Cam

Had you considered this? I'd never considered it until a few months into dating. I'm like, you want to come to a game? And she said, I can't. I said, what do you mean? No, I can just buy you a plane ticket. You can come to a game. She's like, no, I can't. I said, what do you mean you can't? I got it. Like, I'll take care of it. She said, I literally can't come to the States.

So I had to do my research because the only thing I thought a visa was was a debit card.

So I had to do my research because the only thing I thought a visa was was a debit card.

The first time she did it, denied, then it took eight months to get another interview. So the line just to get an interview for it, just to give it an either yes or no, takes eight to 12 months. So it's like, if you get told no, you have to wait a whole another eight months just to ask again.

The first time she did it, denied, then it took eight months to get another interview. So the line just to get an interview for it, just to give it an either yes or no, takes eight to 12 months. So it's like, if you get told no, you have to wait a whole another eight months just to ask again.

It's really hard. We had a no from that twice.

It's really hard. We had a no from that twice.

Before the season, when she had her last interview and we got denied, it was in September, the week before our first game, and she got denied. And it was like really sad because we thought it was our second time going through it. And we're like, okay, now our application is good. This is going to be the one. We did it the right way. And we still get a no.

Before the season, when she had her last interview and we got denied, it was in September, the week before our first game, and she got denied. And it was like really sad because we thought it was our second time going through it. And we're like, okay, now our application is good. This is going to be the one. We did it the right way. And we still get a no.

And I told my wife, all right, we got to ask for help.

And I told my wife, all right, we got to ask for help.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I was prepared for the moment whenever it came to use that as our stepping stone, to use our platform for something good. And even beyond our situation, it brought so many eyes to the world. Because that's an issue for a lot of people, not just Filipinos, but everybody in the world.

I was prepared for the moment whenever it came to use that as our stepping stone, to use our platform for something good. And even beyond our situation, it brought so many eyes to the world. Because that's an issue for a lot of people, not just Filipinos, but everybody in the world.

That made me really go back and look back on myself like, hold on, I need to learn a little bit more. People can at least have more grace on people that are going through the same situation as us. Maybe that they might have kids. Yeah, these are families who can't be together. Exactly.

That made me really go back and look back on myself like, hold on, I need to learn a little bit more. People can at least have more grace on people that are going through the same situation as us. Maybe that they might have kids. Yeah, these are families who can't be together. Exactly.

And it's like, okay, us, I'm able to be on a platform, but what about everybody else, all the other millions of people that are still in the process?

And it's like, okay, us, I'm able to be on a platform, but what about everybody else, all the other millions of people that are still in the process?

Yes, I remember it very, very vividly. I knew she was going into the interview, and she called me, and her face didn't look sad like the last one. She didn't even say any words yet, but she answered, and I saw the smile.