Bills & expensesLegal & immigrationUrgent
Justice shouldn't depend on a bank balance: Tyler's asylum application
Tyler needs $3,400 for filing fees and representation in an asylum application before the June deadline.
🇺🇸 United States1,537 views
I'm facing an asylum application. My hearing is scheduled for June, and the filing fees and the lawyer's retainer come to $3,400. 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 Chicago 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.
Funds cover only the filing fees, translations and attorney retainer.
Where the $3,400 goes:
• Attorney retainer: $3,050
• Court-appointed interpreter and travel: $80
• Certified translations and document copies: $270
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
- Tyler
Updates from Tyler
No updates yet. Supporters are notified when the owner posts one.
- Gayathri E. Kamath 🇮🇳 · $75
- Colton T. Mosley 🇺🇸 · $74
- Anonymous 🇩🇪 · $50
- María E. Ramos 🇲🇽 · $50
- Misaki Watanabe 🇯🇵 · $50
- Anonymous 🇵🇱 · $30
- Aaliyah M. Leonard 🇬🇧 · $20
- Sumaiya Nusrat Bhuiyan 🇧🇩 · $20
- Anonymous 🇱🇰 · $20
- Marilyn Carrillo 🇨🇦 · $20
- Anonymous 🇦🇷 · $20
- Riley A. Cook 🇺🇸 · $20
- Jagadish N. Pillai 🇮🇳 · $10
- Isuru Tharindu Seneviratne 🇱🇰 · $10
- Anonymous 🇦🇷 · $10
- Luna D. Luna 🇺🇸 · $10
- Hudson C. Beck 🇺🇸 · $5
- Juan B. Cordero 🇦🇷 · $5
Reviews
Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.
No reviews yet.
Questions & comments
Ask before you give. Email-verified members can comment and ask questions - no donation needed.
Sign in or create a free account to join the conversation.
keep going, Tyler. Looking forward to the next update. I went through something like this 11 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless.
good luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Wish I lived closer to Phuket so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Chicago
Praying for you, Tyler. Your post was clear and honest.
Hope it all works out. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Put this on a community board in Gqeberha this morning. Thinking of Chicago