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31 minutes ago, caliliving said:

your age is fine.. she needs longer visits. i know that sucks, but that is what ghana wants. you are at the hardest embassay.  you need to prepare much more and really take the interview seirously! you need to know EVERYTHING about her! seriously study and answer the questions as best you can and not be a smart mouth. not saying you are, but they are interviewing you. 
has she met your family? does your family know about her? do you have pictures with her and your family??? 

Did I hear you said answer the questions as best you can  ! Then you shouldn't have mentioned what you just said about smart mouth ! .

Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Nash Kumasi said:

That is how you saw it illlria but I don't see it that way , what about that ? Because those working in the consular they used psycology to determine their judgment in any case but that does not meant everything they do over there it's right or they get it correct ,do you know why because they are a human being and when we said a human being it means ( not hundred percent correct ) .

 

Then Illiria if really you had read my content very well and understood well the basis of that content and at the long last you come with your analysis, it really meant something negative on your ( psycology ) 

 

I never been in the united States first of all , then how can I knew what is going on over there that my wife like about her city ! Don't make fun of your self please.

 

Not answering the funniest thing that my wife did recently doesn't disqualified my privileged for she not been my real wife llliria  or meant I don't know my wife ,

Because she been with me two times in Ghana !

 

Umm... by ... talking to her? 

I know what's going on with my partner's town right now.  He sends me photos of our house every week so that I can see the snow levels and progress with the neighbor's greenhouse.    I know what he had for dinner, and where he is right now.   He knows what time (both my time and local time for him) I finish work today, and he got a photo both of the sunrise I saw on the way to work, and the fact that the leaves near my house are starting to change colour already.   I know my partner doesn't like his town and finds it boring - because I asked.  And because he uses every excuse possible to go to a different one 

These are things that people in a genuine relationship talk to each other about and ask each other about. 

As for the "real" wife talk - well, sadly, as shown over and over again in this forum, plenty of people are just out for a green card and will happily marry a USC for the chance to get one (I am NOT saying that this is what you are doing) - they are ALL the real husband and/or wife of those people in the LEGAL sense - but being the legal spouse of someone does not mean that it's a genuine or real relationship, which is what the COs are trained to try to catch. 

 

I get that it's frustrating but you need to be realistic. Rightly or wrongly, most African countries are considered "high fraud risk" so the COs at those embassies have a higher requirement of genuine relationships. If you can't get past the first line of questioning then you're gonna have a bad time.   

At this stage, your wife will have to put in some serious face-time - more than just a few quick visits - to try to overcome some of the objections  - ie: having another wedding ceremony attended by your family/friends (unless I read wrong that none of them attended, which is a HUGE red flag IMO - I can imagine HER family and friends not making it, but if you're marrying in your home country there's no reason that at least some of the people you know couldn't attend unless none of them approve and wouldn't come - which is a red flag and can be a major barrier if your family doesn't approve of your wife), spend some serious time together or perhaps have her move there for a year or two in order to establish a long term bonafide relationship then consider reapplying for the CR-1.  

Regardless of which way you go, if the embassy CO has already stated they will be declining your case, then you're going to have an uphill battle to overcome the objections and that won't be done quickly and without a lot more face time and the ability to answer basic questions about your wife's day to day life when she's not with you.

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Posted
30 minutes ago, Nash Kumasi said:

Ok it going to be my city too ,you right but that does not mean I will surely know what she likes most about that city , you all trying to change the real content of which I am talking about  and acting like as if I don't know about my wife !

Ok, why not tell us what you know about your wife. I'm not asking for things like name and address - this is a public forum. But you must surely know what she does after work or on the weekends. Today is Saturday. What did she do all day? What kind of tv shows does she watch? If she's meeting up with friends, what kind of things do they do together? 

 

Seriously, you're her husband. You should want to know everything about her. Before I moved here my husband and I would be on the phone with each while we did grocery shopping, going to and from work, whilst we do household chores around the house. He knew which bus I would take to work, he knew the name of my favorite Asian restaurant, he knew what I would always order there, he knew that I only like cotton sheets on my bed. He knew where I liked to go walking, which flavor ice cream I would buy in the summer when I went to the beach (I lived on the coast in England), which magazine I liked to read in the evenings after work, and so on and so on. 

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Posted (edited)

Language barrier that's what the CO saw when he was talking with you. Very rarely will you be able to convince a USCIS or consular officer that you are in a bona fide relationship or marriage if you cannot communicate in a common language, be it English, Swahili or sign language. You are expected to be able to communicate with the person you are engaged or married to.

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Posted
8 minutes ago, dentsflogged said:

Umm... by ... talking to her? 

I know what's going on with my partner's town right now.  He sends me photos of our house every week so that I can see the snow levels and progress with the neighbor's greenhouse.    I know what he had for dinner, and where he is right now.   He knows what time (both my time and local time for him) I finish work today, and he got a photo both of the sunrise I saw on the way to work, and the fact that the leaves near my house are starting to change colour already.   I know my partner doesn't like his town and finds it boring - because I asked.  And because he uses every excuse possible to go to a different one 

These are things that people in a genuine relationship talk to each other about and ask each other about. 

I get that it's frustrating but you need to be realistic. Rightly or wrongly, most African countries are considered "high fraud risk" so the COs at those embassies have a higher requirement of genuine relationships. If you can't get past the first line of questioning then you're gonna have a bad time.    At this stage, your wife will have to put in some serious face-time - more than just a few quick visits - then reapply, or she can move to your country.

I knew all this because I do stay on phone with my wife three times a day , in the morning before she start work for an hour on watsup , in the afternoon at her launch time for an hour too and just after she close at work ,that as no limit until I fall asleep believe me ,this did not start for now but since we had got married when she is back in the states , than is what is happining , not only on her alone but her parents too we talked everyday ,

Because when she start work and I am out on phone with her I call the parents and we chat a little before I also went on on my business.

So I really know my wife.

Posted
7 minutes ago, JFH said:

Ok, why not tell us what you know about your wife. I'm not asking for things like name and address - this is a public forum. But you must surely know what she does after work or on the weekends. Today is Saturday. What did she do all day? What kind of tv shows does she watch? If she's meeting up with friends, what kind of things do they do together? 

 

Seriously, you're her husband. You should want to know everything about her. Before I moved here my husband and I would be on the phone with each while we did grocery shopping, going to and from work, whilst we do household chores around the house. He knew which bus I would take to work, he knew the name of my favorite Asian restaurant, he knew what I would always order there, he knew that I only like cotton sheets on my bed. He knew where I liked to go walking, which flavor ice cream I would buy in the summer when I went to the beach (I lived on the coast in England), which magazine I liked to read in the evenings after work, and so on and so on. 

You think that will help you to be able to solve my problem ?

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You mentioned she works in the Health Industry so she should not have difficulty in obtaining a job, such skills are usually very transferable.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Posted
2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

You mentioned she works in the Health Industry so she should not have difficulty in obtaining a job, such skills are usually very transferable.

Don't even go there , so you want my wife to lose her job because of this issue, she been  working in that hospital for more than fifthteen good years without changed .

I did not make myself possible to be in the united States but if God will, I will one day be with her over there she will continue to and visit me in Ghana not bad , because I did not married her because I wanna go to the stated but I married her because I really loved her and how she his .

 

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No job is forever.

 

Focus on the important things.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Posted
18 minutes ago, Nash Kumasi said:

You think that will help you to be able to solve my problem ?

What exactly is the problem requiring help here? She needs to respond to the NOIR on each point and show how it is incorrect, either factually or via by showing evidence of a bona fide marriage.

 

2 minutes ago, Nash Kumasi said:

Don't even go there , so you want my wife to lose her job because of this issue, she been  working in that hospital for more than fifthteen good years without changed .

I did not make myself possible to be in the united States but if God will, I will one day be with her over there she will continue to and visit me in Ghana not bad , because I did not married her because I wanna go to the stated but I married her because I really loved her and how she his .

Sometimes life is full of hard choices...being together or having that job may be one of those if she is unable to convince USCIS to reaffirm the petition.

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Posted
2 minutes ago, geowrian said:

What exactly is the problem requiring help here? She needs to respond to the NOIR on each point and show how it is incorrect, either factually or via by showing evidence of a bona fide marriage.

 

Sometimes life is full of hard choices...being together or having that job may be one of those if she is unable to convince USCIS to reaffirm the petition.

Well everything is on God almighty hand , any decision that been an outcome I will accept it and won't let my wife to reapply unless otherwise.

Posted (edited)
23 minutes ago, Nash Kumasi said:

Well everything is on God almighty hand , any decision that been an outcome I will accept it and won't let my wife to reapply unless otherwise.

See, this could be a language barrier, but this could also be read as you basically saying that you're not going to let your wife reapply unless you're guaranteed entrance to the US, which is backed up by your flat "don't go there" when others have suggested that she could move to your country while trying to establish a bonafide relationship with you.   That is one of the red flags that plenty of websites tell people about when it comes to marriage-visa fraud - if the Petitioner suggest moving to the Beneficiary and they are adamantly against it, it's a major red flag.  So rethink how you respond to people (your wife and USCIS/Consular Officers) lest they all get the wrong idea. 

 

Everything you have said in this post is basically telling people off who are trying to help you or give examples of the kind of things that you should be able to easily answer at the CO's questioning - if you know those things like you say, then why could you not say that in the interview?

At this stage it's out of your hands, anyhow - your wife will be the one to decide about how to follow up and/or reapply, but reapplication won't do a single thing if you still fail the next interview by acting the same way or being unable or unwilling to answer basic questions

Edited by dentsflogged
Posted
12 minutes ago, dentsflogged said:

See, this could be a language barrier, but this could also be read as you basically saying that you're not going to let your wife reapply unless you're guaranteed entrance to the US, which is backed up by your flat "don't go there" when others have suggested that she could move to your country while trying to establish a bonafide relationship with you.   That is one of the red flags that plenty of websites tell people about when it comes to marriage-visa fraud - if the Petitioner suggest moving to the Beneficiary and they are adamantly against it, it's a major red flag.  So rethink how you respond to people (your wife and USCIS/Consular Officers) lest they all get the wrong idea. 

 

Everything you have said in this post is basically telling people off who are trying to help you or give examples of the kind of things that you should be able to easily answer at the CO's questioning - if you know those things like you say, then why could you not say that in the interview?

At this stage it's out of your hands, anyhow - your wife will be the one to decide about how to follow up and/or reapply, but reapplication won't do a single thing if you still fail the next interview by acting the same way or being unable or unwilling to answer basic questions

You still don't get it my friend ! If I said otherwise it doesn't meant what you just stated !

 
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