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Kiyo and Jim

18/01/09 10:18 Filed in: Living In Separation
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We met the end of 2007 just before Kiyo had to leave the United States to return to Japan after his Student Visa expired and he couldn't get a H1B visa even though he had an employer to sponsor him. My first trip to Tokyo in May 2008 was incredible!!! Although I had strong feelings for him, I wasn't sure I wanted to have a long distance relationship, but after spending more than a week with Kiyo I fell deeply in love...When I returned to the States I decided to go back for his birthday on July 9th and ask him to marry me. On August 18, 2008, at San Francisco City Hall, Kiyo and I were one of the 18,000 lucky couple to be married in California. Our one real hope for happiness is the passage of Uniting American Families Act. (photo: personal; "On August 18, 2008, at San Francisco City Hall, Kiyo and I were one of the 18,000 lucky couples to be married in California", Kiyo and Jim together since: May 2008)

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Americans take it for granted that if they fall in love with a foreigner, they will be able to sponsor their partner for residency in the United States. But there is no such option for same-sex couples. It simply does not matter how long a couple has been together, how devoted they are to each other or even if they are legally married in Massachusetts, California (before Prop 8) or a country that allows it; if the partners are the same sex, their relationship is irrelevant in the American immigration system. A matter of fact, if our marriages become known to an immigration official, it would be evidence enough (to them) of a reason to want to stay permanently in the U.S. and would be an automatic ground to deny our spouses entry, or even a visa in the future.



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