After Interview how long for Visa in Accra?

[Bassi and Zainab 1]

"She loves her crazy, bird's nest hair. It's really funny. Most of the time I don't know what to do with it, "

bassi I just learned how to take care of my hair and I am 38! I found a book called "curley girl" by lorraine massy. It teaches the specials needs of curley hair and even names like three types. im a corkscrew style. I have learned to wash my hair with conditioner and never use shampoo anymore. I rub my scalp clean with conditioner. She says if you look at ingredients anyways it has the same solvents as shampoo without all the useless bubbles that overdry and damage curls. my hair is gorgeous now. I learn how to put gel in right. People just want to play with my hair now. and the book is filled with stories of girls who hated theirs hair and tried to straighten it all their lives but now that they know how to take care of it they embrace their curls. I sound like im actually making a profit off it huh? haha but its just that this book has finally taught me how to "do" my hair. and there is a special section for african american hair and stories of moms and daughters and sisters. One I remember was of a white mom who didnt know how to take care of her bi-racial daughers hair and the daughter grew up not knowing how to anything with her hair and hated her hair and always wish she had hair like her moms. Its a good book, I highly recommend it. get the book if you want to try it. I tried doing the just the conditioner thing but didnt have her techniques down and my hair looked really greasy but after learning the techniques, it looks great. Its funny not all salon type info. its more about liberating and embracing your curls and having a new attidude. Its a really cute and informative book.

Thanks Efia. I'm going to try it, cause she's getting older and I'd love to learn some things to do with her hair, cause she's already getting sick of braids.

[Bassi and Zainab 1]

I never heard of a transient visa...

Many flights to Africa go through Europe and require a "transit" visa to allow you to stop in Europe and wait for the connecting flight. Since the wait is several hours (in Amersterdam its 6 hours) they require the visa for you to "wait" in their country.

I usually fly direct from JFK because I don't have the patience for those layovers. Plus, they generally occur in the middle of the night so you can't even really go see something in the city. But after waiting through this whole process, God may have taught me to be the picture of patience. Who knows?

[Asante Maroon 0]

North American Airlines and Delta fly straight from JFK to Accra nonstop and total flight time is like 9.5-10 hours.

No stops, no refueling

I flew both airlines round trip. Delta is my preferred choice at this point because North American is unreliable. If North American does not have a full flight or close to full, they usually cancel the flight. Many people took off for vacation and lost one to two weeks of their time and then ended up not going anywhere.

Delta is fairly new flying out to Ghana so, they are on point for now.

[Bassi and Zainab 1]

Thanks zee! so I guess I have to fly to new york from cali then to accra. wow that will probably be expensive.

If you book well enough in advance you can save almost $600 booking a direct flight instead of stopping in Europe. I've flown direct on North American for $900. And you might as well try to save money on your flight, cause no matter how you do it, the one way ticket is going to be expensive.

[Bassi and Zainab 1]

Thanks zee. So since you have more experience which one is the better airlines, Delta or NA? I flew BA and I loved it. I wasnt even afraid of dying lol That was my first choice because of the personal tvs and the crew was so nice, but I have no other to compare with but with reading online the others dont seem to offer the perks plus now I know of the transient visa

Delta's flights to Ghana are relatively new, like a year or two old. I've never flown them. I don't fly them domestive anymore cause of the poor customer service. But NAA is wierd because they only fly out on Sundays and they only fly in on Tuesdays. It makes planning your stay interesting. YOu have to leave Accra on a Tuesday. You can't leave any other day. I've never experienced that before. So you can either stay two days, or a week and half? Last time I went, I stayed three and a half weeks.

[Asante Maroon 0]

I usually fly direct from JFK because I don't have the patience for those layovers. Plus, they generally occur in the middle of the night so you can't even really go see something in the city. But after waiting through this whole process, God may have taught me to be the picture of patience. Who knows?

ME TOO! I seriously don't have the patience for a layover. The straight flight works out well for me especially since the plane takes off from JFK in late afternoon to early evening....you are able to sleep on the plane (if you can) during your normal sleeping time and by the time you get to Ghana, its the AM....it cuts down a bit on the jet lag.

[Bassi and Zainab 1]

I usually fly direct from JFK because I don't have the patience for those layovers. Plus, they generally occur in the middle of the night so you can't even really go see something in the city. But after waiting through this whole process, God may have taught me to be the picture of patience. Who knows?

ME TOO! I seriously don't have the patience for a layover. The straight flight works out well for me especially since the plane takes off from JFK in late afternoon to early evening....you are able to sleep on the plane (if you can) during your normal sleeping time and by the time you get to Ghana, its the AM....it cuts down a bit on the jet lag.

That's VERY true, unless you're me, who can't sleep on airplanes. I think it's a control issue. I have the be awake in case I'm about to die and need to interceded with God for my personal survival. So I just watch three movies in a row! Bassi had his cousin fly with me last time, cause I'm not good at flying alone. Yussif fell asleep before I was even buckled in my seat! He was a great comfort! I've always flown with groups. Even when we were flown home for the summer as a child, it was me, my sister and six or seven cousins flying BWIA together. I'm such a wuss!

[Asante Maroon 0]

Delta's flights to Ghana are relatively new, like a year or two old. I've never flown them. I don't fly them domestive anymore cause of the poor customer service

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I think Delta started flying to Ghana late 2006. Delta domestic as you said, sucks...but I must say that Delta international has been on point.

I just wish more airlines would fly to Ghana so that the ticket prices will go down. Its kind of unfair that the price to go to Ghana is about the same or more than going to India when a trip to India is more than twice as long than a flight to Ghana

[Asante Maroon 0]

That's VERY true, unless you're me, who can't sleep on airplanes. I think it's a control issue. I have the be awake in case I'm about to die and need to interceded with God for my personal survival. So I just watch three movies in a row! Bassi had his cousin fly with me last time, cause I'm not good at flying alone. Yussif fell asleep before I was even buckled in my seat! He was a great comfort! I've always flown with groups. Even when we were flown home for the summer as a child, it was me, my sister and six or seven cousins flying BWIA together. I'm such a wuss!

I use to be the same way, but flying back and forth to Buffalo on JetBlue sort of broke me in. Flying to Ghana alone to see my Fiance, totally shocked my family when I could barely breathe on one of our family trips to Jamaica!

Its hard for me to sleep on the plane too... Even when I take nyquil! But I just pray and have faith that God is going to get me to my destination safe....it's been working

[His Glory 25]

Delta's flights to Ghana are relatively new, like a year or two old. I've never flown them. I don't fly them domestive anymore cause of the poor customer service

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I think Delta started flying to Ghana late 2006. Delta domestic as you said, sucks...but I must say that Delta international has been on point.

I just wish more airlines would fly to Ghana so that the ticket prices will go down. Its kind of unfair that the price to go to Ghana is about the same or more than going to India when a trip to India is more than twice as long than a flight to Ghana

Thanks for the info. I think it will be delta and so far bt-store says it will be around 1700 total for only one but I will probably go through an agent I used the first time because I dont know how to book a flight that will have me and hubby on the same plane and seats with one round trip and one one-way. PLUS if we dont get the visa intime I need to book at a rate where I can change the times (for a fee of course) Im not very savvy about it and do not know how to do all that online. I am determined to leave WITH my husband. I cant take leaving him behind anymore. If I have to live there for months, so be it. I cant take another extended time apart.

[Zee Bee 61]

I do think that Delta is more expensive than NAA. The thing with NAA is that there are no extra perks like the TV screens or anything like that. The food was good (for airplane food). I haven't heard of them cancelling flights though. When I travelled they were on time.

[Asante Maroon 0]

I do think that Delta is more expensive than NAA. The thing with NAA is that there are no extra perks like the TV screens or anything like that. The food was good (for airplane food). I haven't heard of them cancelling flights though. When I travelled they were on time.

Yes the prices for NAA went down since Delta came on the scene. The cancellations I remember being around April/May (a little before & a little after). This could have been due in part to the fact that Delta was doing there introductory sale of about $400 each way. I know so many people who were taking Delta instead of NAA at that time....maybe it made it difficult to fill NAA.

I haven't looked at airline prices since I got back from Ghana in May sooo....you may have more current info

[Luckyswife2b 0]

I do think that Delta is more expensive than NAA. The thing with NAA is that there are no extra perks like the TV screens or anything like that. The food was good (for airplane food). I haven't heard of them cancelling flights though. When I travelled they were on time.

Yes the prices for NAA went down since Delta came on the scene. The cancellations I remember being around April/May (a little before & a little after). This could have been due in part to the fact that Delta was doing there introductory sale of about $400 each way. I know so many people who were taking Delta instead of NAA at that time....maybe it made it difficult to fill NAA.

I haven't looked at airline prices since I got back from Ghana in May sooo....you may have more current info

I would say Delta is def the way to go!!! Yes, it's outrageously expensive, but it's a nonstop flight from NY to Accra!!! It takes about 10 hours total! Last I checked, tickets are still going for a little less than 2,000 usd per roundtrip ticket!! crazy price but I guess it's worth it for Love .... right???