Help!! Spouse visa rejected at Islamabad

Hi,

My spouse visa has been rejected. Our nikah was held in London. The father gave the ok. The traditional marriage was held in Pakistan. The visa officer is unconvinced to legitimacy of the contract of marriage.

Any advice would be appreciated

Hi,

You will have to give more details.

For a start, what evidence have you provided for the Nikah that happened in London. Also, I know some places are also eligible to give civil marriage certificates when you do a Nikah (Regents Park Mosque springs to mind). did you go to such a 'recognised' place?

Im not sure what you mean by the traditional marriage? The Nikah is the marriage. Do you mean the 'traditions' that surround a marriage ceremony? If so, they are irrelevent. Its the actual Nikah that is the marriage contract, and that is probably what the EC officer is questioning.

mmhtn, the legal marriage happened in the UK? So have you got a conventional UK-style marriage certificate? If not, what leads you to think that you have entered into a legal marriage? (As distinct from a religious wedding.)