- Apr 23, 2010
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- Category........
- Visa Office......
- Ankara, Turkey
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- December 5, 2009 ~~ December 3, 2010 reapplied
- File Transfer...
- January 7, 2010~~ January 10, 2011 reapproved
- Med's Request
- February 4, 2011 (TB Test & X-ray)
- Med's Done....
- February 21, 2011
- Interview........
- March 17, 2010~~ February 16, 2011 APPROVED
- Passport Req..
- Feb 16, 2011
- VISA ISSUED...
- Mar 17/10 denied ~~~
Hello to all,
Finally I found this forum And I am hoping that anyone can pass on some advice to me (my ears/eyes are open).
The Facts:
Was previously married for 20 yrs (divorce decree dated Jan 7, 2009)
Met my husband on line in June of 2008
He is 20 yrs younger than me
He is a Turkish national
Was denied a visitor visa to Canada in April 2009
I traveled to Turkey in June of 2009 (1 month)
Returned to Turkey in October 2009 (2 weeks-only had no vacation time left from work) was married on Oct 20/09 ;D
(my computer crashed October 2009...lost all msn conversations- I did mention this in our application and gave them a print screen showing there were conversations starting in June 2008-this all that the computer technician could recover for me)
Sent family class application in Dec 5, 2009, approved to sponsor, file forwarded to Visa office in Ankara, Turkey
-supporting documents sent: photos, marriage book, phone bills, cell phone bills, airline tickets and 6 weeks of conversation on msn (over 500 pages) :S
February 2010 returned to Turkey for 1 month and while there my husband received notice of his interview with the visa office
Husband went for interview at Canadian Consulate in Ankara on March 17th, 2010 (interview did not go well...he got impression that she (visa officer) already could not believe the marriage was legitimate, based on the fact that "his new wife would enter into marriage so soon after being in bad one" "that my husband does not talk to my parents (they don't talk to me :S)"
Anyway, his gut feeling was right and we were denied
This is the word for word reason why it was denied that was sent to my husband:
"I interviewed you on Mar 17, and I have determined that your marriage is not genuine or was entered into primarily for the purpose of acquiring any status or privilege under the Act. I have based this decision on the following:
There are problems wit the story of how your relationship developed, most notably your very limited English language ability and the relationship developed through internet messages. You have not provided convincing evidence of communications. The fact that your wedding ceremony was so informal and was done in a haste suggest that the event did not hold great significance to either you or your spouse. taking these factors and all your application into consideration, although the marriage entered into on 20 Oct 2009 between you and your sponsor was legal, I believe you entered into this marriage for the sole purpose of gaining admission to Canada as a member of the family class. For the purpose of the regulations, you are not considered a spouse and are therefore not a member of the family class"
I have contacted my MP and the Canadian immigration call center (after being on hold for 45 mins. could not offer any steps to help with application process...since they have no jurisdiction over foreign visa offices)
Most beneficial conversation was with the MP office - suggested that I do not appeal decision (know of a lot of people using lawyers and not succeeding and that there is a huge expense with very few positive outcomes) , but rather re apply again.
We are planning to re apply in July after I return from my visit to him in Turkey for the month of June 2010.
Sorry that there is so much info...but i hope this gives a clear outline of where we are at...and why I am here looking for advice, suggestions, examples of how to "beef up" our application to prove that it is a genuine marriage.
Thank you in advance for all that take the time to read this and respond....
Finally I found this forum And I am hoping that anyone can pass on some advice to me (my ears/eyes are open).
The Facts:
Was previously married for 20 yrs (divorce decree dated Jan 7, 2009)
Met my husband on line in June of 2008
He is 20 yrs younger than me
He is a Turkish national
Was denied a visitor visa to Canada in April 2009
I traveled to Turkey in June of 2009 (1 month)
Returned to Turkey in October 2009 (2 weeks-only had no vacation time left from work) was married on Oct 20/09 ;D
(my computer crashed October 2009...lost all msn conversations- I did mention this in our application and gave them a print screen showing there were conversations starting in June 2008-this all that the computer technician could recover for me)
Sent family class application in Dec 5, 2009, approved to sponsor, file forwarded to Visa office in Ankara, Turkey
-supporting documents sent: photos, marriage book, phone bills, cell phone bills, airline tickets and 6 weeks of conversation on msn (over 500 pages) :S
February 2010 returned to Turkey for 1 month and while there my husband received notice of his interview with the visa office
Husband went for interview at Canadian Consulate in Ankara on March 17th, 2010 (interview did not go well...he got impression that she (visa officer) already could not believe the marriage was legitimate, based on the fact that "his new wife would enter into marriage so soon after being in bad one" "that my husband does not talk to my parents (they don't talk to me :S)"
Anyway, his gut feeling was right and we were denied
This is the word for word reason why it was denied that was sent to my husband:
"I interviewed you on Mar 17, and I have determined that your marriage is not genuine or was entered into primarily for the purpose of acquiring any status or privilege under the Act. I have based this decision on the following:
There are problems wit the story of how your relationship developed, most notably your very limited English language ability and the relationship developed through internet messages. You have not provided convincing evidence of communications. The fact that your wedding ceremony was so informal and was done in a haste suggest that the event did not hold great significance to either you or your spouse. taking these factors and all your application into consideration, although the marriage entered into on 20 Oct 2009 between you and your sponsor was legal, I believe you entered into this marriage for the sole purpose of gaining admission to Canada as a member of the family class. For the purpose of the regulations, you are not considered a spouse and are therefore not a member of the family class"
I have contacted my MP and the Canadian immigration call center (after being on hold for 45 mins. could not offer any steps to help with application process...since they have no jurisdiction over foreign visa offices)
Most beneficial conversation was with the MP office - suggested that I do not appeal decision (know of a lot of people using lawyers and not succeeding and that there is a huge expense with very few positive outcomes) , but rather re apply again.
We are planning to re apply in July after I return from my visit to him in Turkey for the month of June 2010.
Sorry that there is so much info...but i hope this gives a clear outline of where we are at...and why I am here looking for advice, suggestions, examples of how to "beef up" our application to prove that it is a genuine marriage.
Thank you in advance for all that take the time to read this and respond....