I actually understand what discrimination means and that is why I posted an example of when a Caucasian Canadian citizen would face the same scrutiny. It has nothing to do with the fact that you are Indian and mostly due to the fact that you have very little time together in person in a relationship. Did you ask your colleagues if they had been dating their spouses for years before getting married? Many likely lived together before getting married or spent numerous nights at each other’s homes per week. It is much easier to show a relationship is genuine if a couple had essentially been living together, whether they were dating or married, for a couple of years before applying for a visa or permit. They have lots of pictures of them together in various places and often countries, at lost of family events, etc. If you had a longterm dating relationship before marriage where you lived together, travelled together, attended family events as each others dates for the past year(s), had lots of pictures together, etc. you likely would have been approved for an SOWP. It has nothing to do with being Indian. It has to do with being able to show proof of a relationship where you have spent time together other than the wedding. The TRV was the wrong thing to apply for so was correctly refused.
