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Help Pavithra with citizenship application filing and attorney fees
A citizenship application deadline is approaching and Pavithra can't afford the lawyer.
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Pavithra is facing a citizenship application. The hearing is scheduled for April, and the filing fees and the lawyer's retainer come to $500. Three legal-aid offices have said their waiting lists are longer than the deadline.
Pavithra has all the paperwork ready, and a caseworker at a local immigrant rights clinic has confirmed that the case is valid.
If the deadline is missed Pavithra could lose the right to stay with the family and the job. The children were born here and this is the only home they know.
Funds cover only the filing fees, translations and attorney retainer.
Where the $500 goes:
• Filing and biometrics fees: $120
• Attorney retainer: $330
• Court-appointed interpreter and travel: $50
With deep gratitude,
Sudhakar
Updates from Sudhakar
Good news. Because of your gifts ($191 in total) the plan for attorney retainer is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
Thank you all. We're at 10% now ($51). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
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- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $53.50
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“Stay strong. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Noida”
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“Rooting for you. Hope the April deadline works out. - Zaria”
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- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $80
“From my family to yours. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Surakarta”
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hang in there. Hope you get there. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Nashik.
Praying for you. Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Nashik.
Praying for you, Sudhakar. Your post was clear and honest. My husband and I read this together
sending strength. Looking forward to the next update. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
wishing you the best. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.