Age Difference

[myheart0628 30]

Hi everyone,

 

I have been looking for advice on my particular situation in the threads but I have not found anything. My husband and I have an age difference of 8 years he is 29 and I am 21. He is from a "high fraud" country and I wanted to know if anyone had any experience with the immigrant being older the U.S. citizen. Regarding problems at the embassy during the interview. We are at the NVC phase and I have visited him twice with a total of 3 months together. Background- met on Facebook in December 2015. I visited him in May 2016 and stayed for six weeks before we decided to get married and then spent two more weeks together. I filed in August and then I went back for another visit in December 2016 and stayed for 5 weeks. 

Edited March 28, 2017 by myheart0628

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

****** Moving from Of Topic to CR-1 spousal visa (the K3 listed in the Op's profile is obsolete) ********

 

I don;t think this will be an issue; your age difference isn;t huge, and is generally culturally accepted in the beneficiary's country, plus you have a lot of time spent together.

[Togbega II 25]

You dont need to have any worries. My wife who was then my fiancee was 13years older than me. She came to Ghana once and spent only 6 days but I had my K1 visa very easily. Its all about the evidence and duration of the relationship. My and I were communicated for 18months before she came to Ghana.

I also know a guy who came here on a K1 and the fiancee now wife is older than him 21 years difference.

[O&GForever 387]

You don't need to worry about the age difference. As others have stated it's not that large, plus he is older than you. Ghana tends to question when the woman is much older than the man since that goes against the cultural norm. 

 

If you can, I would suggest you trying to be in the country when your husband interviews. I went to Ghana to support my husband for the interview. I wasn't allowed in the embassy, but I included a letter to give to the CO, pictures from the first couple of days of the trip, and copies of the boarding pass, visa stamps and hotel receipts. The CO and another in the embassy commented about me being there. 

 

Feel free to message me if you have any questions.