A DC couple is looking for the good Samaritans who saved them in a pinch.
A missing marriage certificate could have meant health care and immigration problems for D.C. newlyweds Katie Wall and Jose Mansen, but some good Samaritans came to their rescue.
The couple got married during the pandemic and virtually took their oaths. They immediately sent off the paperwork for their marriage certificate, came home, and celebrated with their cats. But after a while their marriage certificate never came
In the meantime, Wall had found a job and needed to submit paperwork for health insurance. But for Mansen, a student without health care benefits, to be added to her plan in 2020, the clock was ticking down.
“It came down to the last possible day," Wall said. "It was literally the last day we could apply for health insurance, that we could get all our immigration stuff in, and I got this letter in the mail…and it was this note, and it was like this really cute note from neighbors or people in D.C. saying congrats on your marriage, your certificate was sent to the wrong address, and we wanted to make sure it got back to you, signed Amy and Kevin.”
Without the certificate, Wall said her new husband wouldn't have been able to get health care until 2021 -- and he potentially will be working in hospitals with coronavirus patients.
Now the couple is trying to find the good samaritans. KAtie posted on reddit last week in search of their guardian angels -- but is still searching for Amy and Kev.
Source: WUSA 9
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