DV lottery visa application refusal

[koto asamoah 0]

I was refused a DV lottory visa application by a consular officer in Accra, Ghana on the basis of a missing document.

I submitted my University Diploma in Basic Education from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana and my original Secondary School results slip from the West African Examination Council.

The consular officer asked of my original secondary school certificate but not the results slip.

I told her it is not with me here but pleaded with her that, I will bring it the next day.

But She said no. Hence the refusal.

I wrote a letter in a form of appeal two days after the interview to the consular section through mails and post with copies of the required secondary school certificate attached, for them to reconsider my application.

But I have not heard from them.

What should I do?

[Cathi 5,783]

There is a difference between a refusal and a denial. Did you get a 221g requesting the missing document?

[koto asamoah 0]

Yes, it was a refusal but didnt ask me to bring the document.

The consular officer told me that, she needed the certificate but not the results slip, yet, she never gave me the opportunity to produce it even within a day.

Edited March 18, 2016 by koto asamoah

[strongmyk 51]

I was refused a DV lottory visa application by a consular officer in Accra, Ghana on the basis of a missing document.

I submitted my University Diploma in Basic Education from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana and my original Secondary School results slip from the West African Examination Council.

The consular officer asked of my original secondary school certificate but not the results slip.

I told her it is not with me here but pleaded with her that, I will bring it the next day.

But She said no. Hence the refusal.

I wrote a letter in a form of appeal two days after the interview to the consular section through mails and post with copies of the required secondary school certificate attached, for them to reconsider my application.

But I have not heard from them.

What should I do?

hmm... this is strange. usually they will give you 221g and ask you to produce the missing document

[IcezMan_IcezLady 582]

But were you asked to bring in a CERTIFICATE??

I assume you didn't have the document but you showed her the results slip instead of telling her upfront that I don't have it.

You probably annoyed the CO by not being upfront and he/she had to sniff the truth out of you.

I know for sure that the Accra consulate is impatient with DV applicants..

If you weren't given an opportunity to bring the correct document then unfortunately, that might be the end.

[Penguin_ie 5,996]

***** Moving from DCF to Diversity Visa forum *****

[EmilyW 1,514]

There's not alot you can do. There are no appeals with the Diversity Lottery. If she denied you, then that's it.