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Justice shouldn't depend on a bank balance: Valentin's family reunification petition
Help Valentin cover the fees of a family reunification petition so He can stay with his family.
🇫🇷 Paris, Île-de-France, France2,804 views
Valentin is facing a family reunification petition. The hearing is scheduled for May, and the filing fees and the lawyer's retainer come to $2,850. Three legal-aid offices have said their waiting lists are longer than the deadline.
Valentin has all the paperwork ready, and a caseworker at the Paris Community Legal Centre has confirmed that the case is valid.
If the deadline is missed Valentin 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 $2,850 goes:
• Filing and biometrics fees: $570
• Court-appointed interpreter and travel: $145
• Attorney retainer: $2,135
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Julien
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How is Valentin doing now?
Hope it all works out. Hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best.
Thinking of you and your family. This could happen to any of us. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected.
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Valentin?
Thank you. If you're in Paris I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks for looking so closely.
Shared this with my family. Put this on a community board in București this morning. All the best.
Hope things get better soon, Julien. Shared it with a few friends. Sent it to 39 people at work. Thinking of Paris.
Hope things get better soon. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Take care.
Shared this with my family. Love from Thane.
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Blessings.
take care. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Rajkot.
hope things get better soon. This could happen to any of us. We're a small family in Cork but we're thinking of you.
Keep going, Julien. Your post was clear and honest. My neighbor in Ciudad de México donated after I showed her your page. All the best