Hello thank you for your kind words. Struggles have been very real and nothing seems to be making the stress go away. At this point I don't even know what our future looks like. To answer your question yes we have received our notes and have appointed lawyer from matkowsky lawyer firm. Just very demotivated and feeling low especially thinking about everything that my wife has to go through. Yes hearing is in February.
So what if they refuse are we allowed to apply again?
Hope God gives all of us strength and patience to face these difficulties with a strong heart.
I can confirm, my partner and I felt really demotivated. We weren’t even sure that we will go because we didn’t believe we had any chance to change their mind about our case. Then we talked to our IAD officer, she was really nice and inspired us to fight. She helped us a lot to prepare, because we didn’t have any money for a lawyer. We just started digging our emails, social media, chats with friends and family, pictures, receipts, online orders, medical statements, taxi orders, bank statements. Everything we could find we included in one big document and sent it before the hearing. It turned out to be around 300 pages including bank statements. The good thing is that there’s no limit when you submit proofs for your hearing so you can send as much as you wish. Of course I wouldn’t send every Facebook conversation with your wife but you still can send a lot. You can make some sort of timeline and provide some proofs for every month/every other month. In our case it was important to show some proofs of every month of cohabitation, so I made a timeline and tried to find something for every month. Just imagine that you’re a detective, and you need to prove that there’s a strong connection between two people. Just don’t give up