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Justice shouldn't depend on a bank balance: Omar's work-permit appeal
A work-permit appeal deadline is approaching and Omar can't afford the lawyer.
🇫🇷 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France3,132 views
I'm facing a work-permit appeal. My hearing is scheduled for July, and the filing fees and the lawyer's retainer come to $2,450. 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 the Grenoble Community Legal Centre 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 $2,450 goes:
• Attorney retainer: $1,850
• Filing and biometrics fees: $400
• Certified translations and document copies: $115
• Court-appointed interpreter and travel: $85
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- Omar
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Thinking of you and your family, Omar. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Take care.
wishing you peace. Hope this works out for you. Wish I lived closer to Gqeberha so I could bring a meal. Greetings from Nagpur.
take care, Omar. Hope this works out for you. We're a small family in Lagos but we're thinking of you. God bless
So sorry you're going through this. Shared it with a few friends. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.