american embassy, why are you so cruel to my friend?
My friend J is heartbroken because her father died. All of J’s family are now based in the USA and Canada. She is all alone here in the Philippines. She won’t be able to see her dad for the last time because she wasn’t given a tourist visa by the American embassy. This is the third time she applied for one. She wasn’t planning to apply anymore but, when her dad was fighting for his life, she wanted to be with her dad and the rest of the family.
Year 2001, about 9 years ago, her dad had a heart transplant. The first time she applied for a tourist visa, and also the first time the US embassy denied her one. The consul’s reason was J didn’t provide enough reason for them to believe that she will come back to the Philippines before her tourist visa expires. Good thing the heart transplant was successful.
