I moved to New York from the UK to marry my partner using a K-1 visa. The process was so difficult that we had to sue the government.

• Dan Gooding, from the UK, met his partner, an American, on a short vacation. 
• Gooding decided to move to New York, so he married David. They applied for a K-1 visa.
• The pandemic stalled visa applications, so they had to sue the government. They're happily married.

It all started with a Grindr message: "Hey handsome, how's it going?" 

I received the message during my two-night stay in Seville, Spain, in November 2018. I had booked my little getaway from my home in the UK. This guy, David from New York, told me he was visiting Spain, too. It was his first time out of the US, and he'd arrived in Seville the day before me.