Change in Acceptable Financial Documents for Ghanaian and Cameroonian Visa Applicants under the Points Based System.
The Visa Section of the British High Commission wishes to announce to the general public that with effect from Monday 13th August 2012, we will only accept evidence of funds for Ghanaian and Cameroonian Point Based System applicants from the 29 Class 1 banks that are regulated by the Bank of Ghana and the 13 banks registered with CEMAC – see the list below, which is also available at - www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/studying/financial-institutions/.
From 13th August 2012 any applicant that submits financial evidence from any institution not on the list below will have their application automatically refused.
Visa applicants should note that micro finance institutes and credit unions are not currently included on the lists, because of the difficulty we have had in satisfactorily verifying documents from this type of organization.
The following criteria provide an example of the minimum standard required for the Visa Section to satisfactorily verify documentation: • international banks; or • national banks with a UK private banking presence; or • regulated national / state banks that provide a core banking service.
The addition or removal of each bank to or from the list will be considered regularly.
Financial Institutions in Ghanaian include:
Access Bank Ghana Ltd
Agricultural Development Bank Ltd
ARB Apex Bank
Bank of Africa (Ghana) Ltd
Bank of Baroda (Ghana) Ltd
Barclays Bank of Ghana Ltd
BSIC Ghana Ltd
CAL Bank Ltd
Citibank NA Ghana Representative office
Ecobank Ghana Ltd
Energy Bank (Ghana) Ltd
Stanbic
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited
The Trust Bank Ltd
Zenith Bank (Ghana) Ltd
Fidelity Bank Ltd
First Atlantic Merchant Bank Ltd
Ghana Commercial Bank Limited
Ghana International Bank Plc
Guaranty Trust bank (Ghana) Ltd
HFC Bank Ltd
International Commercial Bank Ltd
Merchant Bank (Ghana) Ltd
National Investment Bank
Prudential Bank Ltd
SG-SSB Ltd
UniBank Ghana Ltd
United bank for Africa (Ghana) Ltd
UT Bank Ltd
Financial Institutions in Cameroon include:
Afriland First Bank
Banque Atlantique du Cameroun
BGFI Bank Cameroun
SCB Cameroon (Attijariwafa Bank)
Citibank NA Cameroon
BICEC
Commercial Bank of Cameroon
Ecobank Cameroun (EBC)
National Financial Credit Bank
SGBC
Standard Chartered Bank Cameroun
Union Bank of Cameroon Ltd
United Bank For Africa Cameroun Plc.
Information on the visa process, the required documents and the current visa fees are available on the VFS and / or UKBA websites:
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