I'm seeing established companies in Sri Lanka offering services for $7 to $10 an hour. I'm not sure how much the government gets from that. No one cares about the education, they're not even going to ask. Put what you've done in your portfolio and try to advertise work. Price is going to have to be your selling point, you are probably going to have to undercut your competition who already charges very little. You'll need to make about $233 a month and about half your time is going to be in marketing and other non-billable hours in a best case scenario. Plan for that.

Perhaps you can convince your dad to meet you half way? That at least shows that you're very serious about this.