why the backlog in US embassy Accra?

[jarta 24]

why is the US embassy in Accra backed up? is it because Ghana is a high visa fraud country and so they need to do extra check on each applicant? i just cant believe how long we have to wait to get an interview. other countries get interviews withing weeks upon completion of their case from NVC.

[Zee Bee 61]

Too many to mention. There are a lot of petitions that go through Ghana. Then when you add tourist, student and J1s, DV lottery visas and the waiver applications (I forgot how many countries but for a large chunk of Sub-Saharan Africa) it just adds up. It seems to have gotten much worse since we went through the process.

[jarta 24]

i think they have a USCIS office in Accra for West Africa or so. not too sure about that though. but shouldn't they then allocate more resources to Accra if they have increase in demand? i think Accra is the most backed up US embassy in the world. let me know if i am wrong.

[patient2010 93]

No you are right they are backed up pretty bad good luck!

[midge and isi 8]

It is worth the wait in the end- hang on....

[BisandYessy 4]

Ghana is not a fraud country , it's because so many application passes through Accra, I know people from Nigeria , Togo and even Liberia who are applying through Ghana , I think it is easy to get approve in Ghana compared to countries like Nigeria ,so because of that there are so many cases, I wrote to the consulate last week requesting my interview t be move forward and they explained to me that they are processing so many case and therefore cannot change it.

Edited March 29, 2012 by BisandYessy

[jarta 24]

Ghana is not a fraud country , it's because so many application passes through Accra, I know people from Nigeria , Togo and even Liberia who are applying through Ghana , I think it is easy to get approve in Ghana compared to countries like Nigeria ,so because of that there are so many cases, I wrote to the consulate last week requesting my interview t be move forward and they explained to me that they are processing so many case and therefore cannot change it.

if all these other countries are applying through Ghana, shouldn't the US government allocate more resources to the Accra embassy then? all the same, i guess its worth the wait.

[midge and isi 8]

We waited almost 6 months from pick up to interview- so things have improved a little...

I thought you could only apply in the country the ben. was living in?

[Sapphire Moon 25]

We waited almost 6 months from pick up to interview- so things have improved a little...

I thought you could only apply in the country the ben. was living in?

Same here! In my case, the petition was approved in February. But his interview is not until August.

So that is a 6 month wait.

The only good thing about such a long a wait time for the interview is that it gives us more time to prepare and organize our proof of evidence

[midge and isi 8]

Same here! In my case, the petition was approved in February. But his interview is not until August.

So that is a 6 month wait.

The only good thing about such a long a wait time for the interview is that it gives us more time to prepare and organize our proof of evidence

Agree- the time makes it do you can get everything and anything--- VJ members have some advantage in that

Israel saw so many denials when he was there because they didnt have this or that--