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I’m 100% sure they will ask for a new police certificate

Yes they will and have started requesting cases! I finally after being dq'd since 2/21/20 and sitting and waiting for an interview , I woke up this morning to an email from NVC, we finally got our interview appointment for 10-18! I am so excited, I can not stop yelling! Keep an eye out for your emails!

I have been DQ’d since -2nd March 2020 .. And have since not heard from them … the wait alone is frustrating 

Hi All,
 
Want to give an update:
 
Our case went into ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING on Aug 3rd after being in READY since July 30th.
Naturally we freaked out a bit because we know the Consulate has all the documentation needed to finalize the decision. Did a little investigation and found this on US Embassy site for Japan:
 
https://jp.usembassy.gov/visas/nonimmigrant-visas/visa-status-check/
 
This provides a thorough explanation of what each status could mean. After reviewing the above link we were able to calm down a bit because  based on the explanation ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING could mean the Visa has been approved and waiting to be issued.
 
Guess WHAT???
 
My husband Visa was issued TODAY!!!!!! (Aug 5th) 😃😃😃
 
We are so very happy after 6 yrs of an uphill battle fighting tooth and nail we are FINALLY done!

We are approved. I'm crying as I type this. We waited so long for this, so many months of waiting, so many months of anxiety, it's all come to a sweet end. 
The interview went really well as everyone commented.it was very simple. Thank you each and everyone of you who replied to this post. Your words meant a lot to me. Thank you once again. 

Quick update:
Ny husband sent an email to the US Embassy on Wednesday 7/28. They responded today, Friday 7/30 and said they are finalizing the processing of our case. 

Hello everyone, has anyone heard if interview letters are going out for April 2020 DQ’s? 
Also does anyone have a WhatsApp link to those waiting for interviews in Ghana? 

Yeah it’s a long queue, We we’re DQ’d April 2020 and still haven’t gotten an IL, someone posted that they were DQ’d FEB, 2020 and are yet to receive an IL. We really can’t tell when you’ll get an IL, might be soon or it could take a while, but every case is different so 🤷‍♂️

I know! I don’t know how these people sleep at night knowing they are keeping families apart. Yes COVID is out there, and YES they need to protect the embassy employees. But looking at how huge the U.S embassy in Ghana’s building is, one would think it wouldn’t be a problem to put measures in place to ease the work of its employees. Even if it takes time to put these measures in place, IT DOESN'T TAKE OVER A YEAR TO DO SO. I kinda have a feeling there is more to what’s going on, this is absurd 

Yeah it’s a long queue, We we’re DQ’d April 2020 and still haven’t gotten an IL, someone posted that they were DQ’d FEB, 2020 and are yet to receive an IL. We really can’t tell when you’ll get an IL, might be soon or it could take a while, but every case is different so 🤷‍♂️

Please keep let us know when you get an IL

Dq feb 8, 2020 and no interview letter since

LOL - no written list given -  she just has a good memory.   Fortunately also, we correctly identified where our red flags would be before hand, so we expected a lot of these questions and practised several variations of them for weeks.  Our strategy was to keep answers as brief as possible and expand on answers only when necessary or if prompted by the CO. 
 
The only surprise question was the CRBA question on if our 2 kids had DNA testing done - to which she simply said "no".
 
We debriefed immediately after the interview and wrote down the questions she was asked as we drove back from the embassy because we had already decided to post them to the VJ site because of all the help we got from here.   I pulled hundreds of useful interview questions from VJ that were really useful.   
 
So my advise is -
1. think of where your red flags would be and prepare thoroughly for them. 
2. review as many interview questions as you can find on VJ. 
3. keep your answers short and don't ramble on - the more you talk, the more avenues you open up for the CO to drill you.
 

Follow this page 
 
https://gh.usembassy.gov/visas/
 
 

Hello everyone.. so my CR1 interview was scheduled for today and It came on as scheduled, wasn’t canceled. By Gods grace it was approved. I wish everyone well and pray we’re reunited with our family soon. 

I go through the Ghana timelines regularly and sometimes contact individuals that may not have updated their timelines to do so.  Some people can't be bothered to update their timelines so I PM them directly to get information.  
 
You can check this link with some of the updated timelines.

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?op6=All&op66=All&op7=Ghana&op1=3&op2=&dfile=No&i129prem=All&i140prem=All&op3=&op4=1&op5=5%2C6%2C8%2C10%2C11%2C13%2C14%2C15%2C16%2C17%2C18%2C20%2C21%2C22%2C25%2C26%2C27%2C28%2C108%2C110%2C111%2C208%2C210%2C211&cfl=
 
I hope you find it useful. 
I will soon be after you to update your timeline 😁😅

Hello everyone, please update your timelines so we can get better estimates on Ghana. So far this is what I have gathered from our Ghana timelines:
 
PROCESSING TIMES:
NOA1 - NOA2 → 8 to 10 months
NVC submission to approval (CC/DQ) → 1 to 2 months
NVC CC/DQ  to Embassy Interview → 11 months
 
Note that the interviews just started back up in Jan 2021 after a long pause. There were a couple in January and one member was interviewed today (3-Feb-2021) and approved.
 
SUGGESTIONS:
① I suggest that individuals that are waiting on their NOA2 approval should start gathering documentation for their I-260 and I-864 requirements.  If you are in the 6th month of waiting for your NOA2 then you may also consider getting your police reports especially if you lived abroad for over a year. This will save you valuable time.  I spent 6 weeks between my NOA2 and final submission to NVC because I didn't plan ahead.
 
If anyone has corrections or other helpful suggestions, please let us know.
 
I will update as I get more information from our timelines so please update yours. Thanks.