A green card is one of the most important documents that you can have as an immigrant in the United States. If your green card becomes damaged, lost or stolen, it's in your best interest to get it replaced as soon as possible. When should you replace your green card?...
Month: June 2021
Drug Testing and the Immigrant Visa Medical Exam
When applying for an immigrant visa through consular processing, a medical exam with a designated civil surgeon is required. The medical exam determines whether an individual is inadmissible on health grounds, including for having certain communicable diseases, for...
Visa eligibility for undocumented abuse victims
Being an undocumented immigrant in Illinois comes with many worries. Those worries only intensify if an undocumented immigrant is experiencing abuse. Though everyone deserves to be treated with respect and dignity, that doesn’t always happen. For an undocumented...
Illinois lawmakers vote to end immigrant detention
The Illinois General Assembly passed a bill on May 31 that requires local authorities to cancel contracts to detain immigrants facing removal proceedings, and it prohibits them from entering into similar agreements in the future. The Illinois Way Forward Act gives...