Provides comprehensive information on U.S. immigration options, including visas, green cards, and asylum, detailing eligibility, application steps, and strategies to navigate bureaucratic challenges, with updates on recent legal changes and a self-quiz to help identify the best immigration path. Original. - (Baker & Taylor)
A guide to nearly every available option for immigrating to the United States or coming for a temporary stay, including legal options and procedural steps. For anyone seeking to not only understand opportunities for U.S. visas and green cards, but how to submit a successful application without making legal errors or running into excessive delays. - (Perseus Publishing)
Green cards, visas, and more:
What every immigrant needs to know
Want to live, work, or travel in the United States? U.S. Immigration Made Easy has helped tens of thousands of people get a visa, green card, or other immigration status. You'll learn:
- whether you and your family qualify for a short-term visa, permanent U.S. residence, or protection from deportation
- how to obtain, fill out, and submit the necessary forms and documents
- insider strategies for dealing with bureaucratic officials, delays, and denials
- ways to overcome low income and other immigration barriers, and
- how to select the right attorney.
U.S. Immigration Made Easy provides detailed descriptions of application processes and helps you avoid traps that might destroy your chances. There's also an immigration eligibility self-quiz, which helps you match your background and skills to a likely category of visa or green card.
The 22nd edition is updated to cover legal and fee changes through January 1, 2025. The book's companion page on the Nolo website will provide complementary information as further changes occur.
This book does not cover naturalization. If you're interested in U.S. citizenship, see Nolo's Becoming a U.S. Citizen.
An info-packed guide covering both eligibility for U.S. visas and green cards and the practical requirements for obtaining them. Readers will learn how the U.S. immigration system works and whether they qualify for a green card based on family or work, a temporary visa for tourism, study, work, or a cultural exchange, or another program or remedy, such as asylum or DACA. Useful for both would-be immigrants and those who assist them. - (
Perseus Publishing)
Your Immigration CompanionPart IGetting Started: U.S. Immigration Eligibility and Procedures 1. Where to Begin on Your Path Toward Immigration2. Are You Already a U.S. Citizen?3. Can You Enter or Stay in the U.S. at All?4. Dealing With Paperwork, Government Officials, Delays, and Denials5. Special Rules for Canadians and Mexicans6. How and When to Find a LawyerPart IIIntroduction to Permanent U.S. Residence (Green Cards)7. Getting a Green Card Through Family In the U.S.8. Getting a Visa to Marry Your U.S. Citizen Fiancé (K-1)9. Getting a Green Card Through Employment10. Getting a Green Card Through the Diversity Visa Lottery
11. Getting a Green Card as an Investor12. Getting a Green Card as a Special Immigrant13. Humanitarian Protection: TPS, DED, Asylee, and Refugee Status14. After Your Approval for a Green CardPart IIIIntroduction to Nonimmigrant (Temporary) Visas 15. Getting a Business or Tourist (B-1 or B-2) Visa16. Getting a Temporary Specialty Worker (H-1B) Visa17. Getting a Temporary Nonagricultural Worker (H-2B) Visa18. Getting a Temporary Trainee (H-3) Visa19. Getting an Intracompany Transferee (L-1) Visa20. Getting a Treaty Trader (E-1) Visa21. Getting a Treaty Investor (E-2) Visa22. Getting a Student (F-1 or M-1) Visa23. Getting an Exchange Visitor (J-1) Visa24. Getting a Visa as a Temporary Worker in a Selected Occupation (O, P, or R Visa)Index
