Unfortunately new to this forum: Outland Spousal Sponsorship / Sponsor: Canada / Applicant: Ghanian
Applied July 2019 / Refusal letter received yesterday: Feb. 2020 (after 7 months).
Reading that if you appeal and is denied means you can never sponsor your spouse - seriously? So why would anyone appeal?
Is re-applying the way to go?
Refused based on personal bias of immigration officer who was jealous and made decision as spouse walked in the door (didn't look at over 1500 pages of evidence presented to her at interview or 500 pages of communication). He answered all her questions correctly, but she didn't base her decision on fact, this was personal.
Questioned: only 1 member at the wedding - so what? we wanted small ceremony at court with our friends and celebrated with dinner and drinks with the rest of the family (who were minding small children or working) and 1 member represents the entire family anyway - people elope and have no members of family at wedding. We celebrated with family in Ghana after and had planned celebration with friends and family in Canada once he arrived.
Questioned: you are only with her to get to Canada (as we are age gap relationship) - he doesn't care about Canada, but I have better living and he is going to come where I live; he wouldn't be with me for 4 years if he only cared about getting to Canada, faster ways to do that.
Questioned: you know all the answers to the questions I am giving you - of course, that's our job to study and review the questions and answers and we've been together for over 4 years of talking everyday...why would we not know about each other.
Looking for some advice and input....right now feeling really raw, hurt and in disbelieve over this entire process. We are real, genuine, yet people that were obviously fake got in no problem on the same day - this seemed very personal and not based on evidence or fact.
We had applied through immigration lawyers, I also work with the law...I think that female officer was jealous.
