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Work-permit appeal: Víctor needs $950 before the deadline
A work-permit appeal deadline is approaching and Víctor can't afford the lawyer.
🇲🇽 Ciudad de México, Mexico2,430 views
I'm facing a work-permit appeal. My hearing is scheduled for November, and the filing fees and the lawyer's retainer come to $950. 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 Ciudad de México 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.
Funds cover only the filing fees, translations and attorney retainer.
Where the $950 goes:
• Attorney retainer: $740
• Filing and biometrics fees: $145
• Certified translations and document copies: $30
• Court-appointed interpreter and travel: $35
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Víctor
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- Sipho M. Ndlovu 🇿🇦 · $200
- Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $100
“All the best. Only $100 but hope it helps. - Nairobi”
- Isla Reynolds 🇬🇧 · $65
- Ursula Clara Winkler 🇩🇪 · $50
“Thought of Víctor all day after reading this. - Freiburg”
- Anonymous 🇫🇷 · $50
“Wish I could do more. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Paris”
- Akinyi Maina 🇺🇬 · $50
- Everett Lopez 🇦🇺 · $50
- Edson Thiago Amaral 🇧🇷 · $50
- Anisur Hossain Banerjee 🇮🇳 · $40
- Rashed Rakib Sheikh 🇮🇳 · $30
“God bless. Thought of Víctor all day after reading this. - Mumbai”
- Jian Bo Luo 🇺🇸 · $25
“Thinking of you. From Aurora with love. - Aurora”
- Ngozika Efe Daramola 🇳🇬 · $25
“Hope it all works out. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Ibadan”
- Anonymous 🇪🇬 · $20
“Sending love. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Cairo”
- Michail Nikos Mavridis 🇬🇷 · $20
- Panagiota Ioanna Dimitriou 🇬🇷 · $15
- Karl Sandström 🇸🇪 · $15
“From my family to yours. My brother told me about this one. - Södertälje”
- Valentina W. Hall 🇺🇸 · $13
- Evgeny Vasyl Frolov 🇺🇦 · $10
- Howard Gutierrez 🇺🇸 · $10
- Sachin K. Pandey 🇮🇳 · $10
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Hope you get there. I have a 14 year old who wants to send good wishes too. God bless.
Sending love, Víctor. This could happen to any of us. Put this on a community board in Ikeja this morning.
Best of luck. Looking forward to the next update. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.
Shared it with a few friends. After 7 years in public service I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
keep going. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Love from Cairo.
thanks for sharing this, Víctor. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Ciudad de México.