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Help Zaid with family reunification petition filing and attorney fees
A family reunification petition deadline is approaching and Zaid can't afford the lawyer.
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Zaid is facing a family reunification petition. The hearing is scheduled for November, and the filing fees and the lawyer's retainer come to $2,100. Three legal-aid offices have said their waiting lists are longer than the deadline.
Zaid has all the paperwork ready, and a caseworker at the Mecca Community Legal Centre has confirmed that the case is valid.
If the deadline is missed Zaid 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 $2,100 goes:
• Attorney retainer: $1,500
• Filing and biometrics fees: $450
• Certified translations and document copies: $100
• Court-appointed interpreter and travel: $50
Thanks for reading all this.
Updates from Ibrahim
Small update. $204 so far, I made the first payment toward certified translations and document copies.
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Hang in there, Ibrahim. I hope things turn around soon. It's not much but it's yours. Thinking of Mecca
take care, Ibrahim. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Mecca
Sending love. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Sent it to 13 people at work.