Immigration Fail 🛃😔 A Devastating Setback For My Family

justinparke Italistin ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY • 3 years ago (edited)

Yesterday I received some very disappointing news from the United States Citizenship & Immigration Services, and now it is sure that this family will have to separate.

The Nightmare That Never Ends

I hardly feel like posting today, but since Hive is our economic lifeline, I felt the need to both share some bad news with you all, vent my frustrations a little, and hopefully earn enough crypto compensate for today's living expenses. In short we were unable to legally marry in Cambodia, so my family and I left three years ago to Ecuador to get a legal marriage abroad, meet some American family members, and return to Cambodia.

Fast forward to now, where we are stranded in Suriname due to COVID-19 after our Ecuadorian immigration lawyer screwed us, we have been seeking to relocate to anywhere that is not Suriname since we were finally legally married after two years of red tape and bureaucratic hold-ups.

Unable to return to Cambodia due to new COVID visa regulations, we attempted US immigration, and we were in the final stages, hoping to receive an interview date, but only received notifications that my wife's birth certificate and Cambodian criminal check are invalid. To even begin to find out why these documents were refused, we have to place a public inquiry and wait 6 weeks for a response.

Our youngest daughter's passport expires in June of next year, and most countries will not allow transiting of airports with any less than 6 months left on a passport. This ultimately means we had to be in the USA or Cambodia before December, and now it's clear there's no chance for this, and we will have to separate.

A Glimmer Of Hope

I will likely return to the USA to regroup and start fighting the systems that are preventing my family and I from having basic rights like the ability to earn an income and be together. My wife was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, so we both assume this is the source of the refusal. Even worse is the American government seems to think my domicile isn't legit because I've lived outside the USA too long, even though we have an abandoned house on the family farm that I am registered to vote from, receive bank statements to, and even have filed taxes with this address.

A quick study online says people in this situation need to lawyer up and prepare for a lengthy legal fight. For me, I never wanted to take my family to a country that doesn't want them anyways, so perhaps we are dodging a bullet. Rumor has it Cambodia will reopen for tourism in October to vaccinated travelers, so this could be my/our chance to be reunited. Words can't express how angry I am that bureaucrats are ripping us apart, but at least it looks like we'll be able to possibly be together again in Cambodia.

Even though neither Cambodia or the USA wants us, we can't blast off to another universe, so Cambodia wins by being the least non-welcoming legal system on Earth to this family. For now I can't even wrap my head around the though of putting them on a plane, but this will become a reality very soon, whether we like it or not.

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luueetang 3 years ago

Hi hi Justin.. it is definitely frustrating to have gone through such a lengthy documentation process but yet in the end, it doesn't work out as planned. Your daughters would definitely be very sad while they wait for the reunification visa. My wife has the same situation in Brunei too. Although she was born there, she is not given the citizenship but rather just a permanent resident IC. So I am trying to in the future get her a citizenship in Malaysia. When I got married with her it was months of waiting due to tons of paper work that needed to be done so I roughly understand how frustrating it is especially when your fighting for your family and to make sure that there is a place to be able to settle down. There is a silver lining. Hope that things work out and do keep writing it out, I am interested to read about your life journey.

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justinparke Italist 3 years ago

It seems silly to have three nations share an island and not some basic understanding of the need for humans to have freedom of movement. Is there short-term visa-free travel within the Borneo island for Malaysians, Indonesians, and Brunei citizens? This would seem to be a necessity.

Also curious if there was/is a movement to make Borneo an independent nation without any internal borders. It seems this would be a better situation for all the inhabitants. If/when we are back together in the future, it'll be under much more sustainable conditions, wherever that may be.

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luueetang 3 years ago

Hi hi.. Justin.. yes.. there is automatic free visa.. for Malaysians to go Brunei and I think Indonesia too.. usually for Malaysians to go Brunei, no application of visa is required for 30 days.. Sarawak is a part of Malaysia but many in Sarawak don't really want to be part of Malaysia. West Malaysians when they come to Sarawak have to apply for visa. Sarawakians can enter the West of Malaysia freely. I think it is something to do with the constitution laid out by Brooke when he ruled here for a while. If Sarawak is an independent state, this state would be wealthy because most of the revenue earnt by Sarawak is given to the government of Malaysia with only peanuts returned. The Malaysian government in a way fears the lost of Sarawak and Sabah because these are hard to control areas. Indonesia is relocating its new capital to Kalimantan on the island of Borneo in a couple of years. =)

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carolynstahl 3 years ago

It's a good thing for you to do rant videos about this. You never know if someone sees it and happens to have a magical solution. It's beyond devastating especially the thought of you guys separating. I'm hoping a miracle will stop that from happening.

It's so unjust that not long ago, anyone could storm into Canada and claim refugee status. Same with other parts of the world. We saw certain refugees come in and destroy the apartments paid for by the government, theft, vandalism and even prostituting their children. We were superintendents of these buildings. Didn't seem that they appreciated refuge. But you all, are a nice family stuck in a foreign land that are not allowed to come home. It's beyond ridiculous and unjust. I still hope something turns around for you and that you can be together in a good place. Good by apocalypse standards. Peace to you all.

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justinparke Italist 3 years ago

Thank you, I hope no one gets tired of my rants. We did once upon a time have a local newspaper story printed about us, as well as NPR interview. I will definitely be contacting both sources to do a follow-up story detailing the failure of USA, Surinamese, and Cambodian bureaucracy. I must admit though shaming and exposing has never been an effective technique against the American government.

It is funny how if you play by the rules, it's a nearly impossible path, but if you enter illegally, a path to citizenship is possible. And to think Americans wonder why so many people cross illegally into the USA each day. Most of those people have tried to come legally and failed multiple times. I think if Pov and I didn't have children, we would've already committed multiple victimless crimes to better our situation.

Now we are just imagining our lives back in Cambodia together, and it's a nice dream I must say. We aren't yet ready to think about the additional hardship we'll endure apart from one another before this is possible.

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Immigration Fail 🛃😔 A Devastating Setback For My Family

The Nightmare That Never Ends

A Glimmer Of Hope

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