Voices United

As a 72-year-old mother and a citizen of the United States, I applied for an immigrant visa for my son, who was the legal guardian of my daughter s...

Two years ago, I immigrated to the US, but my father's visa was denied due to his past forced conscription, leaving my family and me in distress. T...

I'm a a Canadian citizen renowned for my Ph.D. research on diabetes treatment using innovative gene-therapy tools. I was selected for a two-year fe...

In 2011, I left Iran for America, escaping religious persecution. Despite hopeful beginnings, I've struggled to reunite with my husband for seven y...

Somayeh and Javad married in 2019 in Iran with dreams of furthering their education abroad. Despite Javad's hard work to finance their aspirations,...

I've been a US citizen for over 12 years. We've been awaiting my spouse's US visa for over 5 years to start our new life in the US. As a responsibl...

I am a 70-year-old mother, after 16 years of wait, our grandson's F3 Visa was refused in 2020 because of his forced conscription in IRGC 31 years a...

I met my fiancé in Iran back in 2017 and applied for his K1 visa in 2018. However, my fiancé visa was refused because of his forced conscription in...

In December 2017, I applied for my husband's visa, facing challenges. Meanwhile, my mother battled cancer, adding to our struggles. Despite visits ...

As an American citizen, I applied for an immigrant visa for my son. Unfortunately, the American embassy in Armenia refused his visa due to forced I...

I'm a 62-year-old mother, and my children are US citizens. When my spouse and I applied for immigrant visa through our son, my spouse's visa was un...

After waiting for 17 years, my two daughters and I finally received our immigrant visas in 2021. However, my husband's visa refused due to his forc...

As an Iranian American woman practicing the Baha'i faith and holding US citizenship, my family and I encountered discrimination and persecution in ...

I'm a US citizen. My husband, Afshin, was refused US visa due to his forced IRGC conscription over a decade ago. We've been living in Western Asia ...

Five years ago, my daughter and I were granted immigrant visas, but my spouse's visa was denied due to his forced conscription in the IRGC 28 years...

I'm 41-year-old married woman living in the United States, forced to endure separation. My husband, Mehrdad, was refused a visa to join me due to h...

I am a US Citizen who has been apart from my dad for the past 14 years. It has been three years since I applied for his green card, but due to his ...

Despite explaining my forced conscription in Iran to the US embassy, my biggest challenge came after starting my remote Ph.D. at UNLV. Though my su...

In 2020, my US immigrant Visa was refused and I was unable to reunite with my family. Since then, our family has been in turmoil. My mother, overwh...

I applied for an EB1 immigrant visa with my family in October 2021. Despite approval for extraordinary ability, administrative processing remains i...

Unfortunately, due to forced conscription, it's truly disheartening that after all these years of waiting, I'm still unable to obtain a visa. Being...

Mohammad Ali's struggle for a US visa continues despite his family's citizenship. Hindered by administrative delays and past forced conscription wi...

Ali and his wife won the diversity visa lottery, but they've been separated after eight years of living together. This decision, barring individual...

While my parents obtained F34 visas to the US in November 2021, I'm still awaiting approval since our interview in March 2017. We've been waiting f...

Due to being forcefully conscripted by the IRGC upon my return to Iran, my visa application to reunite with my US citizen mother has been refused. ...

In 2018, I married my US citizen spouse. it's now been six years since we've been apart, leading to uncertainty and despair. Unfortunately my US vi...

Mohammad Ali's struggle for a US visa continues despite his family's citizenship. Hindered by administrative delays and past forced conscription wi...

We applied for family immigration to the United States in 2005. Following an interview at the Ankara embassy in 2016, my spouse's visa was granted ...

My wife and our children, reside in the US, while I am left alone in Iran since my US visa was refused due to forced IRGC conscription. This distan...

After 15 years and 15 stages of DV registration, we were finally accepted in 2022. However, our visa was refused due to forced IRGC conscription. W...

For over 7 years, I've been married but haven't lived with my husband because he was unable to get his visa due to forced IRGC conscription. He's t...

Reza, a physician, is on the verge of losing a research position he has worked hard to secure due to a prolonged administrative processing for his ...

Nearly 4 years ago, my family split into two parts: my mom, younger sister, and me in America, and my dad far away. I was just 16 when I arrived, m...

In June 2020, I arrived in America with my sister and mom, leaving my dad behind. Since arriving at age 10, I've missed him terribly, crying every ...

In 2013, I married my wife, and she applied for my F1 visa to join her in the US and start our family. After 6 years, I went for an interview at th...

I was admitted to a top 10 university in the USA for my Ph.D. in pursuit of my passion for researching and designing for autistic children. However...

I'm so saddened by my visa status now that I don’t even know where or how to begin…. I am a 46-year-old entrepreneur involved in coffee production ...

As a sixteen-year-old girl, despite vision challenges and losing an eye at birth, I've persevered through surgeries with the help of God and skille...

My US visa was refused back in January 2023 due to forced conscription and I was unable to join my parents and my sister in the US. My parents are ...

I am a 53-year-old mother of two, and my husband is 60. We underwent our first interview together in 2017, and in 2019, my children and I were gran...

As a father of US citizen my US immigrant visa was refused due to forced conscription in 2001! I have remained separated from my family and was una...

My EB1 US immigration visa was refused in 2021 due to forced conscription. I am MD.MPH With 26 years of experience as a specialist in Drug Abuse Pr...

My US immigration visa was refused because of forced conscription back in 2008. As a medical doctor, I was rendering medical services to the patien...