very sorry but there's always a solution, ask for advise from lawyer or go for appealWe had a small court ceremony (they won't let you bring lots of people)
So we had senior brother representing the family, and then mutual friends on both sides.
After the ceremony we came home and had a family dinner with all the family to celebrate, pictures with the family in our wedding outfits and then drinks with family and friends to celebrate.
We had photo evidence of all of this as well as support letters. And support letters from family and friends in Canada that could not attend - saying they are looking to celebrate with us when husband arrives (as was our plan to have celebration here once he comes).
People elope and have no one so what's the difference if we decided to marry with a small number of friends? We did have a representative of the family. Culturally for both of us, we know that having 1 member there means your family is there. Family also has small children to take care of and jobs, they can't just take day off and come to ceremony during the day.
If we had all family there this officer would have said that the family forced me to marry - so either way, no answer was going to be ok for her.
Bottom line, she doesn't like that I am with my husband and she decided to take a power trip to keep us apart - this was personal - not based on fact.