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Justice shouldn't depend on a bank balance: Monica's citizenship application
A citizenship application deadline is approaching and Monica cannot afford the lawyer.
🇮🇹 Turin, Piedmont, Italy447 views
I'm facing a citizenship application. My hearing is scheduled for March, 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: $610
• Court-appointed interpreter and travel: $40
• Attorney retainer: $1,200
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Monica
Updates from Monica
Wanted to say thank you properly. 8% funded and the first invoice got paid this week. - Monica
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any update on how things are going in Turin?
Hang in there, Monica. Hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Coimbatore this morning.
Shared it with a few friends. I went through something like this 5 years ago and strangers helped me out.
so sorry you're going through this, Monica. Your post was clear and honest. Greetings from Rio de Janeiro.
keep going, Monica. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless
Rooting for you. This could happen to any of us. Put this on a community board in Surabaya this morning. Blessings.