My husbands visa was denied solely on the reason we met on facebook. Is it a legal reason?

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

13 minutes ago, JFH said:

That will do a lot to support your next application if you live together for a few years somewhere else. 

If this is workable (assumes both can get residency somewhere) then it’s definitely the best option.

Lots of useful and relevant advice from ahmed&Freda too.

 

on the English - it’s a requirement for naturalization, not getting a green card, so I’d tend to agree with those who suggest that it’s more of a concern for proving communication than a reason for denial in itself, and/or that lack of English may have resulted in misunderstanding reasons for denial. (I do admit to being a bit puzzled as to how hours of communication a day hasn’t resulted in pretty good English on his part though? ) 

 

when you get the NOIR - would be useful if you update the thread to see if the reasons suggested by other posters are correct and if not to get further advice.

[Lebanese23 303]

just curious, did you actually have a relationship for the whole 6 years?  Because in my situation my fiance and i met on facebook 4 years ago (through a common friend) but we were friends for 3 years before actually meeting and start a relationship. so technically my relationship with him is considered 1 year.  if you guys were friends majority of that 6 years, maybe you should've mentioned that so that might explain why you haven't seen each other much. just a thought.

[Ayesha Kakar 9]

I will be following this as my husband, who is from Pakistan, and I met over 3 years ago through Facebook. But since then I've been to Pakistan 3 times to be with him. 1st trip was 11 days, 2nd trip 30 days and was when we married (ended up renting an apartment for the month and have the rent agreement for it), 3rd trip 17 days. So 3 trips in 18 months. And I'm curious to see what was asked in his interview and find out the reasons given for denial. 

 

If you dont mind me asking, when did you marry? I'm confused with the timeline of 6 years together and married but only going to meet him once.

 

I'm sorry that you are struggling through this, and dont have clear answers from his interview. Hopefully you get the full details soon.

[Mrsjackson 300]

Legal? Yes. Likely? No. 

[Boiler 46,037]

I agree with everybody else, multiple red flags none of which have to do with Facebook.

 

Maybe there is an issue communicating the reason due to language issues.

 

At least you have the freedom to move.

[lerry 15]

3 hours ago, RainbowGuppy said:

As the title says, my husband and I have applied for a visa last year and yesterday he went to his final.interview and they flat out denied the visa Do my on the reason that we met on facebook 6 years ago. My father was a avodite of support and makes 66k per year. I went last year to Pakistan to visit him so we could use that as proof. We gave them ample proof as to our marriage, relationship beyond facebook and that we were completely able to take care of ourselves but regardless of all the proof, it was flat out denied just because we initially on facebook. Is that even a legal reason? What steps should I take next? 

 

My husband has informed me that they have denied every single visa of couples who met on facebook. Is there any justace I cam get for this? It's such a bad excuse. 

 

Please someone help. I have known him for 6 years. We really wanna be together but we are at a loss at this point. 

I met my husband on Facebook,  I came to The States with a K1 Visa, I was approved on Adjustament of status and recently on remove of conditions without an interview for both. I already applied for naturalization a couple weeks ago. Meeting on Facebook is not a reason to be denied. 

[KozmicBlues 592]

3 hours ago, Ahmed&Freda said:

We also supplied the same we had 3 trips by the time of our interview,   Three photo albums of pictures,  plenty chat and phone logs showing 5-10 hours of video communication each day in addition to text throughout.  Even statements from family members....and last point on our NOIR was "not enough evidence of bonafide relationship".

 

So its not a matter as much as what you submitted its if they believe it or not.

Completely off-topic, but 5-10 HOURS..EACH DAY!? How on earth did either of you manage to have a life...or sleep?  

[debbiedoo 2,339]

3 minutes ago, KozmicBlues said:

Completely off-topic, but 5-10 HOURS..EACH DAY!? How on earth did either of you manage to have a life...or sleep?  

paul and i are on the phone pretty much every minute when were not at work. not hard if you have a bluetooth and carry about with whatever you would be doing anyways.

 

20K minutes a month lololol

 

our running joke is when he moves down, we're going to get condolence cards from our phone companies on the break up LOLOLOLOLOL

[KozmicBlues 592]

1 hour ago, Joulie & Victor said:

just curious, did you actually have a relationship for the whole 6 years?  Because in my situation my fiance and i met on facebook 4 years ago (through a common friend) but we were friends for 3 years before actually meeting and start a relationship. so technically my relationship with him is considered 1 year.  if you guys were friends majority of that 6 years, maybe you should've mentioned that so that might explain why you haven't seen each other much. just a thought.

This is a really good point. I met my husband initially through work (different locations - talked on IM/phone calls) and we became friends on FB. We knew each other for about 5 years when we filed the K1, but only about 1.5-2 of those years were us in an actual romantic relationship. We made that very clear in our evidence and did not try to say that we had been together for 5 years, even though we had known each other that long, because then it would make the # of meetings seem less. Although I went to visit him 3 times in less than a year - so 1 time in 6 years is nothing compared to most. 

[KozmicBlues 592]

3 minutes ago, debbiedoo said:

paul and i are on the phone pretty much every minute when were not at work. not hard if you have a bluetooth and carry about with whatever you would be doing anyways.

 

20K minutes a month lololol

 

our running joke is when he moves down, we're going to get condolence cards from our phone companies on the break up LOLOLOLOLOL

OMG!!! I commend you for that. My husband (then fiance) would've driven me crazy if he wanted to talk on the phone for that long. We would of course spend 1-2 hours on the phone many nights, but any more than that and I would go crazy. I can't multi-task very well. haha. 

[Ahmed&Freda 628]

9 minutes ago, KozmicBlues said:

Completely off-topic, but 5-10 HOURS..EACH DAY!? How on earth did either of you manage to have a life...or sleep?  

Its easy he's basically on call as much as we can.  I prop the phone up, clean, cook dinner, garden or whatever I'm doing.  He does the same.  Since we can't live together at the moment its the next best thing.  We are also on call during parties or get together with all family included.  It has definitely made this journey more doable.

 

 

[Etamkoos 100]

1 minute ago, debbiedoo said:

paul and i are on the phone pretty much every minute when were not at work. not hard if you have a bluetooth and carry about with whatever you would be doing anyways.

 

20K minutes a month lololol

 

our running joke is when he moves down, we're going to get condolence cards from our phone companies on the break up LOLOLOLOLOL

 

6 minutes ago, KozmicBlues said:

Completely off-topic, but 5-10 HOURS..EACH DAY!? How on earth did either of you manage to have a life...or sleep?  

I concur with @debbiedoo.  My husband and I had an 8 hour time difference while we were apart.  Whenever we weren't at work we were on FaceTime, especially to sleep!  We would be shopping or visiting friends and family and the other would be asleep in the background .  My favourite part was when our schedules aligned at the weekend so we could take a nap together on FaceTime.  It seemed to lessen the distance for a moment.  And we just missed each other so bloody much!  Not everyone will understand it, but I am sure some people will!

[Kastrs 723]

4 hours ago, RainbowGuppy said:

As the title says, my husband and I have applied for a visa last year and yesterday he went to his final.interview and they flat out denied the visa Do my on the reason that we met on facebook 6 years ago. My father was a avodite of support and makes 66k per year. I went last year to Pakistan to visit him so we could use that as proof. We gave them ample proof as to our marriage, relationship beyond facebook and that we were completely able to take care of ourselves but regardless of all the proof, it was flat out denied just because we initially on facebook. Is that even a legal reason? What steps should I take next? 

 

My husband has informed me that they have denied every single visa of couples who met on facebook. Is there any justace I cam get for this? It's such a bad excuse. 

 

Please someone help. I have known him for 6 years. We really wanna be together but we are at a loss at this point. 

I have not read through the entire thread, but I find this very difficult to believe that this is the ONLY reason

for example, my husband is pakistani, we met on facebook, I am american no connection to pakistan at all other than my husband, and we passed the interview without issue

[Kastrs 723]

1 hour ago, Ayesha Kakar said:

I will be following this as my husband, who is from Pakistan, and I met over 3 years ago through Facebook. But since then I've been to Pakistan 3 times to be with him. 1st trip was 11 days, 2nd trip 30 days and was when we married (ended up renting an apartment for the month and have the rent agreement for it), 3rd trip 17 days. So 3 trips in 18 months. And I'm curious to see what was asked in his interview and find out the reasons given for denial. 

 

If you dont mind me asking, when did you marry? I'm confused with the timeline of 6 years together and married but only going to meet him once.

 

I'm sorry that you are struggling through this, and dont have clear answers from his interview. Hopefully you get the full details soon.

Do not be concerned, I also met my SO on facebook 

was not an issue at all for us

what for me is slightly strange is you stayed in an apartment for the month? why not his family? I would think that would be a bigger issue for the embassy

[Kastrs 723]

Now I have read through the entire thread, you were denied because of lack of relationship evidence

not having great english could definitely be a contributing factor assuming you do not speak urdu

also have you met his family, how long was your ONE visit, did you have a traditional wedding?

One visit to me is the biggest issue, you need more facetime with your husband, at the time of my husband's interview we had more than 2 months of facetime (over 3 trips) and I attended the interview with him