Hmm, I just received my documents with a refusal letter of my EEA2 application. Their reason is that our MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE and the STATUTORY DECLARATION attached makes them consider our marriage to have taken place by proxy. Because our passports show that none us attended the marriage ceremony in Ghana which is true. It also says that the Statutory Declaration that accompanied our marriage Certificate does not state that a dowry has been paid since it was a traditional marriage. They also say the Statutory Declaration did not state our current condition or marital status at the time of the marriage and that we are Ghanaian and therefore eligible to be married in accordance with the Ghanaian Customary Law.As such, the Statutory Declaration is not valid in accordance with Marriage and Divorce(Registration) Law 1985, and therefore the marriage Certificate is not valid without a valid Statutory Declaration.
The funny thing is that it states clearly on the Marriage Certificate that all the customary rites had been performed but because it doesn't say the same thing on the attached statutory Declaration the case worker stood on this and refused my application. Now, what can I do? OBIE and the GURUS, I need your usual unending help badly. Where should I go? APPEAL, REAPPLY OR RECONSIDERATION and documents to buttress my case. Thanks in advance
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