Now the actual interview
At window 5
CO (Consular Officer): How are you?
Me: Answered
CO: Place your right thumb on the machine in front of you
Me: done
CO: (pushing a form in front of me) Please sign the reddish marked line on the form
Me: done
CO: Are you married?
Me: Answered
CO: Any children
Me Answered
CO: (Typing information quickly on screen)
Me: Looking on
CO: (Going through my documents) You have so and so qualification from so and so University
Me: Answered
CO: Have you worked in your qualified field before?
Me: Answered
CO: (asking casually without looking at me) you were in the UK so and so time.
ME: Answered
CO: (looking for UK police certificate) How many years were you there?
Me: Answered
CO: What did you do in the UK
Me: Answered
CO: Which school?
Me: Answered
CO: (flipping through my passport) You have been to Country A and B in Africa
Me: Answered
CO: What did you go to country B to do?
Me: Answered
CO: Have you been to any other African country especially those bordering Ghana?
Me: Answered
CO: (looking through form ds 230) Is so and so your Dad?
Me: Answered
CO: (still looking) Is so and so your mother?
Me: Answered
CO: How many siblings have you?
Me: Answered
CO: (Went quite and kept typing on the screen for about two minutes) Sorry to keep you waiting I have to get this information on my system.
Me: Oh that is alright
CO: You want to change your destination address I presume: (I had informed him at the beginning of the interview I want to change my sponsor)
Me: Answered
CO: Where is your new destination address? Do you have it here?
Me: Showed it to him
CO: (quickly types my new sponsors address) hey, from your former address to current address is a long distance
Me: I know
Then he pulled up a blue sheet and started writing on it. He turned to me and said “We are keeping your passport. Come back in three weeks to pick up your visa. Please don’t make any travel arrangements until you have picked your visa” He handed over the blue sheet to me. I took the sheet, thanked him and walked out of the Embassy. I was in cloud nine. That is all brothers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was more like two adults having a conversation and nothing more.
So to Stmykael, Benniit, Kyerewaa and all those yet to appear for their interviews, be strong, confident and above all be prayerful. The story about your success has already been written and the pens already dried up. We are waiting for your testimony!!!