A facebok friend "Mazi Bugie Okhuemoi" shared this on his facebook page about how a ghanian surgeon reaponded via a letter when denied spanish visa.

Mazi Bugie Okhuemoi
#EPIC
This is one of the most inspiring things I have read this
year!
Reminds me of something I heared Prof. Binitie-the
globally renowned professor of psychiatry told someone.
In obvious anger at the person's disrespect, he said
" Do you know who you are talking to? I am professor
Binitie. If I declare you are mad, no one else in the
world will tell you something different"!
Lol. *let me state that I cant authenticate the truth
about that story. Na person gist me...and you know as
nigerians dey pepper and salt gist*
How do I follow up on this matter? I can pay a milion
naira to know how the embassy responded.
#Pedigree
#EarnedRespect
Angry

Below is the letter

The Deputy Head of Mission
Embassy of Spain
Accra, Ghana
26th April 2015
Dear Sir:
I applied for a short-term visa to attend a medical conference in Barcelona from 26th April to 29th April 2015 and by your response dated 22nd April 2015 I had been denied an entry visa to your country. As was written in your rejection letter, I have an option of lodging a contentious-
administrative appeal at the High Court of Justice of Madrid (Spain) within a two-month deadline counting from the date of serving. Since it is nigh impossible for me to get myself to Madrid and lodge my appeal I have decided to personally
write to you for some clarification.
The reasons for denying me an entry visa were that the information regarding the justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay was not reliable and also that my intention to leave your country before the expiry of the visa could not be ascertained.
I know it is your prerogative to decide whom to grant a visa to but I feel personally insulted for the reasons you have given for the denial.
I am a highly trained orthopedic surgeon with specialty interest in orthopedic sports medicine and complex joint reconstruction. I have been a doctor for the past 20yrs. My current positions are:
1. Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon at the KorleBu Teaching Hospital.
2. Lecturer at the University of Ghana Medical School
3. Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons
4. Consultant for West Africa Rescue Association WARA. (I treat patients from the expatriate and diplomatic community including quite a number from Spain) I am sure if you were to injure yourself, am the most likely surgeon that you will
be referred to. I have attended medical conferences in Germany, Switzerland, South Africa, Japan, Canada, USA
and Norway. Incidentally all these countries found my purpose for travelling justifiable except you. The letter of invitation I presented to you was written by a renowned surgeon in Madrid who trained in the same institution as I did in the United States. But I guess you did not find a letter
written by such a person credible enough.
I find it laughable that you think I will not return to Ghana and end up as an illegal immigrant in Spain where people of my skin tone are treated as second-class citizens. I have a wife and children whom I do not intend to abandon. Although I do not consider myself wealthy, I am very comfortable economically and have investments in
property and other assets in Ghana. How did you
ever come to the conclusion that I was a flight
risk?
May I kindly remind you of some basic facts about
your country?
1. The unemployment rate in Spain presently is
25% and youth unemployment tops 50%. Why will I
leave a stable job and to go and join the
unemployment ranks in your country.
2. From January 2009 to end of 2013, 400,000
Spaniards emigrated to look for work outside of
your country. And this is expected to rise in the
coming years.
3. Doctors in Spain are the least/worst paid in the
whole Euro zone. Why will I want to go work in a
country where my counterparts are leaving in
droves for economic reasons?
4. In the year 2012, it is on record that 2405
medical doctors applied for certification to work
abroad, according to The Medical Spanish
Association – a 75% increase compared with 2011.
83% of doctors seek jobs in Europe (mainly the UK
and France) and 7% America.
5. In 2009, the Health Ministry warned that there
was a shortage and that the country needed
around 3,200 more doctors. By 2025, at the
present rate the shortfall will be around 25,000.
The Spanish government has talked of increasing
the number of university and medical school
places, as well as making it easier for overseas
personnel to work here.
Sir, as a representative of the country of Spain
you have failed woefully in your responsibility to
promote the interest of your country by denying
me a visa. My skill, knowledge and experience will
be invaluable to the Spanish people even if I
decided not to come back to Ghana. Furthermore
my budget for this conference topped € 5000. This
is the amount of money that would have been
injected into the Spanish economy in a week. Can
you imagine the economic loss if all the doctors
from all over the world attending this conference
were denied entry into Spain? I was due to
present two papers and since I was not able to go I
have informed the conveners of the conference of
my inability to attend. This is an international
conference and can you imagine the
embarrassment your compatriot doctors will feel
when it is announced that I could not present my
scientific papers because you denied me a visa?
Never mind that I cannot get a full refund for my
ticket and my total booking for the hotel is not
refundable.
Given the reason for visa rejection, a detailed
explanation on which aspects of my application did
not provide sufficient evidence that I will return
to Ghana is most welcome. I am particularly
curious to know of the lofty economic standards
set for Ghanaians to visit to Spain when Spaniards
themselves barely meet these standards.
Yours truly,
Dr. Agbeko Ocloo MB.ChB FWACS
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Cc:
The Ambassador
Embassy of Spain
Accra, Ghana

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Its easier to stand on certain rights when you have a
pedigree and strong credentials. All and more, that this
prof had. I really wanna know how the Spanish embassy responded to this.

This is really interesting. How I wish I could see their response.
If only Nigerians can do such and let some of this countries that discriminate against know that some of us know alot about the economy and situations in their countries, maybe they will sit tight and accord us more respect.

Great one...

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