Azita M. Mojarad Immigration Law Blog

Illinois DREAM Act

On May 30, 2011, the Illinois House of Representatives passed a state version of the DREAM Act in a move to help the children of undocumented residents in Illinois afford college.

By a 61-53 vote, the House approved and sent to Gov. Pat Quinn legislation that would set up a state fund that would route privately funded college scholarships to as many as 95,000 children of undocumented... Read More

From the US Department of State

As of May 20, 2011, qualified Iranian applicants for visas in the F, J, and M categories for non-sensitive, non-technical fields of study and research and their dependents will be eligible to receive two-year, multiple-entry visas. This is an increase in the current visa validity of three months, single entry.

This change will allow... Read More

CONSEQUENCES OF CRIMES IN IMMIGRATION - PETTY OFFENSE EXCEPTION

Issues of inadmissibility can render a foreign nation ineligible for a visa or a green card or even make him/her ineligible to become a Naturalized U.S. Citizen.  One such event is a criminal conviction or the admission of having committed a crime.  Any foreign national that is convicted of, or admits to having committed, a crime of moral turpitude is... Read More

EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program

Frequently Asked Questions

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EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program

General Information

You must be a PERMANENT Resident not a SOMETIMES Resident

It is an all too common situation -- a person finally obtains Legal Permanent Resident status in the United States only to find they still have business or family concerns, which require them to leave the United States for an extended period of time.  If you find yourself in a similar situation, please take note of the following.

Legal... Read More

The End of Birthright Citizenship?

The United States of America is one of the countries that provides automatic “birthright” citizenship to children born within its nation’s borders.  This right is protected by the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, which states that, “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the... Read More

NSEERS

The United States implemented the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) program, also known as “special registration”, as a counterterrorism tool in the wake of September 11, 2001, to keep track of certain non-immigrants and prevent terrorist attacks.

The NSEERS system has two separate portions: (1) port-of-entry registration and (2) domestic... Read More