US Immigration from Ghana

The NOA 2 is valid for 4 months, so once it expires , what needs to be done ? Do we write to the embassy or NVC to ask for extension? Thanks

Hi everyone ,

I'd like to encourage all who are seeking to join their partners in overseas to take it to God first and with sincerity to their spouse and God no matter how hard the devil fights your process, you shall overcome and be victorious . My fianc filled for me as a K1 partner in June 2018 in the U.S. All dealings with NVC was handled by him and by Nov 2019, we were approved to finally book for the interview in Ghana. Our interview date was early 2020 . On the said morning of our interview my husband had arrived in Ghana some days earlier to do the traditional marriage rites. We were so happy and the occasion went well. Indeed we added more printed pics of the occasion. During the interview the first thing I said was "we just got married over the weekend" the consular interviewing me moved back and said to me " this would change your whole process..... Did I just hear you say you just got married?" Folks, that was when reality check hit me and I started to TRY to rethink what I had just done to myself. I tried to do damage control by telling her it was a traditional marriage and not court. But looks like the consular even knew more of our culture than I did. She explained to me traditional marriage is recognized marriage in the Ghanaian culture that did we sign anything? Then the Holy Spirit took control from here.... I replied NO!!!!! she asked me one more time to confirm if am married or not and then I replied No please it was a knocking ceremony more like an introduction of both families. Then my interview began. She first asked how we met, when last we saw each other; i quickly replied he's outside waiting. Then things changed, almost all the other questions were about his ex wife which I really didn't expect. but like I said the Holy spirit had taken control and I provided all the answers accordingly. Thankful to God and my fianc who had been an open book from day 1. my interview lasted for 12-13mins. Then I saw her reach for a paper with a yellow marker and gave me the magic words. I said to her "thank you and I Thank God" she smiled back and I walked briskly to my fianc to celebrate .

The second struggle set in when COVID hit and my visa delayed for almost nine months. In the course of that they dug my background and realized I had been to the embassy about 16 years ago with different dates of birth and names. So I was written to prove that I am the same person who came to them 16 years ago and they needed proof on a official documents before 2010. Apparently I went to the embassy when I was about 15 years and my sister who did my passport for me completely used wrong information for my full name, date of birth and that was on my first passport I went to the embassy with. It was when I was at the university that I realized all information on my first passport was wrong and had to do a new passport in 2010 by canceling the old one with the wrong information . So basically what was happening was that I had gone to the embassy with two different passports with two different set of names and date of births and due to my finger prints all of them popped up. So there was a doubt here and they wanted to make sure I am who I am for the K1 visa. What made matters worst was that the birth certificate my big sister used for my first passport happened to be fake to my surprise. My advice here is that never give birth certificate process to any agent or connection person to process for you. Find time and do the process yourself, go to the office and make sure it is genuinely done. Finally, my husband had to write a cover letter to me to submit explaining the circumstance leading to these errors in name and date of birth, having admitted that I am the same person who went there around 2005.Here , the fact is that please don't lie, because the embassy knows and has lot of information about you and the least lies will deny the chance to be considered. By the grace of God, I submitted my JSS certificate which has my name and correct date of birth, SSS certificate, all my transcripts, voter ID, Driving License, ECOWAS ID and also the old expired passport with the wrong names and dates of birth to prove that I used it and in two days I was issued a visa after my passport had been returned to me twice because of this back and forth.

Lessons to leave -1. please for K1, even if you have done traditional marriage, never disclose that, if you do you will be denied and asked for CR1 to be processed. 2. Only traditional knocking is acceptable for k1 process. 3. Never make any attempt to lie, because the embassy may have more information about you than you may think. and 4. most importantly than anything, please pray, pray pray and trust God and know that righteousness opens doors. Once you remain faithful, righteous and sincere to God and your partner, you will definitely get your visa. Now I am here and married to my husband and other processes are being followed. Glory be to God.

Hello, greetings. I'm asking this for a friend. He is currently in Ghana awaiting K1 interview, case was approved and at NVC. Unfortunately his fianc died in the US. He is confuse about what to do next. Can the house please help him with some information? Thanks

Hello VJ Forum,

I decided to shared the withdrawal process with the forum in case someone else needs to reference it. After deciding to withdrew my petition, I couldn't find much information on here and I said I would come back and share; hopefully, no one else will need it.

The petition was submitted 20 April 2020. I contacted USCIS to inquired of the process of withdrawing the petition and here is the information needed:

In order to withdraw the petition you MUST send in a letter to request withdrawal, no need to go into details. The letter must include yours and beneficiary full name, your address, your phone number, the Receipt Number (WAC XXXXXXXX), and the beneficiary A #, if applicable. You must sign and date the letter.

Mail letter to the Service center that processed your case. California processed mine and the mailing address:

24000 Avila Road

2nd Fl/Room 2312

Laguna Niguel, CA 92677.

I am waiting on receipt for the letter.

I am really grateful to this forum for being so helpful during the process of the application. I did the entire K-1 myself because of this forum, without RFI and it was approved. Just unfortunate. It is what it is. We live and learn and do better next time. I did gained a great friend from here while going through this process (Hi! @Linneku2023 ) and although I am no longer in the process I will check in here and there.

Good luck to everyone.

So, I am at the final stage of scheduling an appointment for my US K-1 Visa in Accra, Ghana and now they re asking me for an address or location where I d like my documents to be delivered (I suppose after the interview) but the only option it shows is the U.S Embassy s address. What do I do? Do I just choose that because I can t go past this stage without choosing that (being the only option).