CONGRATULATIONS SIMO!!!! Welcome to Canada!!! Your long wait is over. My husband will be here in 18 days and I can't wait!
I can sympathize will all of you about how long it takes. It nearly drove me crazy! We waited 10 months just for the interview! But, part of the reason it takes so long is that Rabat is a small visa office. There are only 3 visa officers in Rabat and they make the decisions on all of the applications. Everything from visitors, to students, temporary workers, economic class and family class applications. The other part is politics that has nothing to do with Morocco.
No, a lawyer can't make it go faster. The only thing that can possibly make it go faster is how well your application is prepared. I recommend to send a 2nd package of proof mid-way through the processing if possible. This doesn't guarantee faster processing but does give you a better chance of it.
Age difference can play a role BUT you have to overcome that with your other proof. I am 13 years older than my husband and he was questioned about that. He told the visa officer to look at the pictures and see what she thinks about how old I look. The VO said, you're right, you look the same age. Then she moved on very quickly from that. She only really gave him a hard time about our lack of a Moroccan wedding with pictures of us dressed up with his family. There are lots of pictures of us with the family but not at our wedding because we did something different.
For those of you with children I strongly recommend that you foster communication between your husband and children. Whether it's emails or post cards, etc. I took my son to visit Morocco BUT I had no pictures to show because I lost my camera in a taxi on the last night there! It was so sad because I had such great pictures of him! But we showed the boarding passes and passport stamps. And my son and husband wrote postcards to each other after the visit. My husband said the VO read ALL of those during his interview. He wasn't really questioned about my son, just asked to describe his visit and what we did together.
These are just some things that occurred with us and hopefully it will help all of you.
I can sympathize will all of you about how long it takes. It nearly drove me crazy! We waited 10 months just for the interview! But, part of the reason it takes so long is that Rabat is a small visa office. There are only 3 visa officers in Rabat and they make the decisions on all of the applications. Everything from visitors, to students, temporary workers, economic class and family class applications. The other part is politics that has nothing to do with Morocco.
No, a lawyer can't make it go faster. The only thing that can possibly make it go faster is how well your application is prepared. I recommend to send a 2nd package of proof mid-way through the processing if possible. This doesn't guarantee faster processing but does give you a better chance of it.
Age difference can play a role BUT you have to overcome that with your other proof. I am 13 years older than my husband and he was questioned about that. He told the visa officer to look at the pictures and see what she thinks about how old I look. The VO said, you're right, you look the same age. Then she moved on very quickly from that. She only really gave him a hard time about our lack of a Moroccan wedding with pictures of us dressed up with his family. There are lots of pictures of us with the family but not at our wedding because we did something different.
For those of you with children I strongly recommend that you foster communication between your husband and children. Whether it's emails or post cards, etc. I took my son to visit Morocco BUT I had no pictures to show because I lost my camera in a taxi on the last night there! It was so sad because I had such great pictures of him! But we showed the boarding passes and passport stamps. And my son and husband wrote postcards to each other after the visit. My husband said the VO read ALL of those during his interview. He wasn't really questioned about my son, just asked to describe his visit and what we did together.
These are just some things that occurred with us and hopefully it will help all of you.
