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When a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident marries a foreign national, a process exists to sponsor the foreign national for a visa. The visa would allow the spouse to come to the United States, and, once in the state of Illinois, the spouse could...
Hundreds of thousands of L-2 and H-4 visa holders have been struggling with their immigration status in the United States. Visa holders have had gaps in their work history and job losses because of government delays in application approvals. However, an immigration...
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...
Effective June 1, 2020, the Presidential Proclamation by President Trump will block certain Chinese nationals from obtaining F or J visas if they are suspected of being associated with entities in China that are involved in its “military-civil fusion strategy.” This...
The H-1B visa is one of the most common nonimmigrant work visas the United States provides for workers in specialty occupations. If the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (UCIS) approves your petition, you will be able to live and work in the U.S. However, you...
On April 22, 2020, the President issued a Proclamation restricting immigration into the United States. The Proclamation is scheduled to take effect at 11:59 pm on April 23. While many people feared that it would be broad in scope, the Proclamation contains many...
An apparent technical glitch or outage affecting the U.S. State Department's Diversity Visa lottery website left countless potential immigrants applying for the 2019 visas scratching their heads. The lottery people initially opened on October 3, scheduled to run until...
