Personal items at embassy

[JC&BS 75]

Hello

 

When going to embassy what measures are taken once you are called in? They take everything from you and place it in a bin? Is it safe?

[Aburashid 10]

2 hours ago, JC&BS said:

Hello

 

When going to embassy what measures are taken once you are called in? They take everything from you and place it in a bin? Is it safe?

Unless things have changed since the last time I was there, the U.S. Embassy in Ghana is notoriously rigid about bringing things other than documents inside. There are no bins or lockers for securing your personal belongings, especially cell phones, and they don't allow you to bring cell phones inside the Embassy. Imagine standing in line in the Accra hot sun for a long time before reaching the door only to be told just as you feel the cool AC hit your face that you can't enter unless you can leave your phone with a friend or relative outside, or worse, if you came alone, a complete stranger out there who knows what you didn't know and offers to "hold" your phone for you until you finish. If leaving your phone with someone is not an option, you may have no choice but to leave the line altogether and walk ALL THE WAY back to where your car is parked to leave your phone in your car...and what if you arrived by taxi or by tro-tro? U.S. Embassy in Ghana is no joke. If what I've described has changed since I was last there for my wife's interview two years ago, then hallelujah. If not, be forewarned and enter only with your documents...

[DeepGaga 24]

5 hours ago, Aburashid said:

Unless things have changed since the last time I was there, the U.S. Embassy in Ghana is notoriously rigid about bringing things other than documents inside. There are no bins or lockers for securing your personal belongings, especially cell phones, and they don't allow you to bring cell phones inside the Embassy. Imagine standing in line in the Accra hot sun for a long time before reaching the door only to be told just as you feel the cool AC hit your face that you can't enter unless you can leave your phone with a friend or relative outside, or worse, if you came alone, a complete stranger out there who knows what you didn't know and offers to "hold" your phone for you until you finish. If leaving your phone with someone is not an option, you may have no choice but to leave the line altogether and walk ALL THE WAY back to where your car is parked to leave your phone in your car...and what if you arrived by taxi or by tro-tro? U.S. Embassy in Ghana is no joke. If what I've described has changed since I was last there for my wife's interview two years ago, then hallelujah. If not, be forewarned and enter only with your documents...

He is absolutely right. My interview was today and only went in with requested documents. They won’t allow anything not even an umbrella. Unless u go with someone who can hold it outside 4 u.

[Aburashid 10]

32 minutes ago, DeepGaga said:

He is absolutely right. My interview was today and only went in with requested documents. They won’t allow anything not even an umbrella. Unless u go with someone who can hold it outside 4 u.

Hope your interview was super successful. All the best!

[DeepGaga 24]

6 hours ago, Aburashid said:

Hope your interview was super successful. All the best!

Yes. Tnx

[JC&BS 75]

Is there a special type of folder we are supposed to place documents in? Any type is ok or?

[Lil bear 4,271]

2 minutes ago, JC&BS said:

Is there a special type of folder we are supposed to place documents in? Any type is ok or?

No folder needed. Clip your paperwork together and slide Int’l a large envelope 

[D-R-J 192]

Depending how trusting you are, there is a place by the taxi rank that will store your phone for a small fee.