/u/_CutieVelourr on My MIL may lose her job & I can’t be sponsored for a spousal visa bc my wife doesn’t work & I’m not allowed to work bc I’m on a visitor visa. So give us more time, even tho I’ve been here for a yr, by paying for our expenses bc MIL can

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That's what gets me. The MIL losing her job is being treated like the crisis, but the real crisis is that their entire situation seems to depend on one person staying employed forever. That's not a safety net, that's a countdown timer.