Do you attend the interview?
No. You do. We prepare the answers so they match the documents in the folder.
Student visas
The embassy is not a customer-service desk.
Western Shores prepares student-visa files for the United States, Canada, and Europe. We rehearse interviews. We do not stamp passports. Anyone in Accra who sells a guaranteed visa is selling theatre.
United States, from Accra
F-1 cases need a SEVP-certified school, Form I-20, SEVIS fee, DS-160, and an interview at the U.S. Embassy in Accra. The officer is testing ties, funds, and whether the programme makes sense. Read the F-1 interview guide before you book a slot you are not ready to use.
Canada
A Canadian study permit is a paper case more than a theatre case. Provincial attestation, proof of funds, letter of explanation, and a programme that matches your history. Rules have moved quickly. We work from current IRCC instructions, not from a 2019 SDS memory. See study in Canada, then the Accra proof-of-funds guide.
Europe
The UK uses CAS and a student visa. Ghanaian applicants staying more than six months generally need a TB test at a Home Office-approved clinic, not a private hospital of convenience. Germany often wants a blocked account and a clear university track. The Netherlands and France have their own portals and proof-of-means tests. Europe is a set of procedures, not a mood. Start at the Europe brief, then the country page.
What we refuse
We will not coach a lie about marital status, employment, or intent to return. We will not manufacture bank paper. If the honest file is weak, the consult should end there.
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When is the $2,500 visa fee due?
After visa approval. Processing of $1,000 covers the academic work that has to exist before a visa file is honest.
Do not book an embassy date to ‘feel busy’.
Book a consult first. An early slot with a thin file is how refusals are made.