The revocation comes as a result of the Embassy doubting the credibility of the conference organisers.
Seventy-one students from Ghana who applied to secure visas and other travel documents to participate in a model United Nations Conference in New York had their participation truncated as the United States Embassy in Ghana refused them visas.
The revocation comes as a result of the Embassy doubting the credibility of the conference organisers.
Some students were turned away at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra as well as London’s Heathrow Airport.
The supposed facilitators of the conference; United Ambassadors received a total of $17,750 ($250 each) as delegates fee and GH¢53,818 (GH¢758 each) as visa fees to the US Embassy.
One of the students who was scheduled to travel by direct flight from Accra to New York on Delta Airlines bought a ticket at $2,300, while, together with seven others, he spent $2,100 on Airbnb Apartment in New York
Two students who were scheduled to fly out on August 5, 2018 were turned away by Delta Airlines at the check-in counter at the KIA.
A third student who travelled on British Airways on transit through Heathrow Airport in London was also prevented from connecting to New York for the same reason.