Everything was fine — until it wasn’t. A young couple, at home, optimist, chasing the American dream, suddenly found themselves on opposite sides of the world.
He worked in the U.S. on an H-1B visa. And then there was a shock: the visa was revoked because the consultancy had filed several H-1B petitions without his knowledge — something now considered fraud.
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With no time to explain or prepare, he had no choice but to pack his bags and leave. She was left behind on OPT, watching her life be split in half.
It’s been 1.5 years since, with remote work, missed opportunities, courtroom battles, and calls from across the country. The two persevered together, trying to maintain the relationship while fighting systems and borders.
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Now that her H-1B is finally picked and in progress, marriage once again is the plan. But there is fear in every option: What if the past never lets the future be?
There is something very cruel about punishing a person for a mistake they did not make. It is worse when even proof of innocence cannot change the outcome.
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Systems rarely have room for context, especially when the word “fraud” is used — even when the fraud itself wasn’t committed by the individual. And in such cases, visas are more a matter of perception than eligibility.
Love doesn’t get a visa. But it does end up waiting in endless lines, filling out forms, and holding its breath at immigration desks.
