Interview and Medical in Accra, Ghana

[Galady96 1]

Hello All , 

After a 9 year process, I finally have an interview date for my F2B visa interview in Accra Ghana. My only issue is that I already live in the US on DACA and have to fly back home for my interview in a little over a month. I have a full time Job here and cannot be away from my Job for a month for this interview. I took off 3 weeks from June 30th - July 18th.  i will land in Ghana on the 30th at 9:00 am and plan on going straight to Akai House for my medical that day. 

 

The US embassy in Ghana suggests doing the medical 3 weeks in advance, but I will be doing it 10 or 9 days in advance. From people who've done medical in Ghana , how long does it usually take to send the results to the Embassy?  if I get a 221g, how long will it take the embassy to issue the visa?

 

thanks in advance

[appleblossom 4,081]

On 6/6/2025 at 9:51 AM, Galady96 said:

Hello All , 

After a 9 year process, I finally have an interview date for my F2B visa interview in Accra Ghana. My only issue is that I already live in the US on DACA and have to fly back home for my interview in a little over a month. I have a full time Job here and cannot be away from my Job for a month for this interview. I took off 3 weeks from June 30th - July 18th.  i will land in Ghana on the 30th at 9:00 am and plan on going straight to Akai House for my medical that day. 

 

The US embassy in Ghana suggests doing the medical 3 weeks in advance, but I will be doing it 10 or 9 days in advance. From people who've done medical in Ghana , how long does it usually take to send the results to the Embassy?  if I get a 221g, how long will it take the embassy to issue the visa?

 

thanks in advance

I assume you couldn’t adjust status? If you get put in to AP it can take months or even years. But you can request your passport back. 

[Galady96 1]

3 hours ago, appleblossom said:

I assume you couldn’t adjust status? If you get put in to AP it can take months or even years. But you can request your passport back. 

No I can’t adjust status since I’m in the F2B category. Even If I got my passport back , I wouldn’t be able to fly back into the IS without the Visa . 

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28 minutes ago, Galady96 said:

No I can’t adjust status since I’m in the F2B category. Even If I got my passport back , I wouldn’t be able to fly back into the IS without the Visa . 

 

Being in F2B category doesn't preclude you from adjusting status, plenty of people do. 

 

 

[Galady96 1]

Yes , but I’m currently on DACA which means I don’t have a valid status to adjust from . I can only adjust from an immediate family member category

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2 hours ago, Galady96 said:

Yes , but I’m currently on DACA which means I don’t have a valid status to adjust from . I can only adjust from an immediate family member category

That also doesn’t necessarily preclude AOS. 
 

But if you can’t adjust then are you subject to a bar? If so that will take far longer than AP would. 
 

I also think that you need to prepare yourself for extended AP. There’s a fairly high chance anyway with Ghana, and chuck DACA and presumably entering illegally or some unlawful presence in to the mix too, and the chance of it goes up even more. 

Edited June 8 by appleblossom

[Galady96 1]

I have less than 180 of accrued lawful precedence since turning 18 so I’m not subject to a bar . I entered on a B2 visa when I was 9 and got DACA at 16 . The only other I could adjust in the US  would have been if I was getting a green card via marriage or a child over 21 .  Or if I had parole in place . Please enlighten me on any other option I'm over looking. 
 

P.S. I initially submitted an I-485 , back in 2020 which was denied due to me not having a status to adjust from . Our lawyer initially told us we could adjust when we started looking into fixing my status back when I was 17 years old . We didn’t actually start the process until I was 20 years old . 

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13 hours ago, Galady96 said:

I have less than 180 of accrued lawful precedence since turning 18 so I’m not subject to a bar . I entered on a B2 visa when I was 9 and got DACA at 16 . The only other I could adjust in the US  would have been if I was getting a green card via marriage or a child over 21 .  Or if I had parole in place . Please enlighten me on any other option I'm over looking. 
 

P.S. I initially submitted an I-485 , back in 2020 which was denied due to me not having a status to adjust from . Our lawyer initially told us we could adjust when we started looking into fixing my status back when I was 17 years old . We didn’t actually start the process until I was 20 years old . 

That’s very odd. Adjusting from DACA is permitted, that’s sort of the whole point of it - to allow people to stay whilst they get their status regularised. I thought perhaps you didn’t enter with inspection but it seems that’s not the case. 
 

It does sound like your lawyer was right and you should have been able to adjust, but I’m only guessing based on the info here, I’m sure your case is much more nuanced. 
 

No point in looking at other options now if your interview is imminent! But to answer your original question, as said above you’d normally have your visa back within a couple of weeks, but I would prepare yourself for longer just in case. 
 

Best of luck, let us know how it goes. 
 

 

[Galady96 1]

4 hours ago, appleblossom said:

That’s very odd. Adjusting from DACA is permitted, that’s sort of the whole point of it - to allow people to stay whilst they get their status regularised. I thought perhaps you didn’t enter with inspection but it seems that’s not the case. 
 

It does sound like your lawyer was right and you should have been able to adjust, but I’m only guessing based on the info here, I’m sure your case is much more nuanced. 
 

No point in looking at other options now if your interview is imminent! But to answer your original question, as said above you’d normally have your visa back within a couple of weeks, but I would prepare yourself for longer just in case. 
 

Best of luck, let us know how it goes. 
 

 

My case is not more than what I presented . My parents brought me here at 9 years old via a B2 visa. At 16, I got Daca, and my dad applied for a visa for me at 20. (no multiple entries , no felonies , no immigration law violations other than overstaying my visa as a minor)

 

The whole point of DACA is to protect childhood arrivals from deportation, not necessarily to allow people to stay while adjusting status . DACA does not give us any "lawful status" in the US . We just get protection from deportation and work permits . Multiple DACA have adjusted in the US through "immediate relatives" ( once a child turns 21, they're no longer considered an immediate relative -my case). Every other DACA recipient that is applying for a visa without being sponsored by an immediate relative has to undergo consular processing.  I'm on a DACA page where a few members with legal entry have had to go their country in order to get EB2 and H1-B visas.

 

Thank you ! I'll keep y'all updated on my case.