Kevin L Dixler
Law Office of Kevin L. Dixler
Mr. Dixler specializes in immigration, visa law, citizenship and related matters since 1993. He is a 29 year member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He now serves on the AILA Chicago Chapter’s liaison committee between prosecutors and private attorneys practicing in the Chicago Immigration Courts. Mr. Dixler was nominated and named a Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer in immigration for the last ten consecutive years. Many are marriage-based and family immigration clients. However, he is experienced in all aspects of immigration and visa law. He has exceptional insight on cancellation of removal and waiver work.
Mr. Dixler represents those in Immigration Court facing asylum referrals, criminal deportation and challenging family matters, among other issues. Criminal defense attorneys contact him about the immigration consequences of a criminal record for their foreign born clients. He has significant experience with waivers of inadmissibility for crime, J-1 visas, misrepresentation, and unlawful presence. He has served as a speaker and writer for AILA on these topics, among others. Mr. Dixler successfully defends clients in the Immigration Courts, Board of Immigration Appeals and Federal Courts. He has filed successful lawsuits against the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Service in Federal Court to challenge unreasonable delays with adjudication, naturalization denials, and name checks. He is also functionally bilingual in Spanish. Mr. Dixler is a Native Chicagoan, who is originally from the Central Rogers Park neighborhood.
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Credit Cards Accepted
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Appointment required for new clients. General information provided over phone.
- Illinois
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- Hindi: Spoken
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Urdu: Spoken
- Principal
- Law Office of Kevin L. Dixler
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- Immigration, visa and citizenship practice working with applicants and respondents at DHS, Immigration Court, Board of Immigration Appeals, and Federal Courts.
- The John Marshall Law School
- J.D. | Law
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- University of Illinois - Chicago
- B.A. | Liberal Arts and Science - History
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- University of Illinois - Chicago
- B.S. | College of Business Administration - Marketing
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- Super Lawyer
- Thomson Reuters
- Super Lawyers
- Thomson Reuters
- Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. This selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.
- Super Lawyer
- Thompson Reuters
- Super Lawyer
- Thompson Reuters
- Super Lawyers
- Thomson Reuters
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Active Member
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- American Immigration Lawyers Assn., Chicago Chapter, Ethics Committee
- Co-Chair
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- Activities: Organize and facility Annual Ethics Conference, Liaison with CLE Committee, National Ethics and UPL Committees, and related responsibilities.
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- Naturalization and Citizenship Requirements, Updated with Phillip Hornik, et. al.
- Annual Conference Materials, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- The Most Compelling and Exigent Circumstances: Humanitarian Parole Requests Outside the Ports of Entry
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- NSEERS Special Registration; Chicago Regulations and Memos, AILA Chicago Chapter CLE
- AILA Chicago Chapter
- Humanitarian Parole and Public Interest Parole - Is This Even Possible?, AILA's 2002 Annual Conference on Immigration Law
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Crimes - 212(h) Waivers of Inadmissibility, The Berlin Wall: Inadmissibility, Waivers and Port of Entry Issues
- American Immigration Lawyers Association - Chicago Chapter
- Mock Naturalization Interview, AILA's 2006 Annual Conference on Immigration Law
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Immigration Legal Ethics, Interactive Legal Ethics 2010: Immigration Practitioners R U Ready?
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (Chicago chapter)
- Q. Can someone who entered US with immigrant visa & has already paid the $220 green card processing fee leave US
- A: No. If you leave too soon, you can abandon your lawful permanent resident status, especially, if you never get the card in the first place. It can take a while for the card to arrive.
You need to establish yourself as a lawful permanent resident by living and working in the United States, not somewhere else. Stay outside of the United States to go to school, that is meaningfully interruptive, more than 180 days can cause trouble. It is possible to lose your green card if you live outside the United States more than you live inside the United States,
Filing for a reentry permit tells the US government that you were not living in the United States. It also tells the US government that you ... Read More
- Q. Indian parents on tourist visa and currently in the US. Having baby in 1 month. Visa extension.
- A: Extensions of visitor visas may create concern on future trips to the U.S. If the extension is denied, then this can cause challenges during future visits or visitor visa renewals.
If you value your parents periodic visits, then you ought to avoid using them as baby sitters unless they are lawful permanent residents.
- Q. Have a immigrate serving life but just got letter for deportation. Will he be deported?
- A: This seems like a complicated situation that must be described better before anyone can understand and answer.
First, how are you related to to the person with the immigration problem? Second, what, if anything, were they arrested and what exact offense(s) (law) were they arrested for, charged with, and where? Third, have they pled or been found guilty in a criminal court? Fourth, has that person actually had a case against them at the Executive Office of Immigration Review charging them with deportation/removal? Fifth, do they have a final removal order or have the given up the right to a removal hearing?
This person ought to seek help as soon as possible, but will likely need to have ... Read More
