When Canejo returned to Brazil in January 2020, she had no way of knowing it would take 11 months to see Roche again. For many binational, unmarried couples like Canejo and Roche, that uncertainty has been agonisingly persistent for the past year. “For both of us, it felt like we had fallen in love for the first time in life,” she said. For starters, if someone were to marry an American citizen, the backlog of immigrant visas to the United States could mean months — or longer — of waiting. In June, when Pancochova left the United States because of an expiring visa, the couple was unsure of when they would next see each other.

Source: bd News24 February 14, 2021 10:30 UTC