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Top 10 Immigration Lawyers in Chicago

Chicago is home to some of the nation’s most skilled and experienced immigration lawyers. The city has attracted the best immigration lawyers for a number of reasons, including its high foreign-born population (about 1.6 million), a cluster of prominent law schools in the area, and a variety of other compelling reasons. All of this has inspired many Chicagoans to devote their careers to helping immigrants and has also attracted immigration lawyers from all over the country.

2023-01-24T05:16:30-05:00Categories: Immigration Articles|Tags: , , |
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International Programs and Patient Services at Chicago Hospitals

Due to Chicago’s excellent reputation for medical care, patients come to Chicago area hospitals from all over the world for treatment. In response, Chicago hospitals have organized programs designed to respond to the special needs of these patients. Following are descriptions of a few of them:

2023-01-20T06:23:22-05:00Categories: Immigration Articles|Tags: , , |
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Chicago’s Ethnic Festivals

Chicago is home to dozens of annual ethnic festivals, especially in the summer. Keep in mind that during 2020 and possibly 2021, many of these festivals will be canceled or moved online due to the Covid-19 crisis. The below descriptions are based on the events as they occurred before Covid-19 arose.

2021-07-14T01:23:09-05:00Categories: Immigration Articles|Tags: , , |
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International Student Offices at Major Chicago Colleges and Universities

Chicago hosts over 100 institutes of higher education, including world-class universities such as the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. Many of these institutions attract a large number of international students, and most of them have established international student offices that offer a variety of services. Following is an introduction to five of them:

2023-03-15T11:42:17-05:00Categories: Immigration Articles|Tags: , , |
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Chicago’s Ethnic Media

Chicago is home to a tremendous variety of ethnic groups. It should be no surprise, then, that a great number of diverse ethnic media outlets have arisen. These outlets provide valuable information to various immigrant communities via newspapers, radio, TV, and the Internet, among other forms of media.

2021-07-14T21:56:49-05:00Categories: Immigration Articles|Tags: , , , |
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Chicago Nonprofits That Serve Immigrants

Chicago is home to a multitude of nonprofit organizations that are either dedicated to serving the needs of immigrants or include such services as part of their operations. A small sampling of such organizations, including a brief description of their operations,

2022-01-20T20:11:46-05:00Categories: Immigration Articles|Tags: , , |
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The Chicago Immigration Court

The Chicago Immigration Court is one of 58 immigration courts in the United States and, unsurprisingly, it is one of the busiest. Like all US immigration courts, it is subject to the authority of the Office of the Chief Immigration Judge. The judgments of the Chicago Immigration Court can be overturned by a successful appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals.

2022-01-07T19:32:15-05:00Categories: Immigration Articles|Tags: , , |
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Designated Civil Surgeons: Chicago Doctors Who are Approved by the USCIS to Perform Immigration-Related Medical Exams

If you are seeking permanent residence in the United States, you will be required to submit to a medical examination to prove that there is no medical reason to deny your green card application -- a serious communicable disease, for example.

2022-01-28T23:02:28-05:00Categories: Immigration Articles|Tags: , , |
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Chicago is Rated the Most Immigrant-Friendly City in the United States

Chicago has been suffering a net loss of immigrants since 2015. This trend is more than a little ironic since in November 2019 Chicago was listed as the No. 1 most immigration-friendly city among the nation’s 100 largest cities. The ranking is based on the second annual Cities Index issued by the New American Economy, a bipartisan immigration advocacy group. As a while, the Midwest region of the United States outperformed all other regions.

2021-08-12T22:18:21-05:00Categories: Immigration Articles|Tags: , |
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Immigration Information and Resources for Chicago, Illinois

Chicago is known as a “Rust Belt'' city that has suffered economically and demographically from the shift in the United States economy from manufacturing to information technology. But the wave of immigration that took place in the 1990s added population and vitality to US cities as diverse as Portland, Columbus, and St. Paul, says Richard Herman, prominent US immigration lawyer and founder of the Herman Legal Group. The same process could happen in Chicago.

2023-02-17T08:40:15-05:00Categories: Immigration Guides|Tags: , |
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