Women getting approved at higher rate?

[M + H Hawkins 12]

I have been doing some reasearch and it appearsa that women get approved at a much higher rate and faster during their first interviews. Has anyone else noticed anything like this?

[bt1 42]

I have been doing some reasearch and it appearsa that women get approved at a much higher rate and faster during their first interviews. Has anyone else noticed anything like this?

Approved for what?

[M + H Hawkins 12]

Approved for what?

Their visas approved and issued.

[LH&me 2]

I have been doing some reasearch and it appearsa that women get approved at a much higher rate and faster during their first interviews. Has anyone else noticed anything like this?

Hmm... Interesting thought, but not sure if it's true. I hope it is true in my case, however.

Edited October 17, 2012 by LH&me

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from NVC forum to US Embassy and Consulate Discussion.

[Boiler 45,516]

Which consulate?

[M + H Hawkins 12]

Which consulate?

In my case its Morocco, but this appeared to be case in most of the MENA visas

[Boiler 45,516]

That souns logical. If you follow the details of the individual cases you will see why.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

I think it is region specific. It depends on the historic number of problems in the area. When it comes to the MENA posters I don't often hear a man come here and say they were duped about a visa and their female mena partner left but I do see frequent woman posting that. I bet in other areas where I see men posting that their spouse vanished the woman have a lower success rate than the men.

[Boiler 45,516]

Ex USSSR comes to mind.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

I have been doing some reasearch and it appearsa that women get approved at a much higher rate and faster during their first interviews. Has anyone else noticed anything like this?

I have no numbers to back it up but it would make sense.. Men commit crimes at a higher rate and it is probably assumed they commit fraud at a higher rate. They most likely get more scrutiny. The only official number that I have seen is that 47% of all family based visas are given to men. The number means nothing since we do not know how many of those are spousal visas and we do not know what the percentage of applications are from men.. The numbers are probably out there somewhere, I just have not looked.

Having said that, I bet the numbers are probably more skewed than simple suspicion of men in general would explain. I would attribute that to the larger number of men applying from MENA countries that have a lower rate of approval.

In the end the country your family member is coming from is far more important than the gender.

Edited October 17, 2012 by OnMyWayID

[M + H Hawkins 12]

I completely agree with that statement. I just hope my wifes visa is approved on November 7th. Not matter what I am returning to Morocco in December to have a party with my wife and her family.

[R and F 34]

I completely agree with that statement. I just hope my wifes visa is approved on November 7th. Not matter what I am returning to Morocco in December to have a party with my wife and her family.

Yeaaaaaaaaaa Mike. :dance:

[Mayarz 4]

My interview went very smooth and it didn't take more than 5 min for them to approve it.

I believe that part of it is culture, they might see it as an Arabic woman is less likely to commit marriage fraud just to get to the US. Families are more involved in marriages in islamic countries and it's not very common to see a lot of mixed couples in morocco where the woman is the moroccan one but it's more likely to see moroccan males married to non moroccan...maybe that can be one of the reasons but maybe i'm wrong.

[M + H Hawkins 12]

My interview went very smooth and it didn't take more than 5 min for them to approve it.

I believe that part of it is culture, they might see it as an Arabic woman is less likely to commit marriage fraud just to get to the US. Families are more involved in marriages in islamic countries and it's not very common to see a lot of mixed couples in morocco where the woman is the moroccan one but it's more likely to see moroccan males married to non moroccan...maybe that can be one of the reasons but maybe i'm wrong.

Thank you Mayarz for your insight. I did notice this is both Egypt and Morocco. Women tended to be very reserved, and devoted to their families, while the men were out looking to better themselves or find a way up the ladder.

I can tell you that my wife and I talk everyday as we can, and there hasn't even been one day since we met where we haven't talked. I just pray November 7th comes quickly.