This problem is so horrible, but sadly, I don't think it stops with the British High Commission. I'm an American and my fiance is Ghanaian. He too has had a ridiculous amount of trouble getting a visa and has tried twice. As an American unhappy with the treatment of Ghanaians in their visa process I have done all I can to contact people and have things changed, but nothing works. But as upset as you may be (and rightly so!) please remember that the people of a country are not the same as the government of a country.

I will also like to emphasize that fact the British High Commission in Accra Ghana are indeed racist and the situation is so endemic that it should only be describe as institutional racism. By definition Institutional racism is, "the collective failure of an organization to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture or ethnic origin" The situation is so bad that the British high commission in Accra have always failed on their duty to prosecute those who they claim to make fraudulent application. On the application forms of their visa it is clearly outlined that anyone found to make a false application will be prosecuted. I was in a situation myself, where I invited my wife to be to come spend some time with me in the UK. On making the application I was shocked to learn that her application had been rejected on the basis that, our relationship as they saw it was not genuine and there fake. Needless to say, the visa was rejected. I had faith in their complaint procedure, so took it upon myself to go through the complaint procedure. I completed the appropriate forms and sent them off in a timely manner. I was again shocked to find that the passion taken by the High Commission in Accra was upheld by Her Majesties Government in the UK. Again I was told that I and my wife to be had made a false application and consequently we had the application rejected. At this point I wrote to the High Commission in Accra to start prosecutions against both my wife to be and myself if they truly felt that we had breach their application rules and therefore the law in Ghana. This took place in 2005, we are now in 2008, I have not heard from them both in Accra or from the UK. All other application made after have been rejected, on the basis that “due to the applicants socio-economical situation, the probability that they will return to Ghana on completion of their visit to the UK is zero”. I have two friends who are in the same boat, regardless of our differences in each of our circumstances all our refusal letters are the same, rejected for the same reasons, word for word. With this short story I hope it has been illustrated that the treatment given to people is indeed institutional racism, by the fact that, both the High Commission in Accra and the UKVISAS in the UK as a collective, provide a service which is dishonest, contrary to their own laws, rules and regulations on the basis that, the socio-economical situation in Ghana, which applies to all Ghanaians, a group of people have made us dishonest to the extent that we as a group of people are incapable of making honest assertions on our application forms for visa. If this was not the case, how can three people with three different circumstances have the same letter, word for word sent to them? I will like to ask the British High Commission in Accra why they have failed in all three of our cases to prosecute us as by their rules stated on their application forms? I as a man was so hurts by my little experience that, I no longer live and work in the UK; I apply my trade now in South Africa, UAE and other counties. I was educated in the UK on a free basis from secondary school right through to university. I pay no tax to them and spend no money there, I have married my wife and we now have a child.

I will also like to highlight that fact the British High Commission in Accra Ghana are indeed racist and the situation is so endemic that it should only be described as institutional racism. By definition Institutional racism is, "the collective failure of an organization to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture or ethnic origin" The situation is so bad that the British high commission in Accra have always failed on their duty to prosecute those who they claim to make fraudulent application. On the application forms of their visa it is clearly outlined that anyone found to make a false application will be prosecuted. I was in a situation myself, where I invited my wife to be to come spend some time with me in the UK. On making the application I was sucked to learn that her application had been rejected on the basis that, our relationship as they saw it was not genuine and there fake. Needless to say, the visa was rejected. I had faith in their complaint procedure, so took it upon myself to go through the complaint procedure. I completed the appropriate forms and sent them off in a timely manner. I was again sucked to find that the passion taken by the High Commission in Accra was upheld by Her Majesties Government in the UK. Again I was told that I and my wife to be had made a false application and consequently we had the application rejected. At this point I wrote to the High Commission in Accra to start prosecutions against both my wife to be and myself if they truly felt that we had breach their application rules and therefore the law in Ghana. This took place in 2005, we are now in 2008, I have not heard from them both in Accra or from the UK. All other application made after have been rejected, on the basis that “due to the applicants socio-economical situation, the probability that they will return to Ghana on completion of their visit to the UK is zero”. I have two friends who are in the same boat, regardless of our differences in each of our circumstances all our refusal letters are the same, rejected for the same reasons, word for word. With this short story I hope it has been illustrated that the treatment given to people is indeed institutional racism, by the fact that, both the High Commission in Accra and the UKVISAS in the UK as a collective, provide a service which is dishonest, contrary to their own laws, rules and regulations on the basis that, the socio-economical situation in Ghana, which applies to all Ghanaians, a group of people have made us dishonest to the extent that we as a group of people are incapable of making honest assertions on our application forms for visa. If this was not the case, how can three people with three different circumstances have the same letter, word for word sent to them? I will like to ask the British High Commission in Accra why they have failed in all three of our cases to prosecute us as by their rules stated on their application forms? I as a man was so hurts by my little experience that, I no longer leave and work in the UK; I apply my trade in now in South Africa, UAE and other counties. I was educated in the UK on a free basis from secondary school right through to university. I pay no tax to them and spend no money there, I have married my wife and we now have a child.

I will also like to highlight that fact the British High Commission in Accra Ghana are indeed racist and the situation is so endemic that it should only be described as institutional racism. By definition Institutional racism is, "the collective failure of an organization to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture or ethnic origin" The situation is so bad that the British high commission in Accra have always failed on their duty to prosecute those who they claim to make fraudulent application. On the application forms of their visa it is clearly outlined that anyone found to make a false application will be prosecuted. I was in a situation myself, where I invited my wife to be to come spend some time with me in the UK. On making the application I was shocked to learn that her application had been rejected on the basis that, our relationship as they saw it was not genuine and there fake. Needless to say, the visa was rejected. I had faith in their complaint procedure, so took it upon myself to go through the complaint procedure. I completed the appropriate forms and sent them off in a timely manner. I was again shocked to find that the passion taken by the High Commission in Accra was upheld by Her Majesties Government in the UK. Again I was told that I and my wife to be had made a false application and consequently we had the application rejected. At this point I wrote to the High Commission in Accra to start prosecutions against both my wife to be and myself if they truly felt that we had breach their application rules and therefore the law in Ghana. This took place in 2005, we are now in 2008, I have not heard from them both in Accra or from the UK. All other application made after have been rejected, on the basis that “due to the applicants socio-economical situation, the probability that they will return to Ghana on completion of their visit to the UK is zero”. I have two friends who are in the same boat, regardless of our differences in each of our circumstances all our refusal letters are the same, rejected for the same reasons, word for word. With this short story I hope it has been illustrated that the treatment given to people is indeed institutional racism, by the fact that, both the High Commission in Accra and the UKVISAS in the UK as a collective, provide a service which is dishonest, contrary to their own laws, rules and regulations on the basis that, the socio-economical situation in Ghana, which applies to all Ghanaians, a group of people have made us dishonest to the extent that we as a group of people are incapable of making honest assertions on our application forms for visa. If this was not the case, how can three people with three different circumstances have the same letter, word for word sent to them? I will like to ask the British High Commission in Accra why they have failed in all three of our cases to prosecute us as by their rules stated on their application forms? I as a man was so hurts by my little experience that, I no longer live and work in the UK; I apply my trade in now in South Africa, UAE and other counties. I was educated in the UK on a free basis from secondary school right through to university. I pay no tax to them and spend no money there, I have married my wife and we now have a child.