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Madison resident Pamela Hathaway, left, chats via Skype on the computer with Lucie Ferrari, her spouse by Canadian marriage over their morning coffee. Ferrari, a French citizen, left Madison almost a year ago when her work visas ran out and Hathaway is preparing to move to Canada so the two can be together. They hope U.S. immigration policy will change allowing Hathaway, a U.S. citizen, to sponsor Ferrari so they can return to the United States.

Lucie Ferrari, left, and her partner Pamela Hathaway, who have been separated by U.S. immigration policy that does not allow U.S. citizens to sponsor their same-sex partners. The couple were married in Canada in January.

At her Madison home, Pamela Hathaway holds her laptop so her partner, Lucie Ferrari, who is in Canada, can check out their cat, Ruthie, via a computer camera during one of their daily Skype conversations.

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