An Afghan translator who risked his life to help Marines fighting the Taliban fears his family are in mortal danger after they were denied a US visa.

Sami Kazikani was working as a translator in secret for US troops during the war in Afghanistan in 2014 when he was outed as a collaborator by an Afghan Army soldier.

With his life in danger, he and his wife Yasmiin sought refuge in Germany after the United States rejected their immediate plea for asylum.

But, after living in refugee camps for more than a year, Kazikani has been told that Afghanistan has been declared 'stable' and warned that he and his family, along with thousands of refugees from the war-torn country, will soon be sent back, Fox News reports.

Sami Kazikani was working as a translator in secret for US troops during the war in Afghanistan in 2014 when he was outed as a collaborator by an Afghan Army soldier

The 32-year-old says the decision amounts to a death sentence for himself, his wife and their young daughter Roxanna.

Kazikani said the family had pinned their hopes on their visa application for the US being approved.

But the translator's dreams of a safe home for his infant daughter and his wife have now been dashed after learning that his Visa (SIV) program has been denied.

Despite risking his life in service of US troops, he was told that he does not qualify because he did not serve the required 12 months.

His service had been cut short after he was outed and village elders, many of whom had links to the Taliban, had ordered him killed.

'So there's no chance for us to come to America,' he told Fox News. 'I put my life at risk and at the end; I don't qualify for a stupid reason. Now my family could be put in danger again.'

Two years ago, Kazikhani had been working as a translator when he and then-fiancee Yasmiin traveled to her family's home to attend the wedding of her brother.

With his life in danger, Sami Kazikani, wife Yasmiin and baby Roxanne fled for Europe where they stayed in refugee camps and camped in

While there, a member of the Afghan Army outed him as a 'traitor' for working with American forces.

His wife's sought advice from the local village elders, many of whom had ties to the Taliban, who ordered the death of Kazikhani.

When he learned of the decision, he and Yasmiin decided to marry there and then at a relative's home before fleeing the country.

So began the dangerous journey across the ocean and across Europe in search of safety in a route taken by hundreds of thousands of refugees.

They fled first to Turkey, where Roxanna was born in a refugee camp, before making the perilous journey to Greece.

Afghanistan war veteran Matt Zeller, and the co-founder 'No One Left Behind,' said the red tape surrounding visas made it extremely difficult for interpreters to come to the United States

Sailing to Greece on an overcrowded boat, Kazikhani said his boat had begun to take on water a few dozen meters from the coast.

As Yasmiin craddled their baby daughter, he joined in the desperate effort to bail out the tiny, overcrowded dinghy.

'One of the boats that was coming along with us flipped over with, I don't know, 45 or 50 people. It was really tragic. The rule is not to look back but straight ahead,' he told the Washington Free Beacon last year.

After another hour, they finally arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos - the first port for tens of thousands of refugees fleeing their war-torn countries for Europe. They would later continue through Macedonia and Serbia before landing in Germany.

A few hours after their arrival in Greece, Lesbos Turkish authorities had discovered the body of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi.

The photo of the young boy facedown in the surf, seen by millions around the world, became a turning point in the refugee crisis.

It promoted former Marine Sergeant Aaron Fleming, from Missouri, to get in touch with Kazikhani who he had worked with during a 2011 tour in southwestern Afghanistan.

When he discovered that Kazikhani had also been caught up in the crisis he pledged to help secure him a visa.

'They risk their lives for the United States government and they get hung out to dry,' he said last year. 'They have no option but to cross the ocean in a canoe because they're terrified.'

Fleming, who retired on medical grounds, also had high praise for Kazikhani.

'If any interpreter or local national deserves to be in the country as a political refugee it is Sami and his family,' he said.

Sadly, despite his efforts, the translator's visa was still refused.

The 32-year-old says the decision not to grant a US visa amounts to a death sentence for himself, his wife and their young daughter Roxanna

After living in refugee camps for more than a year, Kazikani has been told that Afghanistan has been declared 'stable' and warned that he and his family, along with thousands of refugees from the war-torn country, will soon be sent back (pictured is baby Roxanne)

After more than a year of sleeping in abandoned buildings, at the side of the road, and in refugee camps where they could once again be outed as a collaborator, Kazikhani and his family are facing deportation back to the country they risked it all to escape from.

Afghanistan war veteran Matt Zeller, and the co-founder 'No One Left Behind,' an organization helping Iraqi and Afghan war interpreters, said the red tape surrounding visas made it extremely difficult for interpreters to come to the United States.

The non-profit organization assists those with Special Immigrant Visas - a visa issued through the U.S. Department of State to those who have worked with the military as interpreters or translators in Iraq or Afghanistan, according to the organization's website.

But during a recent mark-up of the National Defense Authorization Act, Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, modified the requirements surrounding Special Immigrant Visas.

While his changes to the Afghan Allies Protection Act allow it to be extended through 2017, they also prevent more than 10,000 translators and their families immigrating to the safety of the US.

'This bill is awful,' Zeller said. 'It does not authorize any new visas.'

'Too often, government red-tape results in our interpreters being left behind and in harm's way,' he added on his website.

The act now demands more onerous eligibility criteria, leaving many of the translators promised a place in the US during their service, in the lurch.

'Many of these people have been excommunicated by their societies. I understand the need to bring in refugees, but these people who risked everything to defend our country…these are the people we need to be helping,' Zeller added.

Goodlatte has defended his bill saying there had to be reasonable limits' on program which supported Afghan and Iraqi nationals who risked their lives to help US troops.