Plain answers
Short pieces on the questions we are asked most often. They are general information, not advice on your case.
In Illinois an eviction is a court case with a sheriff at the end of it. A landlord who changes the locks, removes your belongings or shuts off the heat is not evicting you — they are breaking the law.
A plea that ends a criminal case quickly can end a green card too. Why immigration law counts convictions differently from Illinois law, and why this has to be said out loud before anything is signed.
The oath of allegiance contains words about renouncing, and they frighten people out of applying. What the United States actually requires, what it does not, and why the real answer comes from your other country.
A Notice to Appear is the document that opens a removal case in immigration court. It is not a deportation order. What it says, what the first hearing is for, and the obligation almost everybody misses.
A K-1 visa is permission to enter in order to marry, and the clock is ninety days long. What has to happen inside it, what happens after the wedding, and the two mistakes that cost people the most.
One is the criminal case in the courtroom. The other is an administrative suspension of your license that begins on its own schedule, whatever the court does. Missing the second one is the common mistake.
You can file here even if your spouse is in another country. The difficult part is not the divorce, it is proving they were properly notified — and doing it in a way a judge here will accept.
Hiding does not stop a case. What service is for, what a court expects to see before it allows another route, and why a sloppy affidavit can undo a judgment years later.
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The information on this page is general and is not legal advice. Every case turns on its own facts.