Sliding-scale fees
What you pay depends on what your household can
We set our fee from the size and income of your household, so that cost is not the reason a family goes without a lawyer.
At the first conversation we ask a few questions about who lives in your home and what comes in each month. You see the fee in writing, and you decide.
The clinic can take only so many cases each month, so tell us early if a deadline is close.
Good to know
A first conversation costs nothing
Fees follow a sliding scale
Interpreters are arranged for other languages
A payment plan, if you need one
The scale
How the sliding scale works
- Lowest incomes
No fee
For households at the lowest incomes, we waive our fee and help you ask for a government fee waiver where one exists.
- Middle bands
A share of the full fee
The fee rises in steps with household income and falls with each additional person at home.
- Above the scale
The clinic's full fee
A flat fee for each kind of case, written down before you agree to anything.
Government filing fees are paid to the agency, not to the clinic, and are separate from our fee. Costs differ from case to case, and we explain yours in writing.
Before your visit
Bring these to your first visit
Papers about who you are
A passport or other identity document, and any green card, work permit or visa you hold.
Anything you have received
Letters, notices and court dates from immigration offices or courts. Bring them even if you do not understand them.
Your family's dates
Names, birthdates and places of birth for the people in your case, and the dates you entered the country.