview and she was not there but had just been to visit for 3 months earlier in the year

seems important and not important at the whim of the CO

[A&Oforever 9]

Engagement ceremony in Ghana is our traditional wedding that has now become a preliminary event before the "white" western" wedding of you choose to have one. I added that on there because recently the counselor has been viewing this as marriage when if you intend on having a "white wedding" you guys feel it is not and so forth so I am saying we have not had that so that won't be ground for a denial for us

[dwheels76 5,463]

Engagement ceremony in Ghana is our traditional wedding that has now become a preliminary event before the "white" western" wedding of you choose to have one. I added that on there because recently the counselor has been viewing this as marriage when if you intend on having a "white wedding" you guys feel it is not and so forth so I am saying we have not had that so that won't be ground for a denial for us

I hope you are right. Hope there weren't any pics of same outfits at a party to celebrate. It will be tough not impossible because your fiance' could be seen as trying to get to US by any means necessary. 3 denials and a student visa denial just 2 years ago.

You being there doesn't mean anything. It's ore bout f the CO believed you two will marry in the 90 days after arrival. Believing you have a bonafide relationship.

Your two visits how long were they? Do you have other red flags? Ghana has been very tough lately. And yes I have seen some petitioners who were there at interview and they still were denied.

Go to the Ghana forum and read the Interview reviews and om post on recent denials.

[IcezMan_IcezLady 582]

it isn't the Embassy that has been calling the "traditional engagement" as marriage. It is the culture that is changing.

The "Knocking" used to be without dowry, just a drink to show intent. The marriage was where dowry is paid. Now every "engagement" takes dowry and that's the end of it. You are culturally regarded as a wife or husband. The culture has changed and the embassy has accepted those changes.

[A&Oforever 9]

Yes I was there for a month the first time we met and two weeks for the recent trip . There were 3 denials total and nothing else is a red flag . I'm 25 and he is 29 . So the age gap is norm to me and shouldn't be the problem . The forum has denials but not too much detail . Everyone cries about being denied but don't give the specifics like how they may have not known answers to questions or if they had been there before and got denials so I have an idea but then still not sure . Our red flags are little FaceTime and he previous visa application denials . Pretty much it ....

[A&Oforever 9]

it isn't the Embassy that has been calling the "traditional engagement" as marriage. It is the culture that is changing.

The "Knocking" used to be without dowry, just a drink to show intent. The marriage was where dowry is paid. Now every "engagement" takes dowry and that's the end of it. You are culturally regarded as a wife or husband. The culture has changed and the embassy has accepted those changes.

Yea but it's sad because some people were regarding their knocking or if they had an engagement as just that and the counselor says they are married and now have to start all over again after spending money on the k-1

[IcezMan_IcezLady 582]

Yea but it's sad because some people were regarding their knocking or if they had an engagement as just that and the counselor says they are married and now have to start all over again after spending money on the k-1

yea, it's unfortunate.

[strongmyk 51]

Yes I was there for a month the first time we met and two weeks for the recent trip . There were 3 denials total and nothing else is a red flag . I'm 25 and he is 29 . So the age gap is norm to me and shouldn't be the problem . The forum has denials but not too much detail . Everyone cries about being denied but don't give the specifics like how they may have not known answers to questions or if they had been there before and got denials so I have an idea but then still not sure . Our red flags are little FaceTime and he previous visa application denials . Pretty much it ....

Denial shouldn't be a red flag all the time. Before i got my immigrant visa i had 4 denials in total. One from the US Embassy and 3 from the British High Commission. Even then i had "naively" used a black permanent marker to paint the stamp from the BHC in my passport. But upon all these i still got approved after less than 5 mins interview. The point is situations change over time and the reason for denial some years back might not apply today. The substance of your case at present determines whether you get approved or not.

And like you said the forum has a lot of denials. it makes it look like the embassy is just denying people. But i know so many people getting approved. some with very dubious cases. I think most denials on this forum do not really paint the clear picture as to why they get denied. most people do not disclose the full details of the denials only sharing part of the story that will court public sympathy

[Boiler 43,629]

I think most denials on this forum do not really paint the clear picture as to why they get denied. most people do not disclose the full details of the denials only sharing part of the story that will court public sympathy

I have been on the forum a long time and that is invariably the situation.

[Jawaree 717]

Its a high fraud consulate, so beneficiary must be mindful of his neighbore

& what he does or says, they do field investigations & will question

neighbors, I don't think prior tourist visa apps will cause a prob unless something

was misrepresented then. Being at the interview may help but things could go

either way

[soulstriker 274]

im noticing that myself esp in the sub african threads but seem to forget to express why they got denied , and i dnt get how ppl are trying to mix in their culture with the k1 , when they know the k1 is specifically about marrying in the US? ppl should really do their homework before filing seriously

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

So my timeline is incredibly going fast. Our interview is in 2 weeks and we are confused on a few things . I have been advocate of going with the fiancé for the interview and plan on doing so but just in case it does not work out that I can go , how necessary is it for me to go??? I know they won't ask anything of me and proabably tell me to sit down but the consular will take note that the fiancé flew in and isn't that very substantial?? Please has anyone went with the fiancé and gotten a denial before and what were the reasons. we met in 2012 when I went to Ghana for a short trip, lost contact and got reaquaninted and started dating seriously late 2014 and I went to Ghana in 2015 . We talk everyday and I have logs to prove this and we have the greatest pictures from my trip. I have a good job and my income won't be a problem but my fiancé has been there three times prior; tourist twice when he was younger and the most recent one was Student in 2013 . So I wanted our case to be stronger by my second trip with new pictures and my actual presence at the interview. Have not had an engagement or anything .

Yes, it helps to be on the premises when the beneficiary is interviewed.

Not a guarantee but it definitely does not hurt.