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 31 year member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He now serves on the AILA National Committee for the 2025 Annual Convention in Denver. Mr. Dixler was nominated and named a Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer in immigration for the last eleven consecutive years. Many are marriage-based and family immigration clients. However, he is experienced in all aspects of immigration and visa law, which includes practice in the Immigration Courts. He has exceptional insight on cancellation of removal and waiver work.
Mr. Dixler represents those in Immigration Court facing asylum referrals, criminal conviction based 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
- Hindi: Spoken
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Urdu: Spoken
- Principal
- Law Office of Kevin L. Dixler
- - Current
- 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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- SuperLawyer
- Thomson Reuters
- 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
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Active Member
- - Current
- 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.
- 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. I was refused a student visa. I am now applying for a fiance visa. How do I explain the rejection without suspicion?
- A: Tell the truth. If you still have anxiety and concerns, then hire a competent immigration attorney to provide advice and instruction. Good luck.
- Q. In 1999 I was 17 years old, I was convicted and tried as an adult for delivery of cocaine, possession of cocaine and res
- A: More information is needed. However, there is a sense of reckoning that must take place before any further action can be taken, if any.
There also seems like a misunderstanding of the definitions of a deportable offense and the enduring nature of the bars for what can be considered drug trafficking.
I strongly recommend a paid zoom appointment, so that you can actually be open to understand the situation. Otherwise, it seems like you can become a bigger victim.
The above is general information, not the legal advice, and does not create an attorney client relationship.
- Q. What requirements can I provide to apply for N-600 without my parent's certificate?
- A: You will likely need the information from her certificate. Can she photocopy it for you? If not, then you can have trouble proving that you are a derivative citizen. Once she is gone, if the certificate is lost, you have little to no proof that you derived citizenship. Also, you may remain indefinitely disqualified from naturalization. Nevertheless, there may be other issues that can complicate the process, as well, so it remains unclear whether you derived citizenship.
As a result, I strongly recommend a intense review of the evidence and facts with a competent and experienced immigration attorney.