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Immigration & Citizenship
- Agencies / Organizations
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
- U.S. Dept. of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review
Interprets and administers federal immigration laws. - U.S. Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Missions
- Visas (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Forms
- Immigration Status Questionnaire & Immigration Consequences (WI Office of the Public Defender)
Provides a questionnaire and a personal contact to help determine potential immigration issues for your client. - U.S. Dept. of Justice
Executive Office for Immigration Review Forms
- Dangers of "Notario" Fraud (American Bar Association Commission on Immigration)
- Guide to Naturalization (US Citizenship & Immigration Services)
- Immigration (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
Commentary with links to U.S. Constitution, federal statutes, regulations & opinions, and human rights treaties. - Immigration (Nolo.com)
Visas & visiting the U.S., getting a green card, and becoming a U.S. citizen. - Immigration Resources (American Bar Association Commission on Immigration)
Immigrant children custody, placement, and representation; trafficking, naturalization. Includes judge's benchbooks and ICE court resources.
- Courts
- Defending Non-Citizens in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin (Nat'l Immigrant Justice Center)
- Immigration Court Practice Manual (Office of the Chief Immigration Judge, Dept. of Justice)
- Immigration Courts (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
- Immigration Resources for Criminal Defense Attorneys (Nat'l Immigrant Justice Center)
- Tooby's Guide to Criminal Immigration Law
- Padilla Decision
- Renunciation of Citizenship / Loss of Nationality
- Expatriation (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
- Expatriation Tax (I.R.S.)
- Citizenship and Nationality (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Legal Assistance
- Community Immigration Law Center (Madison)
- Immigrant Defense Project
- National Immigrant Justice Center
- National Immigration Project
- State Immigration Legal Service Providers (Immigration Advocates Network)
- Statistics
- Asylum Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review)
- Yearbook of Immigration Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security)
The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)
- U.S. Code: 8 USC "Aliens and Nationality"
- U.S. Code: 18 USC 1421-1429 "Nationality and Citizenship"
- CFR:
8 CFR "Aliens & Nationality"
Scroll down the page to access the chart of "Available CFR Titles". Select the Title by clicking on the link for the desired year(s) of publication. Continue clicking on succeeding links until the desired section is reached. Sections are available in text or PDF format. - Laws, Regulations, and Guides (US Citizenship & Immigration Services)
- Opinions
- Board of Immigration Appeals Decisions
- U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services Decisions (U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services)
- Virtual Law Library (US Dept. of Justice)
Online law library for the Immigration Research Center. Includes decisions, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register and legislation information. Also includes attorney practice manuals and Immigration Judge Benchbook.
Search for more statutes, regulations & opinions.
County Resources
Recommended links from our County Resources database:
Legal Assistance
- Community Immigration Law Center
(608) 257-4845
Offers brief consultations on basic legal immigration issues on a first come, first serve basis. Case assessment and legal advice provided by our volunteer immigration lawyers. Assistance with immigration forms and fillings.
- Community Immigration Law Center
Last Updated: May 14, 2012 | Up to Top 
