Help Us Stay Together
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For those of you who know Mike and I, you know we are soul mates. We have been inseparable since the day we met in Bali two and a half years ago, that is until Covid-19 happened and our worlds were turned upside down.
The pandemic has effected people in hundreds of devastating ways, for Mike and I, it was heartbreaking, we were separated indefinitely, with both of us losing our steady income at the same time. We spent nearly 5 anxious months apart, navigating the uncertain ways of visas, Covid-19 border closures and financial troubles.
Mike's visa to Australia was denied multiple times, causing serious moments of sadness for us and our families as they witnessed the devastation it was causing both of us. Finally, I was granted an exemption to leave Australia and come to the USA. Mike and I wasted no time in getting married and solidifying our relationship (as this is the only way it is recognised by our governments) however, we still wait on Mike's Australian visa, as they continue to stretch out processing times and throw more curve balls at us.
My visa in the USA is quickly approaching its end, and whilst we wait on the status of Mike's Australian visa, we face the very real possibility of separation, again. We simply cannot deal with that...
Mike and I have throughly researched our options for visas and have been advised by immigration lawyers of the costs ahead of us.
Currently if we stay in the US, we're looking at around 10k, if our Australian visa miraculously gets approved, we're facing around 20k (with added Covid-19 quarantine etc). Ultimately we will have to endure all of these costs, setting us back exponentially in starting our lives together.
We have never asked for anything in our lives, but right now we need help. The visas will wipe out our minimal savings and leave us barely with our heads above water, the added financial stress on top of everything we have already faced is heart breaking for us.
We are reaching out to all our family and friends and asking for just the tiniest bit of support, $1, $2, $5... whatever you can afford will mean the world to us. Please help us conquer this impossible task, we just want to start our lives together, we're a normal, happy and loving couple and we've been dealt a super unfortunate hand. As long as we're together we can conquer anything, please help us do this.
With all our love,
Mike & Molly
The pandemic has effected people in hundreds of devastating ways, for Mike and I, it was heartbreaking, we were separated indefinitely, with both of us losing our steady income at the same time. We spent nearly 5 anxious months apart, navigating the uncertain ways of visas, Covid-19 border closures and financial troubles.
Mike's visa to Australia was denied multiple times, causing serious moments of sadness for us and our families as they witnessed the devastation it was causing both of us. Finally, I was granted an exemption to leave Australia and come to the USA. Mike and I wasted no time in getting married and solidifying our relationship (as this is the only way it is recognised by our governments) however, we still wait on Mike's Australian visa, as they continue to stretch out processing times and throw more curve balls at us.
My visa in the USA is quickly approaching its end, and whilst we wait on the status of Mike's Australian visa, we face the very real possibility of separation, again. We simply cannot deal with that...
Mike and I have throughly researched our options for visas and have been advised by immigration lawyers of the costs ahead of us.
Currently if we stay in the US, we're looking at around 10k, if our Australian visa miraculously gets approved, we're facing around 20k (with added Covid-19 quarantine etc). Ultimately we will have to endure all of these costs, setting us back exponentially in starting our lives together.
We have never asked for anything in our lives, but right now we need help. The visas will wipe out our minimal savings and leave us barely with our heads above water, the added financial stress on top of everything we have already faced is heart breaking for us.
We are reaching out to all our family and friends and asking for just the tiniest bit of support, $1, $2, $5... whatever you can afford will mean the world to us. Please help us conquer this impossible task, we just want to start our lives together, we're a normal, happy and loving couple and we've been dealt a super unfortunate hand. As long as we're together we can conquer anything, please help us do this.
With all our love,
Mike & Molly
Organizer and beneficiary
Molly Phillips
Organizer
Puyallup, WA
Michael Swearingen
Beneficiary