Sayed Hashimi is trying to get his family out of hiding in Afghanistan and safely to the U.S. nearly a year after the Taliban takeover.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.What Hashimi saidHe said his applications to the Department of State were escalated because his father-in-law is the former commander in chief of the Afghan army.
“They tried to take him out then, and they couldn’t,” Hashimi said. “But now, since they have control of the whole country, my family members are on their bad list, so my family has been hiding for almost 12 months.” Hashimi has filed an I-130 form, which allows a U.S. citizen to petition for a relative to come into the country and sponsor that loved one in turn.He said they filed and qualified for Special Immigrant Visas last year, but nothing has come from that yet.He said the family was on a flight list in March and had everything in place to get out of the country.
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