Thread for Acrra Ghana applicants

[kod86]

Congratulations!! I have two questions for you. Maybe your full timeline can answer both? Did you notice when background check started? How long between passport request and issue of counterfoil?

Application received on April 13, 2018. Sponsor approved on June 8 and file transferred to Accra. Accra office contacted me on December 20, 2018 with a medical request and pre-arrival service was sent to me as well. December 26, 2018 - received PCC request, Schedule A to be completed again and make payment for RPRF. Medical was passed on January 3, 2019, and background check changed to in process this same day. January 11, 2019 - received passport request and decision made on ecas. Passport was sent on Jan 14. GCkeys was updated on Jan 23 to approved with visa counterfoil details. So basically 9 days in between. Today passport is already with the visa application centre ready for collection. All in all 9 months 10 days.

I have friends who also got their application approved in 9months in Accra. Trust me if your case is simple it takes less than 12 months but if its complex, then you gonna wait. So the same timelines might not apply to everyone. Accra office is doing a great job! Wish you all the best.

 

[bago4c]

Application received on April 13, 2018. Sponsor approved on June 8 and file transferred to Accra. Accra office contacted me on December 20, 2018 with a medical request and pre-arrival service was sent to me as well. December 26, 2018 - received PCC request, Schedule A to be completed again and make payment for RPRF. Medical was passed on January 3, 2019, and background check changed to in process this same day. January 11, 2019 - received passport request and decision made on ecas. Passport was sent on Jan 14. GCkeys was updated on Jan 23 to approved with visa counterfoil details. So basically 9 days in between. Today passport is already with the visa application centre ready for collection. All in all 9 months 10 days.

I have friends who also got their application approved in 9months in Accra. Trust me if your case is simple it takes less than 12 months but if its complex, then you gonna wait. So the same timelines might not apply to everyone. Accra office is doing a great job! Wish you all the best.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. So in essence, your application sped up between December 20 and now. Congratulations again!

 

[Testimony4sure]

Your message isn’t clear. But in generally if you were sponsored and you haven’t spent 5 years, you can’t sponsor a spouse. If a sponsored person didn’t initially include their children as accompanying but were part of the application and they passed medicals, then these children can be sponsored. The five year rule doesn’t apply here. Also note that this 5 years rule applies to sponsoring spouses/partners only, not children or grandparents. The sponsored person can sponsor their own children not their new partner.

Thank you so much you just answered my question. Thanks everyone my spouse did not include one of his kids which am trying to apply for after he settle down

Application received on April 13, 2018. Sponsor approved on June 8 and file transferred to Accra. Accra office contacted me on December 20, 2018 with a medical request and pre-arrival service was sent to me as well. December 26, 2018 - received PCC request, Schedule A to be completed again and make payment for RPRF. Medical was passed on January 3, 2019, and background check changed to in process this same day. January 11, 2019 - received passport request and decision made on ecas. Passport was sent on Jan 14. GCkeys was updated on Jan 23 to approved with visa counterfoil details. So basically 9 days in between. Today passport is already with the visa application centre ready for collection. All in all 9 months 10 days.

I have friends who also got their application approved in 9months in Accra. Trust me if your case is simple it takes less than 12 months but if its complex, then you gonna wait. So the same timelines might not apply to everyone. Accra office is doing a great job! Wish you all the best.

Congratulations. Did you use vsf Lagos passport transmission system just because not everyone has luck with ontime deliveryand all. Thanks for sharing

 

[Ghanaba]

Hi, May 2018 applicant here...I received my medical request in October and was notified that I had passed in the same month but since then there's been silence. Does anyone have an idea of how long it takes for them to get back to you after medicals?

 

[Reva4sure]

Hi, May 2018 applicant here...I received my medical request in October and was notified that I had passed in the same month but since then there's been silence. Does anyone have an idea of how long it takes for them to get back to you after medicals?

It is different for everyone. But typically between 3 to 5 months

 

[AnneMariee]

For those who have submitted medical, police report etc! did you upload the police report or did you mail it. In the letter it asked for original police certificate , we emailed to ask them but didn't get reply.
Thank you

 

[Reva4sure]

For those who have submitted medical, police report etc! did you upload the police report or did you mail it. In the letter it asked for original police certificate , we emailed to ask them but didn't get reply.
Thank you

If the request letter just says provide police certificate then you can upload in GCkey. But if the request letter specifically asks for original police certificate then you need to submit the original at one of their visa centers

 

[Reva4sure]

Hi guys. I am a bit confused. Just want to be sure that i have all the required documents. So my request letter to send my passport had a requirement to specifically fill out a new additional family information form. Then there is a line below that says:
Updated family information: you must advise us of any change in your marital status or family composition. All members of your family must be listed on IMM008 and Additional family information forms. Failure to comply mare result in a delay in the issuance of your Visa.

My question is should I fill a new IMM008? I filled one and mailed with my passport. But I just realised in GCkey there is optional document upload. Am I supposed to upload the IMM008? The Additional family information form was requested in the mandatory document upload section of GCkey.

By the way, there has been no change to my family.

 

[bago4c]

Hi guys. I am a bit confused. Just want to be sure that i have all the required documents. So my request letter to send my passport had a requirement to specifically fill out a new additional family information form. Then there is a line below that says:
Updated family information: you must advise us of any change in your marital status or family composition. All members of your family must be listed on IMM008 and Additional family information forms. Failure to comply mare result in a delay in the issuance of your Visa.

My question is should I fill a new IMM008? I filled one and mailed with my passport. But I just realised in GCkey there is optional document upload. Am I supposed to upload the IMM008? The Additional family information form was requested in the mandatory document upload section of GCkey.

By the way, there has been no change to my family.

It doesn't hurt to upload it as well. Actually, they receive uploaded documents faster than they check your physical documents. They may not know you've submitted the document together with your passport so I suggest you upload it too

 

[Reva4sure]

It doesn't hurt to upload it as well. Actually, they receive uploaded documents faster than they check your physical documents. They may not know you've submitted the document together with your passport so I suggest you upload it too

Alright Thanks. I wasn't sure if I was required to fill out the IMM008 since there is No change to my family.

 

[bago4c]

Alright Thanks. I wasn't sure if I was required to fill out the IMM008 since there is No change to my family.

If they have specifically requested for it, it's safer and faster to send it anyway--whether they need it or not

 

[Reva4sure]

If they have specifically requested for it, it's safer and faster to send it anyway--whether they need it or not

Below is all they asked for. I uploaded it anyway. Updated family information: you must advise us of any change in your marital status or family composition. All members of your family must be listed on IMM008 and Additional family information forms. Failure to comply mare result in a delay in the issuance of your Visa.

 

[akua08]

hello there,
ok so what you have to do is scan the original copy in a pdf format and upload it on the online account

 

[akua08]

hello there,
if you need to do medicals use the second address IOM since they worked with the embassy directly, also they only charge 400 for the medicals.unklie the private clinic that charges 700 cedis. all you need to do is call and book an appointment and ask question of what is required of you carry

The following Panel Physicians are available in this country - ordered by city:
City: Accra
Name: Adrian Oddoye
Address: Akai House Clinic,
No 1, 6th Circular Road,,
Cantonments,
Telephone: (233) 0302 784 772/773/774
Spoken Languages: English

City: Accra
Name: IOM Accra International Organization for Migration
Address: Migration Health Division MHD,
17 Ridge Road, Roman Ridge,
(This panel physician or clinic provides services paid by Interim Federal Health Program. Ce professionnel désigné ou cette clinique offrent des services payés par le Programme fédéral de santé intérimaire.)
Telephone: (233) 0 307 01 20 51 /244 33 58 56
Spoken Languages:
Date Modified:
2018-11-15

 

[coshx]

Does anyone know the processing time for Parent & Grandparent sponsorship in Accra office? I mean how long it takes for Accra to process it when the file is transferred to them from CPC-M.
Sponsor status is decision made before transfer to Accra.
Thanks.