Bills & expensesLegal & immigrationUrgent
Legal fees for Janet's asylum application in Bakersfield
Janet needs $3,550 for filing fees and representation in an asylum application before the December deadline.
🇺🇸 United States947 views
I'm facing an asylum application. My hearing is scheduled for December, and the filing fees and the lawyer's retainer come to $3,550. 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 Bakersfield Welcome 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 $3,550 goes:
• Attorney retainer: $2,850
• Filing and biometrics fees: $620
• Court-appointed interpreter and travel: $80
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Janet
Updates from Janet
No updates yet. Supporters are notified when the owner posts one.
- Declan Connell 🇮🇪 · $250
- Savannah C. Hatfield 🇺🇸 · $74
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $61
- Claudiu Petru Ciobanu 🇷🇴 · $50
“Thought of Janet all day after reading this. - Cluj-Napoca”
- Amparo J. Arias 🇪🇸 · $50
“From my family to yours. Shared with friends too. - San Sebastián”
- Guilherme Maurício Correia 🇧🇷 · $30
- Frieda Ida Zimmermann 🇩🇪 · $29
- Pavithra E. Sivakumar 🇮🇳 · $25
- Aileen H. Ramos 🇺🇸 · $25
- Bennett Gonzalez 🇬🇧 · $20
- Renate Katharina Lang 🇩🇪 · $15
- Jacob E. Jacobs 🇦🇺 · $15
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.
Thinking of you and your family, Janet. It takes guts to ask. Well done. All the best.
Stay strong, Janet. Looking forward to the next update. I went through something like this 9 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Duisburg.