SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
Right. Yes, I do remember that our understanding on what constitutes a marriage differed in another thread, that one was for Africa. There are no legally recognized forms of traditional marriages in EU law. One may have a wedding abroad recognized, based on well defined criteria and documentation.
But let's compare two cases:
Case 1: married, seperated from spouse since several years, no legal divorce decree at time of DV application, files as Single - Result: Disqualification (at least this is what I learned from you guys in this forum).
Case 2: single, no legal marriage certificate at time of DV application, files as Married - Result: ?
As said above, I truly hope this specific case can be resolved based on the misunderstanding of their legal date of marriage.
Like I said before, previous consular official link gives the result of case 2 as visa granted. Seems they don't mind extra people on the form, just don't like leaving them out.
Btw even though it is apparently not applicable in this case, you are falling into the trap I warned about before. There is more to Europe than the EU.... To be fair, I doubt you know the marriage law in every single country that falls under Europe for DV purposes, you do know it is not just European Union countries ...yet you are citing EU law....
