Thread for Acrra Ghana applicants

[femi990]

GUESS WHAT, GUYSSSSS!!!

SOMETHING FANTABULOUS HAPPENED TO ME THIS MORNING!! AS I WAS GETTING THE KIDDIES READY FOR SCHOOL, A CALL CAME IN FROM WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE AN OTTAWA AREA CODE (613). I ANSWERED IT WITH AN UNPLEASANT TONE WITH THOUGHTS THAT IT MIGHT BE A COLLECTION CALL. TO MY SURPRISE! IT WAS A CALL FROM THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION COMMISION OF CANADA ON BEHALF OF AVO!!!! WOOT WOOT. THEY WANTED CLARIFICATION ON HUBBYS PAPERS CONFIRMING WHETHER IF MY CHILDREN WERE HIS BIOLOGICALLY. SHE SAID AVO WAS A BIT CONFUSED AS MY HUSBAND STATED THAT THE CHILDREN WERE HIS AND IT SHOWS ONLY THREE PERSONS ON THE APPLICATION. THE THREE PERSONS ARE MYSELF, HUBBY AND HIS BIOLOGICAL SON. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN OF MY OWN AND HE REFERS TO THEM AS HIS BABIES AS WELL(REAL MAN INDEED) I CLARIFIED IT TO HER THAT IN OUR CULTURE, WE DONT NORMALLY USE THE WORD "STEP CHILDREN" ITS USUALLY CONSIDERED HIS. THEN SHE ALSO SAID, THEY NOTICED MY SON HAD THREE DIFFERENT NAMES AND IF HE GOES BY THEM ALL. I ANSWERED YES AND SHE SAID, OH OK BECAUSE THE OFFICER ASSIGNED TO WAS A BIT CONFUSED AND IS WORKING ON THE FILE AS WE SPEAK! I WAS SUPER SUPER EXCITED. SHE SAID WE SHOULD BE HEARING FROM THEM SHORTLY!!!!! I TOLD HER MY SON'S BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP IN DECEMBER AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE HIM HERE WITH US TO CELEBRATE IT. SHE SAID, SHE DOESNT THINK IT WILL BE THAT QUICK BUT WE WILL HEAR FROM THEM SHORTLY WITHIN A MONTH.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? DO YOU THINK THEY WILL BE CONTACTING HUBBY SOON? HAS ANYONE GOTTEN A PERSONAL CALL LIKE THAT FROM AVI BEFORE AND IF SO IS IT A GOOD SIGN?

These are some of the reasons why AVO spends a lot of time on people's aplication! You should have attached a note explaning that in your culture you are not allowed to use step children and again whatever obtains in your culture is not supposed to be filled out in your application that way! Or would you say because polygamy is accepted in your culture therefore you can put in an application and say you have 3 wives? I'm not trying to discourage you tho just giving guide to others who may have similar cases! Always explain what you think AVO won't understand because the person who is checking and attending to your file does not know what obtains in your culture!

 

[femi990]

GUESS WHAT, GUYSSSSS!!!

SOMETHING FANTABULOUS HAPPENED TO ME THIS MORNING!! AS I WAS GETTING THE KIDDIES READY FOR SCHOOL, A CALL CAME IN FROM WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE AN OTTAWA AREA CODE (613). I ANSWERED IT WITH AN UNPLEASANT TONE WITH THOUGHTS THAT IT MIGHT BE A COLLECTION CALL. TO MY SURPRISE! IT WAS A CALL FROM THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION COMMISION OF CANADA ON BEHALF OF AVO!!!! WOOT WOOT. THEY WANTED CLARIFICATION ON HUBBYS PAPERS CONFIRMING WHETHER IF MY CHILDREN WERE HIS BIOLOGICALLY. SHE SAID AVO WAS A BIT CONFUSED AS MY HUSBAND STATED THAT THE CHILDREN WERE HIS AND IT SHOWS ONLY THREE PERSONS ON THE APPLICATION. THE THREE PERSONS ARE MYSELF, HUBBY AND HIS BIOLOGICAL SON. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN OF MY OWN AND HE REFERS TO THEM AS HIS BABIES AS WELL(REAL MAN INDEED) I CLARIFIED IT TO HER THAT IN OUR CULTURE, WE DONT NORMALLY USE THE WORD "STEP CHILDREN" ITS USUALLY CONSIDERED HIS. THEN SHE ALSO SAID, THEY NOTICED MY SON HAD THREE DIFFERENT NAMES AND IF HE GOES BY THEM ALL. I ANSWERED YES AND SHE SAID, OH OK BECAUSE THE OFFICER ASSIGNED TO WAS A BIT CONFUSED AND IS WORKING ON THE FILE AS WE SPEAK! I WAS SUPER SUPER EXCITED. SHE SAID WE SHOULD BE HEARING FROM THEM SHORTLY!!!!! I TOLD HER MY SON'S BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP IN DECEMBER AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE HIM HERE WITH US TO CELEBRATE IT. SHE SAID, SHE DOESNT THINK IT WILL BE THAT QUICK BUT WE WILL HEAR FROM THEM SHORTLY WITHIN A MONTH.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? DO YOU THINK THEY WILL BE CONTACTING HUBBY SOON? HAS ANYONE GOTTEN A PERSONAL CALL LIKE THAT FROM AVI BEFORE AND IF SO IS IT A GOOD SIGN?

However in very happy they called you because otherwise they would just you to refil the form where you wrote the names of your children again which will delay your application! Be happy because AVO has given you a rare opportunity

 

[Alison169]

Thank-you Femi .....it has been a long and frustrating wait for all of us. Hope and support of each other are paramount. Your guidance is both appreciated and welcomed. Naponga we are all happy you have been given a rare opportunity to provide direct clarification. It is important to do so in the context of Canadian culture, essential to any application. The more clarity that can be provided to both CIC and AVO accordingly the better informed immigration staff become which facilitates the approval process and decision making generally.

We are all looking forward the coming week....a new month and a new round of approvals.

 

[willyblue]

Thank you so much for your explanation Ardnacieso...Wishing you all the best and goodluck..Worry not for the good Lord has already made things happened for you..Expect good news next week.

 

[Ardnacieso]

Thank you so much for your explanation Ardnacieso...Wishing you all the best and goodluck..Worry not for the good Lord has already made things happened for you..Expect good news next week.

Hello willyblue.... You are welcome.... By next week I will surely hear from them... Amen...

 

[missp]

Hello all, please i don't know if anyone can help with my question. I want to sponsor my spouse soon. Visa office will be Accra. I got my PR through provincial nominee(there was no job offer requirement). I now live in another province and have a full time job.Will CIC take the fact that i am now living in another province into consideration before approving me as a sponsor?

 

[lamour]

THANKS LAMOUR. I BELIEVE SO TOO! THAT WAS THE BEST NEWS IVE GOTTEN ALL DAY. I PRAY YOU HEAR FROM THEM SOON AS WELL.
WHATS YOUR STATUS WITH THEM ANYWAY AND SORRY IF YOUVE ALREADY ANSWERED ON THE THREAD ALREADY. AT TIMES, ITS HARD TO READ EVERY SINGLE RESPONSE. I NOTICED YOURE A JANUARY APPLICANT. WHATEVER YOUR STATUS SAYS, IT SHALL ALL COME TO PASS VERY SOON. AMEN!
BE BLESS.

You are welcome.
Did you mean my status in ecas......it's in process. It changed to in process back in August. We are still waiting. It's a new month and we hope and pray to hear from them.

 

[lamour]

Hello all, please i don't know if anyone can help with my question. I want to sponsor my spouse soon. Visa office will be Accra. I got my PR through provincial nominee(there was no job offer requirement). I now live in another province and have a full time job.Will CIC take the fact that i am now living in another province into consideration before approving me as a sponsor?

I doubt. As long as you are now a PR, it shouldn't matter which province you are currently located.

 

[missp]

I doubt. As long as you are now a PR, it shouldn't matter which province you are currently located.

Thanks for the response....

 

[lamour]

Thanks for the response....

. You are welcome.

 

[Naponga]

These are some of the reasons why AVO spends a lot of time on people's aplication! You should have attached a note explaning that in your culture you are not allowed to use step children and again whatever obtains in your culture is not supposed to be filled out in your application that way! Or would you say because polygamy is accepted in your culture therefore you can put in an application and say you have 3 wives? I'm not trying to discourage you tho just giving guide to others who may have similar cases! Always explain what you think AVO won't understand because the person who is checking and attending to your file does not know what obtains in your culture!

@FEMI990....I WILL TAKE YOUR RESPONSE IN GOOD FAITH !. I INTERPRETATED THAT CALL AS, I WAS AHEAD OF THE GAME AND AVO JUST NEEDED A BIT MORE CLARITY. LIKE I SAID, I MARRIED A REAL MAN! I WENT ON TO ADD THE CULTURE STATEMENT TO MAKE A POINT TO THE CALLER. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE ALSO NOTED THAT I REPRESENTED MYSELF FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION! I MADE SURE I COVERED ALL MY BASES TO AVOID CONFUSIONS. HOWEVER, IF YOU BRING CHILDREN INTO A MARRIAGE, THE CHILDREN IN MY OPINION, MARRYING TO A SENSIBLE SPOUSE, SHOULD NOT BE TITLED "STEP CHILDREN"! I STATED CULTURE BECAUSE IT TOOK ME AWHILE TO REGISTER IT IN MY MIND THAT HE CLAIMS THEM AS HIS OWN. ON MY FIRST VISIT TO GHANA, MY HUBBYS MOM CALLED THEM HER GRANDBABIES. MY DAUGHTER WAS A BIT CONFUSED...LOL... I WAS TOLD IT WAS A NORMAL IN OUR CULTURE(GHANAIAN)!! EXPLAINING MYSELF USING THE WORD"CULTURE" WAS TO GIVE HER AN IDEA OF WHERE MY HUSBAND IS FROM AND WHAT HE HAS LEARN LIVING THERE ALL HIS LIFE. I MIGHT BE READING INTO THIS THE WRONG WAY. ANYWAY, THANK GOD WEVE CROSSED OVER THAT HURDLE. I WENT AHEAD AND EXPLAINED ON ONE OF THE APPLICATION THE REASONS WHY THE CHILDREN WOULD NOT BE ACCOMPANYING HIM. THEY ARE CANADIANS AND THEY RESIDE HERE. MY HUSBANDS APPLICATION WAS PRETTY THOROUGH AND I GUESS IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE OFFICER HANDLING THE FILE. GOD KNOWS THIS WOULDNT HAVE PUT ANY DELAYS ON MY APPLCIATION AS I WAS QUITE CLEAR! I DECIDED TO SHARE THAT NEWS BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THE CALL WAS A FRIENDLY CALL BECAUSE WE SIMPLY WERE CHIT CHATTING AND IT FELT DAMNNNN GOOD!!!!!

ANYWAY HONEY, WE ARE ALL FIGHTING THE SAME BATTLES. EITHER WE'RE WAITING FOR OUR SPOUSES TO COME TO US OR WE'RE WAITING TO GET TO THEM. GOD BLESS US ALL.

PS. I READ THAT MESSAGE AS IF YOU WERE TRYING TO THROW "SHADE"

 

[femi990]

@FEMI990....I WILL TAKE YOUR RESPONSE IN GOOD FAITH !. I INTERPRETATED THAT CALL AS, I WAS AHEAD OF THE GAME AND AVO JUST NEEDED A BIT MORE CLARITY. LIKE I SAID, I MARRIED A REAL MAN! I WENT ON TO ADD THE CULTURE STATEMENT TO MAKE A POINT TO THE CALLER. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE ALSO NOTED THAT I REPRESENTED MYSELF FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION! I MADE SURE I COVERED ALL MY BASES TO AVOID CONFUSIONS. HOWEVER, IF YOU BRING CHILDREN INTO A MARRIAGE, THE CHILDREN IN MY OPINION, MARRYING TO A SENSIBLE SPOUSE, SHOULD NOT BE TITLED "STEP CHILDREN"! I STATED CULTURE BECAUSE IT TOOK ME AWHILE TO REGISTER IT IN MY MIND THAT HE CLAIMS THEM AS HIS OWN. ON MY FIRST VISIT TO GHANA, MY HUBBYS MOM CALLED THEM HER GRANDBABIES. MY DAUGHTER WAS A BIT CONFUSED...LOL... I WAS TOLD IT WAS A NORMAL IN OUR CULTURE(GHANAIAN)!! EXPLAINING MYSELF USING THE WORD"CULTURE" WAS TO GIVE HER AN IDEA OF WHERE MY HUSBAND IS FROM AND WHAT HE HAS LEARN LIVING THERE ALL HIS LIFE. I MIGHT BE READING INTO THIS THE WRONG WAY. ANYWAY, THANK GOD WEVE CROSSED OVER THAT HURDLE. I WENT AHEAD AND EXPLAINED ON ONE OF THE APPLICATION THE REASONS WHY THE CHILDREN WOULD NOT BE ACCOMPANYING HIM. THEY ARE CANADIANS AND THEY RESIDE HERE. MY HUSBANDS APPLICATION WAS PRETTY THOROUGH AND I GUESS IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE OFFICER HANDLING THE FILE. GOD KNOWS THIS WOULDNT HAVE PUT ANY DELAYS ON MY APPLCIATION AS I WAS QUITE CLEAR! I DECIDED TO SHARE THAT NEWS BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THE CALL WAS A FRIENDLY CALL BECAUSE WE SIMPLY WERE CHIT CHATTING AND IT FELT DAMNNNN GOOD!!!!!

ANYWAY HONEY, WE ARE ALL FIGHTING THE SAME BATTLES. EITHER WE'RE WAITING FOR OUR SPOUSES TO COME TO US OR WE'RE WAITING TO GET TO THEM. GOD BLESS US ALL.

PS. I READ THAT MESSAGE AS IF YOU WERE TRYING TO THROW "SHADE"

Nooooo Pls don't take it that way at all! I'm just trying to point something out in a very respectable manner! The more simple and less complicated our applications are the better for whoever is going through them! Look at it from this other angle
1 because you can kill a goat with a knife in Ghana will you do the same without permit in Canada?
2 because you can be married to multiple wives in Ghana will you put it in your application that your third wife is the one sponsoring you?
3 because you can drive without a drivers license in Ghana will you tell AVO that you have been driving for the past 5 years in Ghana without a license if they request one?
We all know African cultures are different but if you had attached an explanatory note to your application stating that your two kids are not his but that it's wrong to refer to them as step children in your culture that's why you registered them as your husbands kids as well because literarily he will be the one that will assume a father's role when you're together! I'm sure AVO would have been cleared and there won't be any need to call you!
Again it's a rare opportunity like Lamour said and you should be grateful

 

[Ardnacieso]

Happy new month to everyone here...I feel so much excited because this month I'm stepping into my testimony and my destiny.... Everyone in here will receive a passport request this month...have a good day..God is good

 

[Ardnacieso]

Naponga it's good they called you... Favor is upon your application because they normally doesn't call...

 

[Naponga]

However in very happy they called you because otherwise they would just you to refil the form where you wrote the names of your children again which will delay your application! Be happy because AVO has given you a rare opportunity

@FEMI990 I DONT HAVE THE ENERGY TO RESPOND TO YOUR RESPONSE. HAVE A GREAT SUNDAY!!!!!!!