To win the appeal do you need a lawyer? I can't afford one, they want thousands of dollars. What they are saying isn't even true. My partner answered the questions in the interview properly but the agent treated him badly from the minute he sat down. She just kept calling him a liar and saying our 3 year relationship is not legitimate. They have no proof that we are lying because we are not. How can they just refuse our application and say "we think"? They need proof we are liars and they don't have. We do have proof of our relationship but they ignore it and say well I don't believe. How is this possible?
This is so incredibly mentally and emotionally hard
Yes, it's devastating to get refusal. It's better to overcome the initial shock at the earliest and draw solace from countless number of similar cases.
You don't need to hire a lawyer or a consultant to win an appeal. Many people on this forum, including me, won the appeal on our own. Go through this thread and you will get all the information you need for winning the appeal.
If a case has one or more of red flags, it's refused during the interview. Visa officers don't care to look at the evidence.
But it's totally different during the hearing. Judge gives full opportunity to prove genuineness of our marriage. Unless it's really a fraud, appeal is allowed. Genuine couples need not worry about failure in the hearing.