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Help Tobias with work-permit appeal filing and attorney fees
A work-permit appeal deadline is approaching and Tobias cannot afford the lawyer.
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Tobias is facing a work-permit appeal. The hearing is scheduled for October, and the filing fees and the lawyer's retainer come to $1,800. Three legal-aid offices have said their waiting lists are longer than the deadline.
Tobias has all the paperwork ready, and a caseworker at the Dortmund Community Legal Centre has confirmed that the case is valid.
If the deadline is missed Tobias 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.
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 $1,800 goes:
• Attorney retainer: $1,150
• Filing and biometrics fees: $350
• Certified translations and document copies: $220
• Court-appointed interpreter and travel: $80
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- Manfred
Updates from Manfred
Good news. Because of your gifts ($398 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
Small update. $340 so far, the first invoice got paid this week.
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Sending strength, Manfred. Your post was clear and honest. Sent it to 5 people at work. Thinking of Dortmund
stay strong. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best.