Congrats to Reggaedancer2

[ReggaeDancer2 0]

REGGAE!!!

WOOT-WOOT...

I am so so so incredibly happy to hear this news. This is absolutely fantastic.

I don't know whats in store for me. Some days I feel like I made the best decision by getting married. other days, I feel like I damned myself to start a new visajourney, fraught with new hurdles and problems.. the good think is that i will be in accra for a while doing research so kweku and i can sort some things out and figure what we want to do.

I think Im the last man standing from the africa forum olden days of 2005 when i was in ghana for the holidays the embassy gave me some positive news, but i am so distrustful of everything that comes out of that place and the people's mouths i don't want to jinx myself. im glad to hear that they are responding to emails again. when i get to accra, i think i will bombard them with emails, phone calls and visits on a regular basis....

Congratulations on your marriage!!!

Have you changed to the immigrant visa then? I have no idea if it's true (as we have both had lies and inaccuracies told to us by workers at the Embassy) but my husband said if you apply for an immigrant visa for your spouse, then it can't be denied. That's what the workers at the Embassy told him several times. The workers also said they delay cases to see if the petitioner will give up.

I envy you going back to Ghana, I long to sit on the coast and eat Banku and grilled tilipia again......and visit Kumasi. I loved Kumasi.

Edited February 23, 2007 by ReggaeDancer2

[sercontigo 1]

Wow! I am happy for the both of you. Enjoy the time together, you've spent way too much time apart!

[We_Destiny 1]

Thank you everyone! It has been an extremely hard time - emotionally and mentally. I have not seen my husband for two and a half years! I never had the money to travel back and he was not allowed to come here during the immigrant visa process. I can't say I was a complete angel - there were fights, tears, threats to give up, but through all we prayed. I sent letters to everyone I thought might help us, in the end the only thing that worked was badgering the Embassy in Accra with endless emails. When I first started this process, the Embassy in Accra never answered any of my emails. Then last summer (2006) they started replying to me. In fact, when the called my husband to pick up his visa, they didn't call his name, they called out my name! The man who handed it to him told him "your wife disturbs us all the time, she is really fighting for you". It actually came down to my stubbornness to not let him go and let them win since at once point during this process, they told my husband that I didnt' really want him (this was before I started emailing every day for weeks).

I admit my husband's faith is so much stronger than mine. He will arrive next week. I wanted him to come immediately, but he had to take care of his business and family matters before arriving. Besides, with God on our side we have the rest of our lives to be together.

I stayed away from here for a long time because it was hard to read of all the visas getting passed out when the applicants started the process so much later than we did. I do believe there is discrimination built into the system. Case in point, I work with a Philipina who came to USA in May 2006 on a visitor visa. She married a white American (I say this so you will know its also an interracial marriage) and had her green card by September 2006. I know a woman who brought her Ghanaian fiance over on a visitor visa in January 2005 and he didn't receive his green card until August 2006. Both of these cases are in California, so you can't say it has anything to do with the state. I think there is a lot of mistrust when it comes to Africans.

I know we still have many hurdles ahead of us, but I think we can get through anything together.

I wish everyone still waiting best wishes, don't give up and always fight for what you believe in. I believe in love.

Ohh my. What a long journey. I am sure you both know, your union is blessed, if you can over come those obstacles in the visa process, the two of you can over come anything else.

CONGRTULATIONS