Ancestors

Toot

Written by Kate Temkin on 2025-01-21 at 12:53

hmm -- hey, various ex-us expats: it might be a good time for us all to gather a bunch of our knowledge regarding how we found our way Elsewhere

it's looking increasingly like whole swathes of folks in all of our various online communities are about to need these kinds of resources

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Descendants

Written by Kate Temkin on 2025-01-21 at 12:54

is there a service to contribute these kinds of things, to? if not, anyone have thoughts about a good way to gather them and make them accessible?

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Written by 🌈☔🌦️🍄 on 2025-01-21 at 12:56

@ktemkin @trans_rescue might be a thing? They've been quite active providing information.

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Written by sam?! on 2025-01-21 at 13:19

@ktemkin @wmd annoyingly they’re on mastosoc which means that a lot of queer instances have them blocked

also it seems like much of their MO is “call us and we will advice you” which is good obviously but they don’t have a knowledgebase for this kind of stuff sadly

would a wiki structure work? i am happy to provide technical support for this

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Written by 🌈☔🌦️🍄 on 2025-01-21 at 13:24

@sam @ktemkin they've done a good bit more as well, group calls and information dumps on fedi.

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Written by sam?! on 2025-01-21 at 13:31

@wmd @ktemkin hm i probably missed those then (because they are on mastosoc), i stand corrected

still, having this as a knowledge base and not a selection of posts on fedi would be a much better idea imo

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Written by 🌈☔🌦️🍄 on 2025-01-21 at 14:27

@sam @ktemkin yeah, but they would be a good party to get in touch with about it and participate with.

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Written by Trans Rescue on 2025-01-21 at 13:32

@wmd @ktemkin

We've been trying to do this very thing. We've found there's a lot of misinformation floating about as well, so we're also trying to act as a fact checking center.

We do information sessions, provide 'office hours' you can drop in and get help making individual plans, and we maintain an active blog and YouTube channel with info. We try to use official sources and check things with our staff attorney.

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Written by Kate Temkin on 2025-01-21 at 13:59

@trans_rescue @wmd

Ah, hi! Let me know if there's anything I can help contribute -- I've just gone through the DAFT process and, while I don't have the background to know how documentation requirements might impact trans folks, I do have recent IND letters that describe their current 'temporary' DAFT process and would be happy to provide input/writing/resources.

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Written by Trans Rescue on 2025-01-21 at 15:21

@ktemkin @wmd

thanks! we'd love it if you wrote up a detailed description of the process as you went thru it. send to annie@transrescue.org

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Written by refraction :verified_transgender: on 2025-01-21 at 13:12

@ktemkin you can just say migrants. emigrants from the US.

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Written by Kate Temkin on 2025-01-21 at 13:48

@elexia there's a kind of hard situtuation behind this:

lawers have told us that someone choosing to take the label 'immigrant', an 'emigrant' or a 'migrant' can convey intention that can be disqualifying in cases where someone wants to seek non-immigrant residence visas

I don't want to participate in the endemic classism that leads people to separate the terms 'expat' and 'immigrant' --

I'm an immigrant, where I live, and it's a nicer label than being defined by where I came from -- but I also have been told to be careful to use the more flmsily-defined terms when addressing vulnerable folks, less any of it become grounds for visa denial

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Written by Gaelan Steele on 2025-01-21 at 14:44

@ktemkin @elexia oh wow that’s not an angle I’d considered at all

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Written by Gaelan Steele on 2025-01-21 at 14:45

@ktemkin I will brain dump about bureaucracy at the slightest provocation, happy to contribute what I know about the UK

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