Illinois Immigration Law Articles

We explain how to obtain a visa, how to change a non-immigrant visa to an immigrant Visa and the importance of a Work Visa.

​Some may think that one can reside here in the United States permanently with “lawful permanent residence status” commonly known as a Green Card. Often Green Card holders are surprised to find themselves in Removal Proceedings. Although people who carry non-immigrant visas or green cards have the right to be in the United States.

On June 26, 2017, the Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments over President Trump’s revised travel ban. Oral arguments will be held in the session that begins in October of 2017. In the meantime, the Supreme Court has partially lifted the lower courts’ preliminary injunctions that had prevented the travel ban from going into effect.

If you have fled another country based on a “well-founded fear of persecution” based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group, you may be eligible for Asylum in the United States. If you are granted asylum, after entering the United States either legally or illegally, you will be permitted to remain a resident in the United States. Both refugees from outside of the country and individuals who have entered the country illegally are eligible for asylum.

President Trump reissued his Executive Order titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into The United States.” This act shall take effect on March 16, 2017. This Executive order will ban nationals from six designated countries -- Syria, Iran, Libya, Sudan, Yemen, and Somalia. Natives from these countries are banned for at least 90 days.

We explain how to obtain a visa, how to change a non-immigrant visa to an immigrant Visa and the importance of a Work Visa.

​Some may think that one can reside here in the United States permanently with “lawful permanent residence status” commonly known as a Green Card. Often Green Card holders are surprised to find themselves in Removal Proceedings. Although people who carry non-immigrant visas or green cards have the right to be in the United States.

On June 26, 2017, the Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments over President Trump’s revised travel ban. Oral arguments will be held in the session that begins in October of 2017. In the meantime, the Supreme Court has partially lifted the lower courts’ preliminary injunctions that had prevented the travel ban from going into effect.