Chicago, IL
Immigration Lawyer at Chicago, IL
Practice Areas: Immigration
The facts as you relate them are not ideal. Some spouses of abusive U.S. citizens can self-petition under the Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA. ...
There are no limits on the number of times one can request a change of nonimmigrant status. As long as you meet the criteria for the status you...
Changing status to a student visa could be tricky. F-1 students must demonstrate that they have "nonimmigrant intent." In most cases this means...
Not everyone in the U.S. is eligible to get lawful residence, even after 11 years. Most immigrant categories require someone to have entered...
The expiration of your student visa did not affect your F-1 status, but your graduation did. F-1 students maintain their status for 60 days after...
How did she arrive in the U.S.? Are any of her other family members U.S. citizens or permanent residents? Have any of them applied in the past...
Shoplifting may be classified as a "crime involving moral turpitude" or "CIMT". Nonimmigrants with CIMTs may be inadmissible to the U.S., so your...
Since he entered the U.S. without inspection and has more than one year of unlawful presence, he will trigger a 10 year inadmissibility bar if he...
It is hardly ever the case that there is "nothing we can do", but the "something" you can do may not be to your liking. If your wife did not...
This is not so much an immigration law matter, but rather will depend on an interpretation by the university of its own rule on in-state tuition. ...