COMPLICATIONS OF TRAVEL FOR LOVERS DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS

       

                          

 Life in Europe is, slowly, becoming normal once more with cinemas, swimming pools and several borders reopening.  But while many of us can travel to see our loved ones there are still some couples that are being stopped by their governments from reuniting.

Commissioner Ylva Johannson 

"Love is not Tourism."  Lovers separated from the travel ban have been cramming on the internet seeking for help.  Even the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johannson, has sent her support to the "Love is not Tourism" hashtag.
  

But there is a heartbreaking story of separation that we heard from an American woman, Corsi Crumbler.   Sean Donovan, the Irish father of her unborn child is struggling with the USA embassy in Dublin to travel to the States for the baby's birth.

Thirty-eight  weeks pregnant Corsi (28) and Sean (29) have been fighting for months to get a visa approval for him to travel to Texas.

They had applied for a visa in February, but the coronavirus and Donald Trump brought in the travel ban.  “Back in March, I thought Sean would be able to come over late May, early June, mid-June the latest” said Corsi.  “We were actually told by the American Embassy in Dublin that we would qualify for him travelling over for the birth of the baby.  But they, later, said, "Oh no, you don’t actually qualify, it was a misunderstanding".

She has been applauding the hashtag “Love is not Tourism” campaign, especially the European countries that are opening to unmarried couples.  “The fact that Europe is not making exemptions for couples that don’t have children is a huge step in the right direction.  Why can’t the USA follow suit?” she asks.

She added that if the exemption is not followed, “I don’t know when my son will meet his father or will I be forced into single motherhood by the American government because they have decided for me that my family is not essential”.    


A touching story of a couple separated by unnecessary bureaucracy. 

For Corsi and Sean