anexperimentallife:anexperimentallife: Jan 18, 2022: US couple in danger of being forced to leave ou
anexperimentallife:anexperimentallife: Jan 18, 2022: US couple in danger of being forced to leave our baby daughter overseas TL;DR: We’re an interracial, neurodivergent US couple in the Philippines. I’m also physically disabled. A paperwork snafu left our daughter (born here during lockdown) stateless, and Immigration is skeptical about an extension to our visas while we get it sorted, meaning they may force us to leave without our daughter in MARCH. There’s a guaranteed way for ONE of us to stay, but it costs 10K USD PLUS other fees, and we don’t have that just laying around. I cannot begin to imagine the trauma to El if they force us to leave without her, not knowing when we’ll see each other again. PayPal Donation Link (preferred bc this one takes the lowest fees) GoFundMe Ko-Fi Secondary Paypal Link (bc some non-US folks had trouble with the preferred one–but this one takes full fees) Details, for those who want the whole story: Keep reading As of Jan 20, 2022, we’re still nowhere close. We HAVE, at the suggestion of a sympathetic immigration official, contacted a couple of US lawmakers, neither of which even understood the issue. (One sent us US immigration forms, which was… They obviously didn’t even read the email Zoey sent.)So we finally contacted Bernie Sanders’ office (because he’s been fighting for “the little guy” since before I was born), and asked for exactly what Immigration Office Bro suggested–which is for them to please contact the Philippines Foreign Affairs Office to see if they can a) speed things up, and b) make sure our extension is approved.Haven’t heard back yet, but it’s early morning still in the US. I don’t know if they’ll intercede for us, or if it’ll help, but we’re hoping. Zoey is also posting the fundraiser to Reddit, so maybe that will help on the SRRV front.Thank you to everyone who has contributed and reblogged so far. We will never be able to thank you enough for your generosity; you are helping towards making sure our daughter gets to stay with her mommy and daddy, and we love you for it. -- source link
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