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Asylum application: Mbali needs $800 before the deadline
Help Mbali cover the fees of an asylum application so He can stay with his family.
🇿🇦 South Africa1,335 views
I'm facing an asylum application. My hearing is scheduled for September, and the filing fees and the lawyer's retainer come to $800. I have been told by three legal-aid offices that their waiting list is longer than my deadline.
I have all of my paperwork ready, and my caseworker at the Johannesburg Community Legal Centre has confirmed that my case is valid.
If I miss the deadline I could lose my right to stay with my family and my job. My children were born here and this is the only home they know.
I'll share any non-sensitive updates as the case moves along.
Funds cover only the filing fees, translations and attorney retainer.
Where the $800 goes:
• Attorney retainer: $580
• Filing and biometrics fees: $160
• Certified translations and document copies: $30
• Court-appointed interpreter and travel: $30
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Mbali
Updates from Mbali
Thank you all. We're at 19% now ($153). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the attorney and confirmed the amounts.
- Pimchanok Charoenpol 🇹🇭 · $10
“Hope it all works out. Thought of Mbali all day after reading this.”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $100
- Arturo L. Nava 🇨🇴 · $30
- Yulia Oksana Bondar 🇷🇺 · $30
“Thought of Mbali all day after reading this.”
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $25
- Radha Nisha Pandey 🇳🇵 · $54
- Manasi A. Trivedi 🇮🇳 · $25
“Good luck. My father told me about this one. - Pune”
- Jun N. Mabini 🇵🇭 · $48
- Eko Ahmad Wijaya 🇮🇩 · $5
“Best of luck. Hope you get the rest soon. - Makassar”
- Francisco Cláudio Carvalho 🇧🇷 · $10
- Rose A. Garcia 🇵🇭 · $56
“Only $56 but hope it helps. - Makati”
- Leonardo Tavares 🇧🇷 · $5
“Hang in there - Campinas”
- José Robles 🇪🇸 · $50
“Stay strong. Please keep us posted. - Tarragona”
- Walid Mahmoud Lotfy 🇪🇬 · $7
“All the best. I'm in Shubra, thinking of you.”
- Yasmin Fatima Nabulsi 🇪🇬 · $25
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Hope it all works out. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Take care.
keep going. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.