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Worst experience ever. Last year on August 31st me...

Worst experience ever. Last year on August 31st me and my husband suppose to visit our uncle in Sweden who had sent us an invitation. I am an American citizen as a result I didn't need visa from here but my husband needed because he was a permanent resident. After 10 days of his visa interview we were informed that his visa was denied because we suppose to have certain amount of daily deposit in the bank. Point to be noted here. In their website where it says what one needs for visa it only says bank statement for last 3 months. We had submitted both bank statements of our checking and savings accounts. In checking we didn't have a lot; however, in savings we had enough deposit. If these people decide not to pay attention is this our fault? They never checked our savings account's statement. My husband requested them to recheck the statement and as usual they took their time to answered us back because they really don't care about people's situation. As a result we had to cancel our flight, and very unfortunately the plane fare was non-refundable. I have never thought that with a permanent resident card someone's visa actually can get denied. My husband had submitted copy of his most current paychecks, copy of my paychecks; moreover, our uncle submitted his financial documents which showed he is able to support us. Altogether we have lost $1636.00 because the plane fare was non-refundable. If some people of the Swedish Embassy did their job correctly and paid little bit attention we wouldn't have to lose $1636.00.