David Dobrik explains why he can\u2019t leave the USA YouTube star David Dobrik has opened up about a number of personal topics in a fresh Q&A session with fans, explaining the reason why he\u2019s not allowed to leave the USA. Dobrik has been the man of the hour in the YouTube world, arguably one of the platform\u2019s biggest creators throughout 2019 with his high-energy hijinks and a manic group of friends, known as the Vlog Squad, building off the back of each other\u2019s success. But, the 23-year-old likely owes much of his success to his move to America when he was six years old. Originally headed to Chicago, Illinois, from small European country Slovakia, Dobrik later ventured out to the sunny heights of Los Angeles, California to find success on Vine and YouTube. In a video with GQ \u2013 published on November 12 \u2013 Dobrik went undercover on Reddit, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram to answer fans\u2019 questions and talk a little about his life currently. Among questions about his smile, rumors that he is dating his assistant Natalie and how he met child acting star Josh Peck, Dobrik also spoke about why he\u2019s not allowed to leave America \u2013 and the consequences if he does. \u201cI can\u2019t leave because I\u2019m protected by DACA and basically I can leave, I can go right now but I can\u2019t come back. I can\u2019t re-enter the country for, like, another 10 years if I leave the country. So I\u2019m not a citizen. I don\u2019t have a visa.\u201d (Timestamp 4:50 for mobile users) Following up, Dobrik continued: \u201cThe only thing I can do where I can leave the country and come back is if I get married. But Natalie and I are not engaged so that\u2019s not happening anytime soon, but who knows fingers crossed.\u201d As is common with a lot of countries\u2019 immigration laws, marrying a legal citizen is one way that you can get a visa to live in the United States. However, Dobrik doesn\u2019t have to worry about that right now, with DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) providing him legal residence and a work permit as he was brought to the country as a child, not an adult. Interestingly, Dobrik married his best friend Jason Nash\u2019s mother, Lorraine, earlier in the year as part of a prank, so there was definitely an opportunity for him to obtain legal status. Based on this video, though, we would guess that he did not take advantage of that opportunity. It\u2019s unlikely that David Dobrik will ever need to leave the United States, given the insane success he is seeing on YouTube \u2013 but it would make sense that he might seek out the luxury to move freely around the world at some point. Having later responded to the rumors running riot that he is dating his assistant, Natalie Noel (spoiler: they\u2019re still just friends), it seems citizenship-by-marriage may not be in Dobrik\u2019s immediate future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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