Hi I'm Indonesian girl married to Romania man 7 months ago after 3 years in relationships.
We married in Jakarta st. Thomas Orthodox Church after i got baptized and convert to orthodox.
It's a Legal Marriage!
We already registered our marriage in both country so we have two marriage certificate.
We registered the marriage in Romania with help from lawyer in there because I can't get visa to come there and take care of the papers.
I prepared all of the legalizations of papers from notary, ministry of law, foreign affairs and Romania embassy which are needed for registration.
So far there was no serious problem in registering the marriage. Only few things like Romania Civilization Office a little bit confused about how to write my name and I should send them a statement about my name.
Everything has been done and my husband sent it by DHL so I can apply for visa.
On 14 May 2018 I applied online n have an interview on 16 May 2018 (kinda fast respon for me).
But I rescheduled it to 18 May 2018 due to invitation letter legalize by the notary that my husband sent by DHL hasn't arrived yet.
The interview was less question. The consular only asked few simple questions about if I ever go abroad before and I said no, never. I gave him 2 brinds copy of documents and original documents such :
Travel insurance for a year with $100,000 medical coverage, valid travel documents till 2022, photograp, criminal record from the highest police office department in Indonesia, marriage certificate from Romania and invitation from my husband which's legalized by the notary in his country.
Everything was so sure until I get the text from embassy on 15 June 2018 last week, it said :
“Your visa application was rejected. Please come to pick your passport”
Hmmm... what a devastated day in the week of holiday. My position was in Bandung n I should find a ticket to bring me to Jakarta. And I can't stop thinking what's the reason till they refused my visa.
So yesterday on 18 June 2018, I came to the embassy at 09.30. The employee who usually welcome me asked me how am I and I said I'm not really good and he asked me why... i said.. your embassy rejected my visa. And he was really surprised. He looked for my passport and refusement letter.
Me and him were surprised about the reason why my visa has been rejected. It was unexpected. The reason is :
“You have been irrevocably condemned for crimes committed abroad that are incompatible with the purpose for which are requesting a visa”
Suddenly I felt stuck!
What the most nonsense reason I don't expected!
I told him I never go abroad before not even Asia area. I never out from my country how can they write such cruel thing about me???
What did they write there is really cruel n risky for me to apply visa to Europe in the future.
I never did crime the criminal record proved it so!
So this employee offered me to talk with The consular in there to explain this nonsense things.
I talked to him and explain about this!
And he said... he can't explain much that's what he got from Bucharest.
I asked him what kind of crime did I do till your immigration condemned me like this?
He said he didn't know and he gave me advice to ask my husband to go to immigration police office in my husband hometown in Craiova, to explain about this.
I also asked if I can apply visa again or reapply?
And he said it depend on what will the immigration said. He gave me two clues : perhaps it because my refusement visa on 2 January by French... he thought maybe the immigration asked why did they refuse and they said I have did crime in Europe.
I told him, the refusement was because Insufficient money! That was written in the refusement letter! I still have it with me. Also I was planing to go there only 7-10 days for new year holiday!I never go abroad before as u can see this is my passport my only passport nothing in there!
And he started like (I don't know I feel like it was such another excuse)
He asked, then how did u register the marriage if u never go to Romania?
I said, omg sir... I told you since I came here almost every week to legalize my papers. I told u it was for registering the marriage! I used lawyer in there... even he ever called you! i prepared the documents from here because i can't go there, i required invitation from immigration for visit visa. The immigration refused it twice! So what can i do if i don't use the lawyer???
And he said.. ahh I see.. so tell the immigration like that. I can't explain much...That's what I get from Bucharest. Your husband should go to immigration police office in craiova.
I said, ok.
And then I leave.
I read the refusement letter over n over again...
I was thinking this is unfair, this is violation to human right!
How can you put that cruel reason and condemned me about crime that I never did!
This reason could impact so bad in the future.
So I decided to contact the agency that took care of my French visa on January. He was really surprised and he said probably there's a person who has same name with you and he said to me that my French visa was refused because insufficient money not CRIME! Impossible embassy here will said so. U have the refusement letter with you.
I was really upset and decided to contact by email my embassy in Bucharest, maybe they can give me some advice or information about maybe there's has similar name with me and have problem in there and They haven't reply yet.
Also I contacted the ministry of law and human right in here to tell them about this. I really really feel this is the most cruel accusing. And they let me to come to the nationality section to discuss about this next week because this week Is still holiday of Muslim.
Also my husband will go to immigration office in his home town after he's back from Eindhoven Netherlands next week.
Well I won't stay quiet If they don't want to take back this kind of accusing. This is really terrible and It will impact to my future life and marriage.
I only shared this as an experience not my intention to blame every organization which has caused this. As human... I want to make it fair to clean my name!