jatt123 said:
Thank you very much Hogaishaadi. Your in detail response gave me a clear view of the whole sanerio. I am extremely thank full to you. Dear, i have some other quries too. My case was a wedding & ruhsati case. We had a proper Mehdi, Barat and Reception having 300 guests. Had a very long honey moon with proofs. But as our marriage was purely ARRANGED. I never even talked to her once before wedding. We just had a family meeting in presence of family once before marriage. We just exchanged pictures on email and a simple email telling her my cell number. I want to ask how much this would effect our case. We attached complete documents like bills, pictures, shopping bills, traveling bills, joint bank account etc. But one thing that making me worried that we had no interaction before marriage. Would this be a hindurance or problem?Would this be lead to interview? In ususlly which type of cases, interviews are taken? Nikah only case? In general?
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The term Fowrd date is very new to me and your explanation gave me a very clear idea. Thanks for it. Can you please explain a bit more, that if I am asked for a document with 1.5 months foward date, if I proivde them that document in a week, would they start checking my file again in a week or exact of fowrd date?
And if I fail to produce their required document in time, would my file be sent back in que or what?
you are welcome...
your marriage procedure is just fine (its a full fledged marriage)... plus dont fret about it being arranged, thats perfectly ok as per our culture, most happen that way, so i hope in your cover letter you explained that just like you did here... what matters is how you commute after the marriage, this is what they want to see (in your case that is, since ur parents arranged it etc)... so prepare lots of skype, phone, chat, email, etc logs... photos, try a visit (best thing to do, and take lots of photos)... all this will help show the visa officer that your case is indeed genuine... dont go throwing money at wall crazy to show proofs, wasting money is not equal to genuineness of relation (for example, if you send her a $10 perfume or a $1000 perfume, the visa officer will see it as a gift)... so again dont worry about not having any proof pre-marriage... get the post marriage proof ready...
they give you a standard 45 days, and its not a be all end all due date (but obv try to get things in sooner than later: in some cases say if you are having a hard time getting a police clearance certificate and think its gona take more than 45 days then fax them stating that as soon as you get it you will send them the package)... the BFD is not of 45 days, its a little more than that in general allowing you time to get it in and then it being placed within your file... and the officer will open your file on the BFD or in the immediate following 2-3 days... for sure not earlier (you will be lucky if they do, but dont count on it)...
another hint, keep a copy of everything, so basically whatever you send in keep a ditto copy if you can, they can lose your stuff and request again, so have it just in case...
again dont dwell on the waiting, it is a long process, and will take on avg 14-16 months, so instead of becoming devdas, try to keep the wife happy, and communicate more with her gathering evidence for your case
best of luck...