
Help with Adwoa's Green Card Renewal & Citizenship
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Hi friends,
I'm starting this GoFundMe to help with the cost of my immigration applications. As some of you may know, I am a green card holder in the US and a Canadian citizen.
I've had my green card for almost 10 years now and made the decision about 2 years ago to go ahead and apply for citizenship. (You have to hold a green card for 5 years before you can apply for citizenship.)
Because of the cost of applying for citizenship, I decided to wait and started sharing with friends about my situation so that people could be praying for sources of income to cover the expense.
This is a very urgent situation. My green card expires in February 2020. I have been trying to get in touch with my lawyer since late spring and didn't hear back (for multiple reasons) which was incredibly frustrating. I started calling once a week since the beginning of August and finally got a response yesterday.
Here is the current problem:
1. Citizenship applications (according to my lawyer) are currently taking 11-18 months to process.
2. Green card applications take about 6 months to process and I'm currently 5 months out from my green card expiring. (which would affect a lot for me - travel, driver's license and other legal documents)
3. The best path forward is to apply to renew the green card and also submit and application for citizenship at the same time which is why this is so expensive. (This includes the cost of services from my lawyer and any filing fees that the government is requesting which is approximately $750.)
Thank you for your prayers and contributions!
(If you feel more comfortable giving offline or another platform, you are welcome to write a check out to me or send funds via Venmo: @Adwoa-Asante or CashApp: $AdwoaAsante)
If you have questions, feel free to call/text at [phone redacted].
I'm starting this GoFundMe to help with the cost of my immigration applications. As some of you may know, I am a green card holder in the US and a Canadian citizen.
I've had my green card for almost 10 years now and made the decision about 2 years ago to go ahead and apply for citizenship. (You have to hold a green card for 5 years before you can apply for citizenship.)
Because of the cost of applying for citizenship, I decided to wait and started sharing with friends about my situation so that people could be praying for sources of income to cover the expense.
This is a very urgent situation. My green card expires in February 2020. I have been trying to get in touch with my lawyer since late spring and didn't hear back (for multiple reasons) which was incredibly frustrating. I started calling once a week since the beginning of August and finally got a response yesterday.
Here is the current problem:
1. Citizenship applications (according to my lawyer) are currently taking 11-18 months to process.
2. Green card applications take about 6 months to process and I'm currently 5 months out from my green card expiring. (which would affect a lot for me - travel, driver's license and other legal documents)
3. The best path forward is to apply to renew the green card and also submit and application for citizenship at the same time which is why this is so expensive. (This includes the cost of services from my lawyer and any filing fees that the government is requesting which is approximately $750.)
Thank you for your prayers and contributions!
(If you feel more comfortable giving offline or another platform, you are welcome to write a check out to me or send funds via Venmo: @Adwoa-Asante or CashApp: $AdwoaAsante)
If you have questions, feel free to call/text at [phone redacted].
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Adwoa Asante
Organizer
Raleigh, NC