if I wasn’t married to him I would have been denied.
papers I took with me to the interview was
•pictures of us and our multiple countries we visited together Maldives,Lebanon,Turkey,Malaysia,Thailand but they did not bother to look at them.
•our marriage certificate.(asked to see it right away)
•HIS proof of income.(asked to see it)
The person who interviewed me for the first time asked me to see my Syrian passport but I only had a copy of it with me at that time but also he didn’t ask me to submit it or reschedule the interview.
I was put on AP for a week after then I received my passport.
Other times after that I was issued the visa faster within 3 working days.
my North African mother also was granted a US visa,she was given the visa on the same bases,also listed my husband as the sponsor and had all supporting documents to prove his income and marriage to me but they did not ask her to see those documents and was granted a visa right away.
my UNMARRIED sister who lives in SYRIA has a North African and a Syrian passport was interviewed in Lebanon (since the U.S. embassy in Damascus has shot down due to our civil war) was granted a visa solely because of my marriage to my US husband!
she also listed him as a sponsor and submitted HIS papers and strangely they asked her for passport photos of MY kids as well.she works with a big organisation in Syria though but they seemed interested more in asking about my husband and our relationship.
my other unmarried sister with no job got denied visa after ONE question at the embassy in Lebanon
CO: who will you be travelling with
sister: with my sister and her kids and husband.
CO:does your sister have a valid US visa?
sister:Yes
she showed him the wrong expired old visa of mine!! The officer mentioned it was expired and after that denied her visa.
she never applied again she is not interested her feelings are hurt 😬
Sorry my English is not so good I tried to explain as much as possible.
hope it helps someone and gives hope.