Citizens & Immigration

U.S. citizens' rights

1. Who has a disability under the ADA?
2. How can I get out of jury duty?
3. If I carry an ID, do I have to identify myself?
4. Learning about voting
5. Getting food stamps or SNAP benefits
6. Government benefits for immigrants
7. Medicaid and general assistance (Lawyer Manual)
8. Disabilities guidebook: social security disability benefits
9. I can't pay my taxes
10. Supportive housing programs for minors and people with disabilities
11. SNAP (Lawyer Manual)
12. Are school expenses tax deductible?
13. Paying taxes as an undocumented immigrant
14. Qualifying for EITC or EIC
15. Getting temporary financial help with TANF
16. Community Integrated Living Arrangements
17. Applying for social security benefits
18. SNAP and TANF overpayment
19. Special needs trusts
20. Buying and owning a home
21. Immigrant family support organizations in Illinois
22. Appealing a property tax assessment
23. General assistance (Lawyer Manual)
24. Appeal a public benefits decision
25. Property tax relief: the homestead exemptions
26. Filing an appeal and disputing an overpayment
27. Are locker searches or strip searches in public schools legal?
28. Your right to free speech and protest
29. Filing documents with the county recorder's office
30. SSI and SSDI overpayments and appeals
31. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
32. Requesting a waiver for an SSI and SSDI overpayment
33. Serving LGBT Clients In 2018: What You Need To Know
34. Helping your client apply for Social Security Disability Benefits
35. Tax information for divorced or separated taxpayers
36. Can drones be flown over other people's property?
37. Illinois Pension Assistance Project
38. LAF new attorney training: Public benefits
39. LAF new attorney training: Immigration law
40. Losing your US citizenship
41. 5 step evaluation process for SSI and SSDI cases
42. Applying for aged, blind, and disabled benefits
43. Understanding general assistance
44. Request to withdraw appeal of public benefits decision
45. Legal quick tips: taxes
46. Federal benefits for veterans and dependents
47. Providing legal services to veterans
48. Food stamps (SNAP) (Video)
49. Path of a charge under the Illinois Human Rights Act
50. Food stamps for immigrants (SNAP)
51. Social Security Disability: applying and appealing
52. Social Security Administration's Ticket to Work program
53. Information that cannot be requested because of an exemption
54. What to do if Social Security overpays you
55. LAF domestic violence training: Public benefits
56. Mental illness and accessing public benefits (Video)
57. Impact litigation for disabilities and voting rights
58. What to do if Social Security overpays you part 2
59. SSDI overpayments: a video in ASL (Video)
60. 3 ways to respond to a Social Security overpayment notice
61. Overview of Social Security programs for lawyers
62. Disability Rights Consortium: Access to courts for people with disabilities
63. What do I need to register to vote?
64. State of the states report (Video)
65. New developments around voting
66. More

Other citizens or immigration issues

1. Driver’s license for immigrants
2. Chicago CityKey
3. Native American legal information
4. Instructions for employers about I-9 employment petitions
5. Immigration Law Project (Video)
6. Accessing non-English language legislative information

Immigration status, work permits and travel papers

1. Traffic violations and your immigration status
2. Immigrant family support organizations in Illinois
3. Fighting deportation and removal
4. Visas for victims of crime (U/T/VAWA)
5. Differences between permanent resident and US citizen
6. Immigration pro bono opportunities for lawyers in Chicago
7. How to notify immigration about a change of address
8. What is the Illinois Dream Act?
9. Asylum and refugees
10. Filing documents with immigration for free
11. Fee waiver for appealing deportation (removal)
12. LAF new attorney training: Immigration law
13. DACA: What now?
14. Going to a removal hearing in immigration court
15. Green cards for family members
16. Are you a victim? A quiz about domestic violence
17. Introduction to Human Trafficking
18. Disability rights and immigration rights: Recent developments
19. Being detained by immigration or ICE
20. Help for victims of violent crime in the Court of Claims
21. Criminal records and immigration rights
22. Immigration fraud and Notarios
23. Fee waiver for citizenship and immigration cases
24. When you or a family member are detained
25. Introduction to Human Trafficking for Service Providers
26. Immigrant survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault
27. Being stopped or arrested by the police because of your immigration status
28. Resources for helping immigrant families with guardianship
29. Know your rights manuals for detained immigrants
30. U VISA and Violence Against Women Act training (Video)
31. Immigration remedies for survivors of human trafficking (Video)
32. Board of Immigration Appeals practice manual
33. Your rights under President Trump’s executive order on immigration
34. Immigration reform and LGBTQ community
35. Non-immigration issues facing immigrants (Video)
36. Law at the library: Immigration
37. Is criminal record clearing right for your non-citizen client? (Video)
38. More

U.S. citizenship

1. Differences between permanent resident and US citizen
2. How to notify immigration about a change of address
3. Filing documents with immigration for free
4. US citizenship and naturalization
5. LAF new attorney training: Immigration law
6. Dual citizenship
7. Fee waiver for citizenship and immigration cases
8. How to become a US citizen through naturalization
9. Citizenship for military members and veterans

Sponsoring an immigrant

1. Immigration pro bono opportunities for lawyers in Chicago
2. How to notify immigration about a change of address
3. Green cards for family members