Private · Verified · Attorney-only
Built by and for the private immigration bar.
Every member of IDX is a licensed attorney whose bar admission an administrator has confirmed. Together we're the private immigration bar: defense, family-based, employment-based, PERM and labor certification, and consular practitioners sharing what actually works.
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A place to compare notes
Everyone here is a licensed attorney in private practice, and nobody minds a hard question. This is a place to exchange thoughts, ideas, and advice — defense attorneys next to family-based, employment-based, PERM and labor certification, and consular practitioners — all of us working with individuals, families, and businesses trying to find their way through the U.S. immigration system. We trade what we have learned, so nobody has to work it out alone.
Defense-side practice
- Removal defense, including detained dockets and master and individual calendars
- Defensive asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection
- Bond, custody redetermination, and bond appeals
- Motions to reopen and reconsider, appeals to the Board, and habeas
- Survivor-based relief raised defensively — VAWA, U, and T
- Criminal immigration: advising defense counsel on consequences and relief
Petitions, labor certification, and consular work
- Family-based petitions
- Employment-based petitions, PERM, and labor certification
- Consular processing
- Naturalization and other affirmative filings in private practice
Not the right fit
- Attorneys presently working for the federal government, including USCIS, or otherwise representing the government in immigration matters
- Non-attorney consultants, paralegal services, and notario practices
- Anyone without a bar admission an administrator can confirm in an official licensing directory
How you get in
There is no instant access, and that is the point. Every member here went through the same door: a person reviewed the application and confirmed a bar admission before they could post a word.
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Apply
Give us your name, firm, and the states you are admitted in. It takes two minutes.
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Confirm your email
We send a link to the address you applied with. Nothing opens until you click it.
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An admin reviews you
A person checks your details and your bar number against the official licensing directory.
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You get a Verified badge
Once a bar admission is confirmed, your name carries the badge wherever you post.
What is inside
Once your application is approved, this is what is waiting for you.
Practice discussions
Ask the question you would rather not ask your own team, and get answers from people who try these cases every week.
Rooms by practice area
Removal defense, asylum, family-based and employment-based petitions, PERM, and general practice each have their own room.
Shared files
Upload and download templates in Word, PDF, and other common formats. Up to 25 MB a file, visible only to approved members.
Agency updates
USCIS news and alerts and new Federal Register rules and notices, collected automatically and linked to the original source.
Member directory
Find a colleague by state, practice area, or firm — and see at a glance whose bar admission has been confirmed.
Direct messages
Start a private conversation with any approved member. Nobody outside that conversation can read it.
What the Verified badge means
A member submits the bar number for each state they are admitted in. An administrator looks that number up in the official licensing directory for that state. If it checks out, the member is verified for that jurisdiction and the badge shows the states that were confirmed. If it does not, the member is told what could not be confirmed and can submit a correction.
The badge reflects a confirmed admission — not a recommendation, a rating, or a guarantee of the quality of anyone's work.
Practicing immigration law outside the government? You belong here
Applications are reviewed by an administrator, usually within a couple of business days.