problems with muslim spouse?

[meowmeowmeow 1]

Is it fair to say then, that discrimination regarding those who come from Muslim countries is rampant and the norm when it comes to USCIS processing these visas?

No I don't think so and my husband went through hell in his interview. I think it's dependent on the country, not the religion of the person coming here.

Would it help if you can somehow prove they're not "dangerous" or, in cases where non-Muslim minorities are involved, prove they're not Muslim and somehow make it easier for things to process?

Non-muslims are not immune to what goes on if they are from the country that does the most scrutinizing.

i guess i'm really cynical, hence my posts. it seems like also certain countries' cases get put on hold for various reasons more often than others...but i guess nothing can be done about that, i guess there are reasons for that...i just wish that there was a way to say or prove there's no need to go through all that...

[Der Bücherwurm 1]

It seems like certain countries cases get put on hold more than others because that is the case. Certain countries have a higher rate of fraud, regimes that the US govt. is in conflict with, a lower standard of living which of course makes people at USCIS wonder if the USC is being used. If I had picked a German or a Norwegian when I lived in Europe (I actually would never return stateside.) then of course he'd be approved much quicker than an Iranian, Pakistani or Filipino. Go check out some of the sob stories from people used for a greencard by Russians or Filipinos. Or some of the pissed off stories from Asia and MENA where it was discovered the spouse had another wife unbeknownst to the USC. Is it inconvenient that it takes longer for people from high-fraud countries to get their non-fraudulent spouse over? Yes. But I'm glad they take their time trying to weed out the fraudsters, criminals, etc. otherwise the US would be an even worse place to live than it already is. It's not like they are frivolous in deciding which countries cases need closer inspection. They don't just throw a dart at a map and decide they are going to cause grief for Finnish applicants that day. There is a proven track record of higher rates of problems/fraud coming out of certain countries so of course they take more time with those than with people coming from countries where the standard of living is the same or higher than that of the US. Knowing this doesn't make the wait less frustrating it just explains it.