Bills & expensesLegal & immigrationUrgent
Legal fees for Stefan's citizenship application in Berlin
Help Stefan cover the fees of a citizenship application so He can stay with his family.
🇩🇪 Berlin, Berlin, Germany2,597 views
I'm facing a citizenship application. My hearing is scheduled for December, and the filing fees and the lawyer's retainer come to $3,200. 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 Berlin 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 $3,200 goes:
• Certified translations and document copies: $150
• Court-appointed interpreter and travel: $150
• Attorney retainer: $2,900
Thank you so much.
- Stefan
Updates from Stefan
Quick update: $740 raised so far (23%). the plan for attorney retainer is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 44% funded and the plan for attorney retainer is now scheduled.
- Nithya G. Menon 🇮🇳 · $250
“Stay strong. My colleague told me about this one. - Muzaffarpur”
- Tejaswini Somayajula 🇮🇳 · $200
- Walid Zaid Nasser 🇸🇦 · $100
“Hang in there. My father told me about this one. - Jeddah”
- Jerzy Grzegorz Walczak 🇵🇱 · $100
“Hang in there. My brother told me about this one. - Warsaw”
- Carmen P. Lozano 🇺🇸 · $100
- Malathi B. Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 · $75
- Yubraj Pawan Khadka 🇳🇵 · $69
“Wishing you the best. Saw your post and had to give. - Bhaktapur”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $67.50
- Lawrence D. Castillo 🇺🇸 · $50
- Vani G. Grewal 🇮🇳 · $50
- Hamza Naveed Ahmed 🇵🇰 · $50
- Elijah G. Hoffman 🇺🇸 · $50
- Andrea T. Muñoz 🇪🇸 · $50
- Lamia Joya Howlader 🇮🇳 · $50
- Şule Özlem Polat 🇹🇷 · $50
- Emilio A. Ibarra 🇦🇷 · $50
- Nneka Wunmi Popoola 🇳🇬 · $50
- Claudia W. Nava 🇲🇽 · $50
- Mi-young Jung-hee Moon 🇰🇷 · $50
- Sunita S. Saxena 🇮🇳 · $50
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.
Sending strength, Stefan. Shared it with a few friends. Take care
you're not alone. Shared it with a few friends. We're a small family in Caloocan but we're thinking of you. Love from Caloocan.
Sending strength, Stefan. Shared it with a few friends. Take care.
Sending good thoughts. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Sent it to 11 people at work.
Hope it all works out, Stefan. I hope things turn around soon. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected!
keep going. Hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Lansing this morning. Love from Lansing.
This could happen to any of us. After 20 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Berlin.
Wishing you the best. Shared this with my family. Thinking of Berlin