The OP didn't say that his wife is American. I doubt that she is, seeing as how the application on his profile information is being processed in Beirut, Lebanon.Mightytonewheel said:
Yup, but you said "Applicants from the US have a very very low burden of proof unless there are a lot of red flags." I was responding to that.Decoy24601 said:
I was comparing applicants from the US (and other visa-exempt countries) to applicants from visa-requiring countries "There's also a big difference in burden of proof for an applicant from the US versus visa-requiring countries.". I am aware of the reasoning behind it, but I decided not to go into it since it wasn't relevant to the thread. I was pointing out that the person I quoted was giving slightly wrong information because they weren't taking into account of the difference in burden of proof between visa requiring and visa exempt countries (the person I originally quoted was using personal experience from applying from the US).Mightytonewheel said:
It has nothing to do with Visa exempt and visa-required countries , Paris Visa Office handle North African Visa-required countries as well as European Visa Exempt countries , Applicants from both parts get approved in less than 8 months .Decoy24601 said:
Every case is different of course.
It does, to an extent. Not because of the fact that they are visa-requiring, but because of the reasons why they're visa requiring in the first place. It's a well known fact that people from the US have a much lower burden of proof than an applicant from the Philippines, for example. Different cultural norms for weddings, for example, are also expected from an applicant from let's say, India, rather than the US. I said countries, not visa offices.TANMEX said:
Many congratulations & thanks a lot for sharing !!akcec said:My wife had her interview today and was approved. She said the officer looked at a couple of pictures then asked her a few questions and that was the end of it. All the other documents she just flipped through them but did not look at the details. My wife felt that having all this proof helped speed up the interview even if they don't go through the details. When the officer sees that you have this much proof it gives them more assurance about the relationship, and in turns they don't give the applicant a hard time.
So after all the proof that we provided was sufficient for our case
It doesn't make sense to send them all. They are looking for continuous and regular communication and won't read all the messages. I created a tool to take a few chat messages from every day/week/month. You can try to use it if you like:MMMPPP said:
