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Help Umesh with asylum application filing and attorney fees
An asylum application deadline is approaching and Umesh can't afford the lawyer.
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Umesh is facing an asylum application. The hearing is scheduled for November, 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.
Umesh 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 Umesh 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 $500 goes:
• Court-appointed interpreter and travel: $20
• Filing and biometrics fees: $45
• Attorney retainer: $435
Glad we found this place.
- Dipika
Updates from Dipika
Quick update: $394 raised so far (79%). I met with the attorney and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Small update. $145 so far, I made the first payment toward attorney retainer.
22% there. I met with the attorney and confirmed the amounts. Thank you.
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Thinking of you and your family, Dipika. Hope you get there