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[Shamsgh 1]

Hi,I married my wife on Feb 21,2012 in a court and also we had a traditional wedding the next day.I have been talking to her since December 2009 and she was introduced to me by her mum whom i met through my junior brother.The problem is we had never met in person until she came to Ghana with her son in February 2012 for the marriage.Like i just mentioned, we have been talking for a while and we all realized we had a lot in common and fell in love which her mother approved.she also has a son whom i have developed a very loving relationship with.my problem is she has a very low paying job and a very demanding which is makes it very difficult for us to communicate often like i had wanted.our primary form of communication now is the phone and we do send love cards and gifts once in a while.Like any august filer,we are also still waiting for a response from USCIS and we expect to hear from them any time soon.As far as evidence for the embassy is concerned, i have the marriage certificate,pictures of both the court and traditional marriages,copy of her flight itinerary to Ghana,receipts of expenses we had when she came,phone records,love cards and postal letters she sent to me.Please do you think this is enough to convince the consulate?will the fact that we met only once affect chances of the petition been approved and visa granted?My worry is,i have turn down a couple of job offers since i graduated college last year in hopes of moving to the US to be with my wife and step son, and i don't want to have that ruined.Please help me.....

[JustUs 3]

Hi,I married my wife on Feb 21,2012 in a court and also we had a traditional wedding the next day.I have been talking to her since December 2009 and she was introduced to me by her mum whom i met through my junior brother.The problem is we had never met in person until she came to Ghana with her son in February 2012 for the marriage.Like i just mentioned, we have been talking for a while and we all realized we had a lot in common and fell in love which her mother approved.she also has a son whom i have developed a very loving relationship with.my problem is she has a very low paying job and a very demanding which is makes it very difficult for us to communicate often like i had wanted.our primary form of communication now is the phone and we do send love cards and gifts once in a while.Like any august filer,we are also still waiting for a response from USCIS and we expect to hear from them any time soon.As far as evidence for the embassy is concerned, i have the marriage certificate,pictures of both the court and traditional marriages,copy of her flight itinerary to Ghana,receipts of expenses we had when she came,phone records,love cards and postal letters she sent to me.Please do you think this is enough to convince the consulate?will the fact that we met only once affect chances of the petition been approved and visa granted?My worry is,i have turn down a couple of job offers since i graduated college last year in hopes of moving to the US to be with my wife and step son, and i don't want to have that ruined.Please help me.....

It is not uncommon that a couple has only seen each other once during this process - hopefully for more than one day ! You should be ok in that regard. Regarding communications, don't forget emails - less expensive. You can send an email a day if you both have access to computers and the internet - basically, you need to show that there is continued communication and interaction probably for every month you are together. The interesting thing is that many have stated that it doesn't seem as if the embassy even looks through all the documentation presented but I would suggest you assume otherwise and make sure you have something from each month.

[Roosha 51]

If you're using the phone get phone records showing how often you called each other. Are you using text messages or skype? You can print records of those too. There are lots of ways to show evidence of your relationship, be creative!