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.
- 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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- 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.
- 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)
- 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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- Illinois
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- Credit Cards Accepted
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Appointment required for new clients. General information provided over phone.
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Hindi: Spoken
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Urdu: Spoken
- Q. Can my brother-in-law become my petitioner on Form I-130 & Form I-864 instead of my wife? They are both US citizens.
- A: No, your brother in law is disqualified as a matter of law. He is ineligible to petition too for an I-130. He can only act as a joint sponsor with your wife. In order to avoid complications, including what can prove to be permanent bars on lawful immigration, I strongly recommend an evaluation with a competent and experienced immigration lawyer.
- Q. Can I get an ocupacional driver license in Texas while on the process of becoming a resident ?
- A: more information is needed. How are you in the process of becoming a lawful permanent resident? You are facing removal, correct? how do you qualify for employment authorization card? did you file for adjustment? Did you file for Asylum? Do you have a well-founded fear based on one or more of the legal grounds? How long ago did you file your application with an Immigration Court and USCIS? These questions, and even more, will need to be answered before an experienced immigration lawyer can even guess how long it may take.
- Q. While filling form N-400, question is about me Were your parents married before your 18th birthday, my answer is yes.
- A: If you must answer the questions without an attorney, then carefully read and re-read all of the questions. Some questions are meant to be skipped. If you make a mistake, then you can complicate processing and cause a wrongful denial of the application. Some believe that it is too expensive to hire an attorney, because it costs $725 in USCIS filing fees, alone. Imagine if you had to wait over two years for a decision on the first application, then pay a total of $1450 in filing fees, because you made a mistake? What is the value of hiring a competent attorney to avoid filing an application that can cause you to be referred to an immigration court for removal proceedings? Applicants are decisional. I hope that you are able to read and successfully complete the form without complications. If you have concerns, reconsider whether to hire a competent and experienced immigration and naturalization attorney.