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"Although the family would probably qualify for an official 'poverty certificate', which would entitle them to free basic services, obtaining one requires other paperwork for which they have to pay."

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Certificate of poverty

Arabic term (edited): شهادة فقر حال

poverty
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Main Entry: pov·er·ty
Pronunciation: 'pن-v&r-tE
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English poverte, from Old French poverté, from Latin paupertat-, paupertas, from pauper poor -- more at POOR
1 a : the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions b : renunciation as a member of a religious order of the right as an individual to own property
2 : SCARCITY, DEARTH
3 a : debility due to malnutrition b : lack of fertility
synonyms POVERTY, INDIGENCE, PENURY, WANT, DESTITUTION mean the state of one with insufficient resources. POVERTY may cover a range from extreme want of necessities to an absence of material comforts <the extreme poverty of the slum dwellers>. INDIGENCE implies seriously straitened circumstances <the indigence of her years as a graduate student>. PENURY suggests a cramping or oppressive lack of money <a catastrophic illness that condemned them to years of penury>. WANT and DESTITUTION imply extreme poverty that threatens life itself through starvation or exposure <lived in a perpetual state of want> <the widespread destitution in countries beset by famine>.

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I made some calls locally, to the Uk and to Beirut and came up with the following term: "Certificate of Hardship" or "Certificate of Destitution". Both are used and are acceptable although one implies a more severe status or condition.