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Legal fees for Dennis's family reunification petition in Los Angeles
Dennis needs $850 for filing fees and representation in a family reunification petition before the November deadline.
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I'm facing a family reunification petition. My hearing is scheduled for November, and the filing fees and the lawyer's retainer come to $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.
Funds cover only the filing fees, translations and attorney retainer.
Where the $850 goes:
• Certified translations and document copies: $240
• Court-appointed interpreter and travel: $60
• Filing and biometrics fees: $550
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Dennis
Updates from Dennis
Thank you all. We're at 65% now ($555). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward filing and biometrics fees.
- Yubraj Sanjay Joshi 🇳🇵 · $25
“Get well soon. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Lalitpur”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $20
- Barasa Okello Ochieng 🇹🇿 · $30.50
“Thinking of you. Thought of Dennis all day after reading this. - Dar es Salaam”
- Octavian Razvan Preda 🇷🇴 · $10
- Jimena A. Mora 🇨🇴 · $5
“Rooting for you. - Medellín”
- Rose H. Mercado 🇵🇭 · $10
“Rooting for you. Shared with friends too. - Dasmariñas”
- Diego K. Muñoz 🇨🇴 · $5
- Maurício Renato Lima 🇧🇷 · $10
- Mavis Rebecca Addo 🇬🇭 · $5
- Maxim Alexei Gerasimov 🇷🇺 · $100
“Sending love. Please keep us posted. - Novosibirsk”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $103
- Katherine Spencer 🇬🇧 · $10
- Hannah Elke Schumacher 🇩🇪 · $10
- Joseph H. Schultz 🇺🇸 · $25
“Blessings. Hope you get the rest soon. - San Diego”
- Kevin Nguyen 🇬🇧 · $5
- Anonymous 🇸🇦 · $50
- Macharia Ochieng Massawe 🇰🇪 · $50
- Fani Indah Yuliani 🇮🇩 · $25
- Ángel A. Bravo 🇦🇷 · $250
- Manon Laura Laurent 🇫🇷 · $30
“Hang in there. From Nice with love. - Nice”
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Best of luck, Dennis. Your post was clear and honest.
So sorry you're going through this, Dennis. Hope you get there. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.
Sending strength, Dennis. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it