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Family reunification petition: Antonio needs $1,850 before the deadline
Help Antonio cover the fees of a family reunification petition so He can stay with his family.
🇮🇹 Naples, Campania, Italy2,288 views
I'm facing a family reunification petition. My hearing is scheduled for December, and the filing fees and the lawyer's retainer come to $1,850. 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 a local immigrant rights clinic 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.
The money goes to the immigration attorney's trust account and the court filing office. I'll upload receipts with sensitive details removed.
Where the $1,850 goes:
• Filing and biometrics fees: $440
• Attorney retainer: $1,350
• Court-appointed interpreter and travel: $60
Thank you for reading my story.
- Antonio
Updates from Antonio
Thank you all. We're at 37% now ($692). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
- Waleed Mohammed Ghanem 🇪🇬 · $100
- Hitesh K. Mehta 🇮🇳 · $100
- Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $75
“God bless. My sister told me about this one. - Mombasa”
- Yusuke Hideo Ishii 🇯🇵 · $63
- Samira Layla Belkacem 🇪🇬 · $50
“Sending love. - Zagazig”
- Pratik T. Vora 🇮🇳 · $50
- Kamran Babar Mughal 🇵🇰 · $50
- Noah T. Gray 🇬🇧 · $50
- Sayali G. Kothari 🇮🇳 · $50
- Rita Victoria Yamoah 🇬🇭 · $50
“Hope this helps. Been where you're, it gets better. - Accra”
- Leo R. Brooks 🇺🇸 · $50
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $50
- Víctor A. Domínguez 🇲🇽 · $50
“You got this. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Coyoacán”
- Craig W. Lynch 🇨🇦 · $40
“Hope this helps - Ottawa”
- Victor Wafula Massawe 🇰🇪 · $36.50
- Haruka Kato 🇯🇵 · $36
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $30
- Njeri Nancy Kigozi 🇹🇿 · $29
“Be well. Hope the December deadline works out. - Zanzibar City”
- Manoj M. Bajpai 🇮🇳 · $26
- Ruben Sanders 🇳🇱 · $25
“Hope this helps. Thought of Antonio all day after reading this.”
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Keep going. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Naples.
can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Naples!
Sharing the link is the biggest thing. And if you know anything about filing and biometrics fees, advice is welcome too. Ask me anything else.
Rooting for you, Antonio. Hope this works out for you. Thinking of Naples.
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I'll check back for the next update. Love from Rawalpindi
Best of luck, Antonio. This could happen to any of us.
Sending love, Antonio. Hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Wollongong.
Keep going. Looking forward to the next update. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected!