anexperimentallife: thesurestthing: May 11, 2022 / Disabled, neurodivergent, interracial American fa
anexperimentallife: thesurestthing: May 11, 2022 / Disabled, neurodivergent, interracial American family in crisis overseas!TLDR; Our daughter can’t travel out of the Philippines with us until they fix the paperwork snafu that made her stateless. We need to cover immigration fees for visa overstay, related transportation, and covid-related health costs for our at risk family. We didn’t meet our earlier goal, so now we need an additional $8,000 USD (at least) by July 2022.Hi everyone, our 14 month old Eleanor won’t be able to travel out of the country with us by the time our visa extensions expire, so we have to stay here until her paperwork is fixed, and then we have to go through the American embassy processes of registering her and getting her passport. Until then, Rob and I need to keep paying exorbitant fees for overstaying our 36 month visa allotment. For Rob it’s been 50 months so far and for me it’s been 43 months. You may have seen our fundraising posts between October 2021 and January/February2022. Our goal then was 12,000 USD for an SRRV that would have allowed Rob and the baby to stay in the Philippines permanently (I would still have had to fly out and back to reset, but at least El would have had one of us here with her in case there was trouble with reentry), but because we didn’t meet that goal in time, and because we’ve had COVID complications, we have to do this additional fund raising. In March 2022 Rob and I were granted additional (very expensive) immigration extensions valid until July 2022. We probably won’t be able to get Eleanor’s papers sorted until after August 2022 and we won’t be leaving the country to reset our visas without her, so we’re hoping to raise at least enough to file for another extension in July 2022 and cover subsequent accommodations, travel, immigration fees, and incidentals to finally put this mess behind us.After July we’ll still need whatever we can get towards 8,000 for travel to Manila to get American paperwork sorted (because they will only do it in person), then to fly out of the country together to reset our visas so it no longer costs us a small fortune every few months for overstaying. And of course to handle all the surprise medical expenses from how badly long covid is affecting Rob.Speaking of which… Rob is still having complications from long covid, especially because of his pre-existing disabilities. His eyesight took a covid-related nosedive back in the beginning of February (inflamation in the retina area from micro-clots), and we’re just now getting treatment for that. He also needs a lot of dental work done because of low quality dental work in the past and a tooth that keeps breaking, plus we’re trying to find him some quality cuff crutches to alleviate the pressure on his joints. We’re looking for specialists local to us to get him the care that he needs (including hopefully letting him keep his toe–oh yeah, forgot to mention that). A couple months ago he needed an expensive MRI to check out his brain after a neurological event, and recently spent an entire month bedridden and on an oxygen machine.Rob is physically disabled, with spinal injuries, a traumatic brain injury, nerve damage, and joint problems. He’s also autistic with ADHD, bipolar disorder, and PTSD. I also have ADHD. I’m the main caretaker for the baby and for Rob, so I don’t have time for much else outside of them, and I can’t legally work in the Philippines without sponsorship anyway.You all have been so incredibly kind and helpful and amazing and wonderful, and we are so grateful for each and every one of you for sharing and donating to help keep our little family together. My sweet daughter, disabled partner, and my exhausted self thank you so so much.Our preferred method of receiving donations is Rob’s paypal, so here’s the link for that as well as alternate methods of donations we are capable of receiving,PayPal Donation Link (preferred bc lowest fees) – https://href.li/?https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=AAPN4HRA9YLA4 GoFundMe – https://href.li/?https://www.gofundme.com/f/family-riding-out-covid-overseas Ko-Fi – https://href.li/?https://ko-fi.com/anexperimentallife Secondary Paypal Link (bc some non-US folks had trouble with the preferred one–but this one takes full fees) – https://href.li/?https://ko-fi.com/anexperimentallife For those not in the know about what’s happened, here’s a link to a past post with more details. There’s also some info on the gofundmehttps://anexperimentallife.tumblr.com/post/673717992166670336/jan-18-2022-us-couple-in-danger-of-being-forcedThank you all again so much, more than words can even say. As of May 14th we’ve got about 350 of the additional 8K needed. Thanks to everyone who has kicked in or reblogged. All my energy is going towards recovery, parenting, and medical stuff, so I’m not very interactive right now, but I appreciate all of you. ❤❤❤❤ -- source link