So fiance had an appointment with Immigration today, and it didn't go as well as expected. Basically the maximum length of the visa she's on is 12 months, which she's now overstayed. There was nothing to say that we couldn't extend it until August, there was no warning about it expiring in February, this is the FIRST time we've been contact by them in regards to this. We had no warning and didn't see it coming.

So after meeting with someone from Immigration about it we've basically been given an ultimatum.... 2 weeks to either apply for the marriage visa or get a ticket back home.

She can't. Plain and simple, she can't go back. She has nothing to go back to. She escaped from an uncaring family that was trying to actively kill her through neglect and bullying. She has very few friends, none of them she knows IRL, and none of them she trusts well enough to live with them. She will end up homeless and pennyless.

That really cannot happen. I don't want that to happen. I want her to stay, but the Marriage Visa we need will cost us about $5000 - Prospective Marriage Visa (VAC1) is $3085, plus he will need to have his fingerprints taken and sent back to the US so that another background check can be done, there may be a health check that needs to be done at our own expense and can include a full range of tests including (but not limited to) Xrays, every single document we submit has to be a certified copy which means we need to get them actually certified probably in triplicate... there's a whole bunch of minor things that will need to be done in order to make this happen.

That's money we don't have. Straight up I'm already struggling to pay off the loans that I had to take out just to get her here, the visa renewals... we though we had until August. Now we have until Friday after next.

There is no way I can pay this on my own; I'm the sole income provider for this household. Every dollar we earn goes straight into rent and bills, most of the time we can't even afford food and I have to take on commissions for that extra little bit to get us through til next payday... living week to week on commissions for food.

I need help. I hate asking, I don't like begging... but right now it's the only option that we have. I have to rely on people to help me any way they can. I need people to spread the word about my campaign: http://gofundme.com/4kvb40 - Every dollar that we can get will get us that little bit closer to keeping her here and alive. If she's forced to go back... if she's forcefully deported... that's the end of it. She won't be able to come back, and she won't.... well I don't want to think about that.

I'm going to try to stream all this weekend and all next weekend. Every free moment I have when I'm awake, until I can't stay away any more. I'll take sketchfest commissions (http://sketchfest.weirddreamsink.com) and draw doodles, and entertain you with games and randomness and music and... whatever it takes.

If you can help please do... spread the word, tell your friends, post on Facebook and Twitter, drop a spare dollar in the donation tin when you have one. Everything you can think of. I'm open to all ideas as well. If there's something you wanna see, something you want me to draw, something you want me to do... well I haven't got a webcam so I can't take silly challenges, but I'll try my best.

ANYTHING.

This is me swallowing my pride and begging. I hate doing it, I prefer to give then to receive, I prefer to help others before I help myself... but I cannot do this on my own.

Please help me?