deckerblack

Hi acoleman1992
Does your husband have his vaccination card? All he needs to do is to fill out the i693 and take it to civil surgeon to transfer the vaccinations to the i693 form and seal it. I shouldn't cost that much. Unless some vaccines are not recorded in the vaccination card.

First of all i'll wish you the best of luck going through this process, it's stressful with all the waiting you have to do but just be strong. Use VJ to your advantage. I mailed my i-129f form two days before i started reading VJ,but it was good to read and get help from other members going through the same consulate.
My first advise is to make sure you use all original forms and make sure you mail everything to avoid RFE's. send a lot of pictures with the petition, pictures of the two of you and with family and friends in different locations, different dresses, time of day etc. i sent 10 to 15 pictures with my petition. I sent copies of our emails, yahoo chat, facebook chat and comments, every medium we used to communicate, but i believe they look at the pictures more than all these. According to my fiancee, the pictures were seperated from the folder when she went to the window for the interview so at least she knew they went through the pictures.
Find one or two people who are a step ahead of you in the process and communicate with them more, in that case you know what to expect and if there's any changes you get to know quickly, and the way the Ghana Cedi to dollars change everyday, at least you know how much you will spend every process, there are a lot of nice people here that will share their stories and their steps with you easily, i was lucky to find some and we use to send messages here and whatsapp or sometimes call to discuss the petition process. Always plan the next step ahead and start gathering your communication info. Do not wait the very last minute to print over 200+ pages. If you can print a week or two whatapp and other chat, do so.
Also just be positive and know every petition or everybody is different, we do not know what makes these people deny or approve a specific petition, so just do your best. I believe i was very lucky and God really helped. I've only visited Ghana once in the last 11 years which happened last year (which can be a red flag and she was asked about it), being in school, my income was just around the borderline. My pictures weren't labelled, i only had 4 money transfer receipts, she got my mother's first name wrong, and we were still approved.So pray and just do your part, anything you can do to help make your case more convincing, please do. Make sure the two of you stick with the same story for anything. If there's something you think the consulate will question, come with a good reason with your fiance for the interview.
U.S embassy in Ghana is very tough, but people get approved eventhough there's a lot of denials, but pray you are part of the approved ones, if not you go the marriage route.Every step is stressful, before you mail it till you are approved, even NVC can be stressful the dealing with the consulate and then waiting for a positive results on the interview date. I'm even stressed trying to get an affordable one way ticket for her to come later this month or early next month, but when the two of you communicate very well and keep each other updated, things will be easier.
Good luck again, you can always hit me up if you want to ask something