{"id":282696,"date":"2011-02-26T12:13:33","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T12:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/26\/us-embassy-in-ghana-announces-new-visa-appointment-service\/"},"modified":"2011-02-26T12:13:33","modified_gmt":"2011-02-26T12:13:33","slug":"us-embassy-in-ghana-announces-new-visa-appointment-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/26\/us-embassy-in-ghana-announces-new-visa-appointment-service\/","title":{"rendered":"US Embassy in Ghana announces new visa appointment service"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"83.2524059493\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/general-news\/\" title=\"View all posts in General News\" rel=\"category tag\">General News<\/a> \u00bb US Embassy in Ghana announces new visa appointment service<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t    \t<span>Page last updated at Saturday, February 26, 2011 12:12 PM \/\/ <\/span>\n\t\t\t    <\/div>\n<p> <!--end: postmeta-->\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/86e58dc8us-visa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2103\" title=\"us-visa\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/86e58dc8us-visa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a>The US Embassy in Accra, Ghana is introducing a new non-immigrant (visitor) visa appoint service come March 1, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The Embassy in a press release copied to ghanabusinessnews.com says as of March 1, 2011 all non-immigrant visa applicants must schedule appointments through the US Visa Information Service at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustraveldocs.com\/\">www.ustraveldocs.com<\/a> or by calling 233-263011685.<\/p>\n<p>The Embassy advices applicants to follow the steps outlined below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: Pay the visa application fee at any Ecobank branch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: Complete the online nonimmigrant visa application form (CEAC\/DS-160).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3: <\/strong>Schedule a visa interview appointment at www.ustraveldocs.com or by calling or 233-263011685. Three pieces of information will be required to schedule an appointment:<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 passport number<br \/>*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MRV fee payment receipt<br \/>*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The ten (10) digit barcode number from your DS-160 confirmation page<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong>: Visit the U.S. Embassy in Accra on the date and time of the visa interview. Applicants will need to bring a printed copy of the appointment letter, the DS-160 confirmation page, one recent visa photograph, current and all old passports, and the original visa fee payment receipt.\u00a0 Applications without all of these items will not be accepted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong>: Applicants will collect issued visas in person at the U.S. Embassy in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants who have already scheduled visa appointments, the Embassy says, will not be impacted by this change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who have already scheduled an appointment through the current online system should bring their Standard Chartered receipt and proceed via the current process.\u00a0\u00a0 Applicants who have paid their MRV fee prior to March 1, 2011, but have not scheduled an appointment, will have a grace period from March 1, 2011 until April 30, 2011 to use their MRV fee for appointment scheduling,\u201d it says.<\/p>\n<p>The Embassy adds that anyone with an MRV receipt obtained prior to March 1 will have to pay the MRV fee again if they have not scheduled an appointment before April 30, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>By Emmanuel K. 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