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Submitted by Bronze (United States), Nov 20, 2006 at 17:37

Even though they have family members in the states or UK it is still hard to visit them. That is why I got married in Egypt. His family was denied a visitor visa. In order for them to come to the USA they had to show reasons why they would return to their country and they did not i.e. businesses, jobs, money etc. As you know the majority is poor and don't have that. Their sponsor in the states had to show they had sufficient income to support them for a visit if the family ran into financial trouble. My husband didn't.

Also I wanted you to know that if you did marry him in Morocco, he could not come back with you then. A spousal visa can take up to a year or more before he could even be with you in the states.

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