Thread for Acrra Ghana applicants
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Rightly said. I also think it depends on the officer working on your case, some of them will over look certain things, while some very strick oneso will like to explore every detail and get to the bottom of everything. It can be really stressful, but prayer is still the key.
@Cosey what @bbccanada just said makes a lot of sense. They may understand that you are not their father but may suspect you are close relatives so the DNA test is the easiest way to set AVO at ease.
@Cosey what I want to know is have you called cic? and asked them if they made an error that these are your step children? I am asking because it's an error I have not heard of asking DNA when u have said they are not your children. more like the mother and kiss should conduct DNA...
I would ask you yo call CIC Mississauga and ask them did they male a mistake? have them escalate to their manager to look into if AVO MADE AN ERROR if they say it's not an error then complete the DNA kit. it's expensive so you want to make sure on their end. Have the sponsor call 1-888-242-2100 Monday to Friday 8am to 4. indicate you want to make sure they did not make an error with your package because you have said the children are not yours. please do that first because they have the manager look into the case and get back to the visa officer then they will tell you how to proceed.
I would ask you yo call CIC Mississauga and ask them did they male a mistake? have them escalate to their manager to look into if AVO MADE AN ERROR if they say it's not an error then complete the DNA kit. it's expensive so you want to make sure on their end. Have the sponsor call 1-888-242-2100 Monday to Friday 8am to 4. indicate you want to make sure they did not make an error with your package because you have said the children are not yours. please do that first because they have the manager look into the case and get back to the visa officer then they will tell you how to proceed.
I e-mailed AVO plus a letter explaining all these. The reply said me as a sponsor will have to undergo dna test. They are not my kids for sure but i dont know what they want to establish. They are saying parent/ child relationship. But that one has been explained but still dna.
Then I think they want to make sure the children and yourself are not related in any way...
sorry to hear about this it can be expensive and they really challenge and scrutinize when there are children in the application that don't belong to you. they may feel some ways as if it's not genuine relationship. take heart and do all that you can.
Question:
How long is the visa issued for?
I know before it was 6 months or when medical expires (whichever one that comes first) .
But it seems it's changed now, so for those who have received, how many months/weeks where you given.
Found out yesterday too that AVO closes 1pm Friday , I just smh. My husband and I went to their office and the head security said they were closed for the day. We got there 1.30pm
How long is the visa issued for?
I know before it was 6 months or when medical expires (whichever one that comes first) .
But it seems it's changed now, so for those who have received, how many months/weeks where you given.
Found out yesterday too that AVO closes 1pm Friday , I just smh. My husband and I went to their office and the head security said they were closed for the day. We got there 1.30pm
When you go back to Visa office again can you please find out what are they doing with 2017 applications and when they plan to process ours please and thank you. And also why do they keep responding with automated response instead of actual details of our query. Thank you
Awwww I would have asked this for us, but we are departing Ghana tomorrow actually.
bbccanada
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- Jul 19, 2012
- 157
- Visa Office......
- Accra
- App. Filed.......
- 05-01-2017
- Doc's Request.
- none
- AOR Received.
- 18-01-2017
- File Transfer...
- 20-01-2017 in process Accra 02-02-2017
- Med's Request
- upfront
- Interview........
- No interview
- Passport Req..
- 21-11-2017
- VISA ISSUED...
- 04-12-2017
@cutie, I agree with what you saying but you have to understand that once a file is transferred to the processing destination all the power to deal with the application is transferred as well so whatever AVO office requested SAGA will never interfere in that even if you call them they will tell you to call the Visa Office which would be more stressful than even doing the DNA. In addition, there is no way AVO will process application like that not only Cosey but to any of us on this forum without asking for something regarding the number of children in question no way. For example when I was applying for citizenship certificate for my own biological daughter only God knows the stress the AVO put me through. Even when the certificate was processed here in Canada send to AVO for pick up they never called us until I was told it was sent to Accra before I sent my wife to pick up. Hence I think the best thing is to do the DNA even though it is expensive but we have to deal with the evils sitting at the AVO stressing people out.
Went to find out about our app on Wednesday.
Of course they were not going straight to the point why so much delay, but was asked to submit supporting documents. Which we did together with letter and dropped it yesterday though We couldn't see anyone since they were closed for the day when we got there but the head security took it and said they will look at it on Monday.
Fingers crossed, I'm not expecting any sentiment, our minds are already set for 12momths.
safe journey home..
we are having a nice weather today...
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From what I gathered, it's either the expiration date of your medicals or the expiration date of your passport, whichever comes first. In my case, we did medicals on nov 6th 2016, so our visa expires on November 6th 2017. Funny cuz we only got our passport back today and have to rush and get ready to depart for Canada by the 6th of Nov.