How was your day today?

[Starlight95 1]

Good night ELW.

I am still here waiting.

[sachinky 465]

I'll wait with you.

[sara..... 371]

star any word?

sara

[Starlight95 1]

We got 221g now for religious divorce decree. He had a really tough time. In total 6 officers interviewd him one after the next. We submitted my divorce decree from the court and now they want a religious one. In addition to our engagement pictures, emails, snail mail, and my boarding passess, letters from family they want more evidence. What else can we provide?

[sachinky 465]

Oh dear. This was Delhi, I'm presuming. What the hell is a religious divorce decree? Shouldn't a court one suffice?

I'm sorry, Star. Hopefully this can be resolved soon.

[sara..... 371]

We got 221g now for religious divorce decree. He had a really tough time. In total 6 officers interviewd him one after the next. We submitted my divorce decree from the court and now they want a religious one. In addition to our engagement pictures, emails, snail mail, and my boarding passess, letters from family they want more evidence. What else can we provide?

delhi is very bad they are not consistent with their visas .........i know ur angry.......and upset this process is a pain to begin with and when delhi pulls their God act it really sucks.............i hope that you can provide them with the religious divorce agreement.......only thing i can think of is phone records........notarized statements from ur family?

sara

Oh dear. This was Delhi, I'm presuming. What the hell is a religious divorce decree? Shouldn't a court one suffice?

I'm sorry, Star. Hopefully this can be resolved soon.

i dont know about india but here in the usa when muslims divorce you have not not only have a court divorce you also have to have one from Islamic center in Essenes it states that they find it agreeable

sara

Edited December 7, 2009 by estadia

[Starlight95 1]

No his interview was in Mumbai

[Starlight95 1]

I guess Mumbai is equivalent to New Delihi.

[sara..... 371]

No his interview was in Mumbai

i dont know why i was thinking it was delhi u have told me so many times that it was Mumbia.......is there any chance u can get the religious decree of divorce?

sara

[Starlight95 1]

No his interview was in Mumbai

i dont know why i was thinking it was delhi u have told me so many times that it was Mumbia.......is there any chance u can get the religious decree of divorce?

sara

Yes, but what about the additional evidence. There is nothing more I can submit besides a notarized letter from my parents, and brother and friends. We have already submitted our engagement pictures, letters, snail mail, and emails. What else can they possibly want?

Star

[sara..... 371]

No his interview was in Mumbai

i dont know why i was thinking it was delhi u have told me so many times that it was Mumbia.......is there any chance u can get the religious decree of divorce?

sara

Yes, but what about the additional evidence. There is nothing more I can submit besides a notarized letter from my parents, and brother and friends. We have already submitted our engagement pictures, letters, snail mail, and emails. What else can they possibly want?

Star

get a notarized statement from your parents and his........included in his should be that they know about ur divorce it seems its going to be an issue with that embassy so better to hit it head on with the statement from his parents..........if you have any phone records of calls together that is more evidence........try to satisfy anything that they could even ask for.........also you urself should call the embassy at once and see if you can get any answers or if they want to interview you since it seems they are asking more from you than is necessary.......what u can do from ur side is what we did with perviz get notarized statement from ur family and also the Islamic divorce decree scan it send it email then send the hard copy to him so that he has it if they want it instead of the scanned copies it allows u to get the required evidences to them faster than sending it three or four days later.........im sorry girl thats all i got i cant think of anything else

sara

[sara..... 371]

No his interview was in Mumbai

i dont know why i was thinking it was delhi u have told me so many times that it was Mumbia.......is there any chance u can get the religious decree of divorce?

sara

Yes, but what about the additional evidence. There is nothing more I can submit besides a notarized letter from my parents, and brother and friends. We have already submitted our engagement pictures, letters, snail mail, and emails. What else can they possibly want?

Star

get a notarized statement from your parents and his........included in his should be that they know about ur divorce it seems its going to be an issue with that embassy so better to hit it head on with the statement from his parents..........if you have any phone records of calls together that is more evidence........try to satisfy anything that they could even ask for.........also you urself should call the embassy at once and see if you can get any answers or if they want to interview you since it seems they are asking more from you than is necessary.......what u can do from ur side is what we did with perviz get notarized statement from ur family and also the Islamic divorce decree scan it send it email then send the hard copy to him so that he has it if they want it instead of the scanned copies it allows u to get the required evidences to them faster than sending it three or four days later.........im sorry girl thats all i got i cant think of anything else

sara

mmm now that im thinking of it isnt that the same embassy that required the one girl to get proof that her usa husband had converted to islam before they issued visa?........and if i remember correctly they did get the visa after submitting proof.......so after this embassy receives what they may view as the biggy (religious divorce decree) along with the notarized letters from parents i bet he gets his visa.......i think that embassy is really big on muslim traditions and allowances

(((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))

sara

[sachinky 465]

Umm, maybe you can call the embassy tomorrow.

Phone-call records? Chat logs? Cards?

Just thinking out aloud here from my own interview evidence list. Joint bank account. I also have my wedding invitation card. And some congratulations cards addressed to us as a couple. Notarized affidavits from family and friends who know the two of you as a couple. The more from the USC side the better. Maybe a Facebook wall-to-wall post printout?

[ELW 5]

Oh I'm so sorry Starlight! Interviewed by six officers, what a nightmare! Thanks Sara for all the good advice. All I can say is get what they asked for ASAP, and you have all of our best wisehs and prayers with you for a fast approval!

[Starlight95 1]

Thank you so much Sara! I am going to take this all into consideration and get it to him asap. You are right it seems like the were trying to find reasons to refuse him, but he managed to answer every question that was thrown at him. I can't even imagine to tell you some of the questions they asked him about me. Its really insane. He got upset when they started asking these nonsense questions about me, but he managed to remain cool. Finally, at the end they managed to say we agree with your relationship and as long as you submit what is required you will be fine. So, that is a good sign. Yeah, I remember that one person on VJ that had a similar situation and she got the visa. So, I guess I can see a light at the end of the tunnel. Tonight I am going to call the embassy and ask them exactly what they want. Tomorrow I am calling DOS. I did not sleep all night as this has been a stress on me and my family.

No his interview was in Mumbai

i dont know why i was thinking it was delhi u have told me so many times that it was Mumbia.......is there any chance u can get the religious decree of divorce?

sara

Yes, but what about the additional evidence. There is nothing more I can submit besides a notarized letter from my parents, and brother and friends. We have already submitted our engagement pictures, letters, snail mail, and emails. What else can they possibly want?

Star

get a notarized statement from your parents and his........included in his should be that they know about ur divorce it seems its going to be an issue with that embassy so better to hit it head on with the statement from his parents..........if you have any phone records of calls together that is more evidence........try to satisfy anything that they could even ask for.........also you urself should call the embassy at once and see if you can get any answers or if they want to interview you since it seems they are asking more from you than is necessary.......what u can do from ur side is what we did with perviz get notarized statement from ur family and also the Islamic divorce decree scan it send it email then send the hard copy to him so that he has it if they want it instead of the scanned copies it allows u to get the required evidences to them faster than sending it three or four days later.........im sorry girl thats all i got i cant think of anything else

sara

My divorce happened in India so I will get that from there.