An expat who married a convicted child sex offender faces being kicked out of his adopted US home.
Chris Singleton, 21, moved to America after meeting husband Ryan Donker, 34, on Facebook.
The pair married in October 2016, just a month after Chris moved to Donker’s home in Virginia.
But the former computer technician from Glasgow fears their life together is about to be derailed.
Donker’s sickening criminal past prevents him sponsoring Chris’s application for permanent residency.
Now immigration officials have told Chris he must leave the country.
Donker was convicted in 2009 of asking a 13-year-old boy he met playing Xbox online to send naked pictures.
He was jailed for 15 years, with 10 years suspended.
The offender was released after a year in jail due to good behaviour.
Legislation to protect children of immigrants being abused – the Adam Walsh Act – stops sex offenders from being able to sponsor a spouse from applying for permanent residency.
Chris, who is appealing against the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) decision, said: “I feel this law shouldn’t apply in our situation.
“We’re both fully grown gay men with no intentions of having children in future.”
In June, Chris was told his application was being rejected and he had 33 days to leave.
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His lawyer said the appeal process could cost £16,000 and has a “low success rate.”
The couple have set up an online appeal to help finance their cause.
The Scot’s sister Victoria said the marriage had caused rifts within the family.
The mum of two added: “I think Ryan has been good for Chris and he has a new life in the US. But not all his family has been supportive. He no longer talks with Mum.”
A spokeswoman for the USCIS said due to “privacy protection”, it could not discuss, confirm or deny any aspects of specific cases.
Campaigner Margaret-Ann Cummings – whose eight-year-old son Mark was murdered by a convicted paedophile in Glasgow in 2004 – said: “The Adam Walsh Act forces the authorities to stay alive to the dangers and minimise them.
“Scotland would be a far safer place if we had these laws in place too.”
