Denied at interview (Multiple merged threads)

[Beverly56 3]

On 8/9/2024 at 11:20 AM, jan22 said:

If I understand your timeline, you’ve been married for almost 3 1/2 years and have spent a total of 9 weeks together after the trip during which you married.  Some questions come to mind.  If you don’t want to answer them here, fine — but still something to think about that the consular officer may have considered.  Nite that this is not a comprehensive list — it’s a starting point:

• Hiw long have you known one another?  How did you meet?
• How long after you met one another in person before you married?  Did you marry on your first in-person meeting trip?
• Do you have a significant age difference? If so, is that culturally acceptable in Gambian culture?
• Major difference in religion?
• Great difference in educational level?
• Language difference (I know the official language of Gambia is English, but still an important question, just in case.)
• Do either if you have children?
• Were either if you married before? Multiple times? International marriage requiring an immigrant visa?
• Were both families supportive of the marriage?

None of these issues by themself would be a problem; however, if many of them apply, taken together they may form a pattern cause concern about the validity of the marriage.  
 

I can almost guarantee that the issue was NOT the lack of a large celebration after the marriage.  People are married in simple ceremonies (civil and religious) without large celebrations all over the world and still get issued US immigrant visas.

We have known each other since 2017 but met in person for the first time in 2019. I could not travel in 2020 cos of covid, but i did return in 2021 and that is when we married. I converted from christian to muslim in 2019 on my first visit. Our age difference is 12 years. I am older than he. I have children he does not. i have been married before to a foreigner back in 2009. Both our family members love our marriage.

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On 8/5/2024 at 1:04 AM, Beverly56 said:

I have been waiting almost a year for the NOIR and still have not received it. While I'm waiting I should just refile and continue to wait. Cos even if i do get the NOIR after a year I will have to refile anyway. I may even get approved for another interview during this year if I refile. Has anyone ever had that happen?

Any updates? I'm facing the same issue. 4 months, no word from USCIS.