And now, with a 20-week-old daughter, there s still no green card.
A global pandemic has only
further stalled the couple s application and it s not clear when Manit will be able to travel to the United States again.
In March, when countries began closing their borders, the Canadian government told citizens to come home. Manit was pregnant at the time and had to cut short her already limited time in the U.S.
Govinder couldn t be there for the ultrasound or feel his growing daughter s first kicks. They cancelled the baby shower.
On August 5, their daughter Kirpa was born in an Edmonton hospital.