Dear All

First of all, I would like to sincerely thank everyone who has donated towards my siblings' case. Particularly, I would like to thank a friend from the Quakers who made big donations a few times. May God bless you all and your families.

As you all know, the Home Office refused my siblings' initial application. Now, we have made an appeal to the tribunal court. The cost of the appeal was £1140 which was paid by a friend from the Quakers.

On the 26 of March, my solicitor submitted my statement and all of the additional evidence to the Tribunal. Now we are waiting for the tribunal to give us a date for the hearing. My solicitor advised me that it may take up to 6 months or a year for the tribunal to decide on the date for the case to be heard in court. Once we get the hearing date, the barrister will charge between £4000-5000 plus VAT.

Thank you so much to everyone who has donated for this. I would really appreciate the kindness of everyone to help me reach the fundraising target to  pay the barrister. My siblings' lives depend on it. We are really grateful to everyone who made it possible to get this far. My solicitor advised me that we have a good chance of winning the case in court. So, please donate what you can and share the fundraising page with friends and family.

Wish you all happy Easter, and may God bless you. 

Dear All,

I would like to say thank you sincerely to those who have donated recently. This latest target was to cover the outstanding Home Office fees for my siblings' application and for the upcoming NHS fee for my brother.

I will keep you all up to date as soon as the Home Office makes decisions on my siblings' application. I really hope it won't happen but I may ask for help again if the case gets refused initially and goes to court.

Thank you again for all your kindness. Please keep us in your prayers.

I'm very happy to inform everyone that my solicitor has submitted the application for my siblings. 

I would like to thank you sincerely from the bottom of my heart to everyone who donated towards the application. 

I could not do this without your kindness. 

Unfortunately, due to the currency difference, we had to pay the UK Home Office more than the listed amount at the end..

I have to pay £232.21 more to my solicitor as soon as possible. 

I would hugely appreciate urgent help with this. I had some savings, but unfortunately, I had to spend  on the family visas and get them somewhere they could submit the applications.

It's been a very difficult process with lots of challenges.

Thank you to everyone who has helped make this possible. Particularly, one of my friends who has made very generous donations on a few occasions. I can't thank him enough. He's live saver.

My solicitor has also informed me that it's likely I will have to pay a £500 NHS fee for my brother. So I have left the fundraising target at £6,500 (taking into account approx. fees and taxes) but the immediate target is for the payment due to my solicitor, so to bring the fundraised amount up to 5,935 on here (approx. taking into account charges and taxes).

Thank you to everyone once again. I would update everyone once the Home Office makes the decision on my siblings' application. Please remember us in your prayers.

Dear All

I want to thank you all for your support and kindness so far.

Me and my family are for ever grateful to you all. We are very lucky to have friends and know that kind people like you. It shows there's someone out there who still cares about us.

I would like to update you that with your kind support, my family have been able to submit DNA samples, and I now have evidence that they are my siblings.

I don't want to make my family's current location public for their safety.

 However, I would like to let you know that we are now planning to submit the application in two weeks' time.

I am still urgently looking for a bit more help with costs so I can submit the application. My solicitor says I will need 500 pounds spare in case of currency differences when paying the Home Office fees and also probably 500 pounds more for my brother’s NHS fee. Funds donated here will go straight to my solicitor.

Once again, thank you for your support and keep us in your prayers.

Update from Lizzie, a friend of 'Afghan Apprentice Nurse' here (with permission):

Thank you so much to everyone for your help so far. Big shout out to some very generous Quakers among others.

Unfortunately, we've just heard from the charity Together Now that they are currently inundated with requests for help with DNA testing costs and therefore cannot assist. 

We've therefore updated the fundraising target to cover approximate DNA costs. Once we receive the exact invoice from the DNA testing service this may be adjusted/increased. We need to move fast so please could you consider making an additional donation and sharing this fundraiser?. Thank you to everyone again!

Hopefully you'll get a personal update soon with more details. The family's situation on the ground is complex and difficult.

Hello to everyone 

I would like to inform everyone that with your generosity and kindness, the fundraising target has been reached. 

Me and my family are very grateful to each one of you for your financial support and blessings.  

Now, the next stage would be for my family to undergo DNA testing. Unfortunately, there isn't a DNA test centre accepted by the Home Office in Afghanistan, so my family needs to travel to a testing centre in a neighbouring country.

I'm hoping to receive funding for this from a charity, but it depends on  the charity's funding streams. Therefore, I may need to fundraise a bit more. 

I will keep everyone updated on the progress of the case.

Once again, thank you, and please keep us in your prayers.

Dear All

I want to express my deepest gratitude for your donation and support. It means world to us. It gives hope to my sisters for a better and bright future. With your generous donation and kindness, we are more than halfway there now. 

Please continue sharing the fundraising page with friends and family. 

May God bless you all, and thank you again.

Dear All,

I would like to update everyone on the progress of my family application.

Currently, I have paid my solicitor fees, and she started to work on the case.

I want to thank everyone who made this possible. I couldn't do it without your help and kindness. 

I'm very grateful to all of you. 

Now I just need to raise the outstanding money for the rest of home office fees. So I can submit the application as soon as possible. 

I kindly request to share the fundraiser site with friends and family. 

Thank you again so much