Applying for a US visa will no longer be a straightforward process for Ghanaian nationals, for now at least.

The US department of homeland security (DHS) and department of state has issued visa sanctions on Ghana owing to its “lack of cooperation” in accepting its citizens ordered removed from the US. In a statement, secretary of homeland security Kirstjen Nielsen said Ghana has “denied or unreasonably delayed accepting their nationals ordered removed from the United States.”

As a result, the US has initially placed unspecified visa restrictions on certain categories of applicants from Ghana until cooperation on removals improves “to an acceptable level.” However, should Ghana fail to comply with the removal orders, DHS says the scope of the sanctions could be imposed more broadly.

Ghanaian citizens, a former British colony, are big fans of the American dream. In 2015, one of the most recent years for which data is available, Ghana, with 1.73 million people, accounted for the highest number of applicants for the US diversity visa program also known as “green card lottery”. Those applications would account for 7% of the country’s 25 million population.

As the US continues to tighten its immigration policies, its immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) officials have been handed more powers to arrest and deport immigrants following the signing of two executive orders by president Donald Trump.

But ICE’s operation still require countries of origin of deportees to provide travel documents to facilitate their removal. When those documents are not provided, ICE faces the possibility of releasing the immigrants as the US constitution does not permit indefinite detention of prospective deportees.

For its part, Ghana’s US embassy has previously noted that the US was not providing it with enough paperwork and following due process to show that the intended deportees were indeed Ghanaian. In an interview with Ghanaian media during the United Nations General Assembly in September, Baffour Adjei Bawuah, Ghana’s ambassador to the US said the embassy had “difficulty just endorsing, as it were, a documentation when the embassy wouldn’t even have a basic information about the people who are being deported.” As such, “to just be given names and asking for proper documentation for them to be deported was a bit tough for any embassy,” he added.


Trump’s homeland security department has been attempting to match the president’s aggressive migrant rhetoric with policy tweaks that could help accelerate the expulsion of illegal migrants while also restricting entry of new ones. In 2017, ICE removed more African migrants than any other group, even as overall removals fell.


It’s not the first time the US has issued similar visa restrictions on African countries. In 2017, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Eritrea were all issued visa restrictions for failing to comply with removal orders for nationals. The restrictions ranged from tourist, business, exchange and student visas for government officials and their families. Eritrea was the worst hit though as all its nationals were disallowed from applying tourist B visas.

https://qz.com/africa/1540019/us-issues-visa-ban-against-ghana/

Mynd44, Lalasticlala

This is welcoming

They should just close all their embassies in West Africa.

You are just paying tithe to George Washington if you are still applying for US Visa in 2020.

Your rejection is already pre-approved

Na USA dat one concern ,if they like they can place the whole world on travel ban list ,we got other alternatives
they should bear in mind No country is an island
Not supporting Nigeria's misdemeanor

Na USA dat one concern ,if they like they can place the whole world on travel ban list ,we got other alternatives
they should bear in mind No country is an island ,
Not supporting Nigeria's misdemeanor though

Why is this Buharist bringing this here in a bid absolve his inept president of any wrong ..we don't want to know what's happening in Ghana please

HacheNoire:
This is welcoming

They should just close all their embassies in West Africa.

You are just paying tithe to George Washington if you are still applying for US Visa in 2020.

Your rejection is already pre-approved

Specially when you are from the poverty capital of the world ruled by the lifeless one

It overwhelmingly seems like the same political policy with both of these two leaders when it comes to Sub-Saharan Africans.



" If you're white, it's all right -- If you're brown, stick around— But if you're black, Get back—get back—get back"

GamalNasser:
Why is this Buharist bringing this here in a bid absolve his inept president of any wrong ..we don't want to know what's happening in Ghana please

Ain’t you the one I was conversing with yesterday about what Trump represents?

He will make sure he close the door of USA against Africans especially when he gets re-elected.

Most of you think it’s about Nigeria alone, you go hear wheeen.

He already took on the most populous black nation on earth, now with the like of Eritrea and Ghana, it won’t be long till he takes on the others one by one.

Sorry if I quoted the wrong person.

Blindersoff:


Applying for a US visa will no longer be a straightforward process for Ghanaian nationals, for now at least.

The US department of homeland security (DHS) and department of state has issued visa sanctions on Ghana owing to its “lack of cooperation” in accepting its citizens ordered removed from the US. In a statement, secretary of homeland security Kirstjen Nielsen said Ghana has “denied or unreasonably delayed accepting their nationals ordered removed from the United States.”

As a result, the US has initially placed unspecified visa restrictions on certain categories of applicants from Ghana until cooperation on removals improves “to an acceptable level.” However, should Ghana fail to comply with the removal orders, DHS says the scope of the sanctions could be imposed more broadly.

Ghanaian citizens, a former British colony, are big fans of the American dream. In 2015, one of the most recent years for which data is available, Ghana, with 1.73 million people, accounted for the highest number of applicants for the US diversity visa program also known as “green card lottery”. Those applications would account for 7% of the country’s 25 million population.

As the US continues to tighten its immigration policies, its immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) officials have been handed more powers to arrest and deport immigrants following the signing of two executive orders by president Donald Trump.

But ICE’s operation still require countries of origin of deportees to provide travel documents to facilitate their removal. When those documents are not provided, ICE faces the possibility of releasing the immigrants as the US constitution does not permit indefinite detention of prospective deportees.

For its part, Ghana’s US embassy has previously noted that the US was not providing it with enough paperwork and following due process to show that the intended deportees were indeed Ghanaian. In an interview with Ghanaian media during the United Nations General Assembly in September, Baffour Adjei Bawuah, Ghana’s ambassador to the US said the embassy had “difficulty just endorsing, as it were, a documentation when the embassy wouldn’t even have a basic information about the people who are being deported.” As such, “to just be given names and asking for proper documentation for them to be deported was a bit tough for any embassy,” he added.


Trump’s homeland security department has been attempting to match the president’s aggressive migrant rhetoric with policy tweaks that could help accelerate the expulsion of illegal migrants while also restricting entry of new ones. In 2017, ICE removed more African migrants than any other group, even as overall removals fell.


It’s not the first time the US has issued similar visa restrictions on African countries. In 2017, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Eritrea were all issued visa restrictions for failing to comply with removal orders for nationals. The restrictions ranged from tourist, business, exchange and student visas for government officials and their families. Eritrea was the worst hit though as all its nationals were disallowed from applying tourist B visas.

https://qz.com/africa/1540019/us-issues-visa-ban-against-ghana/

Mynd44, Lalasticlala

are you that desperate to drag Ghana who's far better than your zoo country into your own mess you created. Now look at your miserable life and country.

The visa restrictions was imposed last year on diplomats and government officials limiting their tourist and visit visa period because Ghana accused USA of imposing foreigners who were believed not to be Ghanaians buh deported to Ghana thus Ghana agreed to accept the deportees if a personal verification was done by the government embassy in the US on the grounds that these guys were indeed Ghanaians.

Both sides agreed to an understanding and the visa restriction was lifted last month on 17th January. Leave Ghana out of your miserable life and country. We are more respected than your zoo terrorist poverty capital of the world country

LegendHero:


Ain’t you the one I was conversing with yesterday about what Trump represents?

He will make sure he close the door of USA against Africans especially when he gets re-elected.

Most of you think it’s about Nigeria alone, you go hear wheeen.

He already took on the most populous black nation on earth, now with the like of Eritrea and Ghana, it won’t be long till he takes on the others one by one.

Sorry if I quoted the wrong person.

http://cnn.com/cnn/2019/02/01/africa/us-visa-sanction-ghana-intl/index.html

are you that desperate to drag Ghana who's far better than your zoo country into your own mess you created. Now look at your miserable life and country.
The visa restrictions was imposed last year on diplomats and government officials limiting their tourist and visit visa period because Ghana accused USA of imposing foreigners who were believed not to be Ghanaians buh deported to Ghana thus Ghana agreed to accept the deportees if a personal verification was done by the government embassy in the US on the grounds that these guys were indeed Ghanaians.
Both sides agreed to an understanding and the visa restriction was lifted last month on 17th January. Leave Ghana out of your miserable life and country. We are more respected than your zoo terrorist poverty capital of the world country.

Check your date again.February 2019 and it wasn't even a travel ban buh travel restrictions for only government employees when their visiting visa days will be reduced and it has long been lifted because an agreement has been made.Ghana is not accepting any Nigerian deported to Ghana because he has a Ghanaian passport.

LegendHero:


Ain’t you the one I was conversing with yesterday about what Trump represents?

He will make sure he close the door of USA against Africans especially when he gets re-elected.

Most of you think it’s about Nigeria alone, you go hear wheeen.

He already took on the most populous black nation on earth, now with the like of Eritrea and Ghana, it won’t be long till he takes on the others one by one.

Sorry if I quoted the wrong person.

http://cnn.com/cnn/2019/02/01/africa/us-visa-sanction-ghana-intl/index.html

I was the one , I am sorry but I am a die hard Trumpist who watches only fox news , infact I am watchiNg fox right now .Trump can never ever do wrong in my eyes ..Its Buhari I hate with passion

This thread is a past event. The OP is tryna misinform people.

Hence it should be closed!

GamalNasser:


I was the one , I am sorry but I am a die hard Trumpist who watches only fox news , infact I am watchiNg fox right now .Trump can never ever do wrong in my eyes ..Its Buhari I hate with passion

Lol. God help you in your new found love!

Good ...good ...

In some idiot's mind

Ghana is a shithole country with fulani marauding the country

Because Nigeria has been restricted you go and resurrect this old story?

crash12345:
are you that desperate to drag Ghana who's far better than your zoo country into your own mess you created. Now look at your miserable life and country.

The visa restrictions was imposed last year on diplomats and government officials limiting their tourist and visit visa period because Ghana accused USA of imposing foreigners who were believed not to be Ghanaians buh deported to Ghana thus Ghana agreed to accept the deportees if a personal verification was done by the government embassy in the US on the grounds that these guys were indeed Ghanaians.

Both sides agreed to an understanding and the visa restriction was lifted last month on 17th January. Leave Ghana out of your miserable life and country. We are more respected than your zoo terrorist poverty capital of the world country

Don’t go and die from high blood pressure o. A simple statement from you stating that it is old news and that the ban has been lifted would have sufficed. Thou doth protest too much. You come across as having low self esteem.

Please don’t reply me with any long epistles.

Ghana accepted to house former Guantanamo detainees , in return Uncle Sam should also welcome all those Ghanaians and give them citizenship.

Not accepting deportees back is really dumb. Hopefully Ghana resolves this.

Crap. Why didn’t the person who posted check the status of that report before posting trash? That is the problem with you nigerians. When your people act wrongly, you will not point it to the wrong doer. Low esteem? For telling you that you were wrong?

Zooposki:


Don’t go and die from high blood pressure o. A simple statement from you stating that it is old news and that the ban has been lifted would have sufficed. Thou doth protest too much. You come across as having low self esteem.

Please don’t reply me with any long epistles.

That old simpleton in the White House is out of control. Whether you are smart enough to understand it or not.

The US is going to be whiter, poorer, older and more fearful of the world in the next few years. It is a sad end to a people called "land of the free and country of the bold" nut every empire eventually gets weak