{"id":355235,"date":"2017-09-22T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=355235"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:16:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:16:38","slug":"ghana-among-countries-with-most-bounced-us-visa-applications-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/ghana-among-countries-with-most-bounced-us-visa-applications-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana among countries with most &#8216;bounced&#8217; US visa applications again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana continues to rank among the countries with the highest United States\u00a0Visa application denial rates, according to the U.S. State Department.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to B Visas, which deal with tourism or business, Ghana ranked 7th with 65.7% of such visa applications denied in the 2016 fiscal year, according to figures from the US Department of State.<\/p>\n<p>The US Department of State notes that, 4,848 immigrant issues were issued from the American embassy in Accra, whilst 10,158 non-migrant visas were issued.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;4MhAtGiXcJh3qJ9zfnRHCUuS9A2z4liJ&#8221;]In the 2015 fiscal year, Ghana was among the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/18\/ghana-among-countries-with-most-bounced-us-visa-applications\/\">13 countries with a denial rate <\/a><\/strong><\/span>of over 60 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The highest rates in 2015 were found to be in African and Middle Eastern countries, including Syria and Somalia, whilst Cuba and Laos also had high denial rates.<\/p>\n<p>Like in 2015, Cuba had the highest rate of U.S. visa refusal of any country worldwide, with 81.9 percent of all Cuban applications turned down in 2016.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_355242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355242\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-355242\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9128be3c-45cb-45f8-8051-59f8cdd72470-1.jpg\" alt=\"Infografic courtesy of Statista\" width=\"960\" height=\"684\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-355242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Infographic courtesy of Statista<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Afghanistan\u00a0came second for visa denials with 73.8 percent of all applications refused.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the highest rates of refusal were recorded across Africa with Mauritania and Liberia both having rates higher than 70 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The conventional visa application process begins with the submission of the non-immigrant\u00a0visa application\u00a0online followed by the payment of the application fee\u00a0at a designated bank to sign up for an interview.<\/p>\n<p>The applicant has to have documents that indicate a stable life and the unlikelihood of a visa overstay.<\/p>\n<p>This is followed by an interview\u00a0with a Foreign Service officer which can take up to four months to secure in some countries.<\/p>\n<p>The applicant\u2019s information is\u00a0checked against American and foreign databases with officers from various U.S. agencies also conducting interviews and further research into one\u2019s background.<\/p>\n<p>The Visa is then issued if everything is deemed satisfactory, though a successful applicant may undergo an additional round of\u00a0behind-the-scenes screening by American customs officers at the airport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.7 million Ghanaians applied for US visa lottery in 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionshareable\">It emerged that about 1.7 million Ghanaians sought to <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/04\/1-7-million-ghanaians-applied-for-us-visa-lottery-in-2015\/\">leave Ghana for the US<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in 2015 through the US visa lottery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionshareable\">The number, which is the highest from a single country represented 12% of the total 14 million people who applied within that year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana continues to rank among the countries with the highest United States\u00a0Visa application denial rates, according to the U.S. State Department. 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