Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, it's similar.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, they helped me. They put me in contact with the LGBTQ organization in Lebanon that helped me get settled, because being Syrian I could only stay in Lebanon for two weeks. Then I had to fly to Malaysia two times in three days to get a one-year visa to stay in Lebanon, because

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry, I'm not going to go into details. Generally for who I am, for being homosexual, I was just called in one day and not to be told... that I had to go to a police station or something. I was trapped in a place which is non-governmental and found myself taken by government

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On the processing time, I would just add that life events happen. A lot of things can change in a month, so imagine in a couple of years.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, definitely, because there are a lot of people out there there like me who need this to be permanent.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Hi. I chose to take this chance today to be here for the thousands or maybe millions of people out there who have walked my path and probably much more difficult paths, with no hope of light at the end of that tunnel. I am facing one of my fears, which may not be speaking in pu