U.S. Immigration Made Easy

U.S. Immigration Made Easy

U.S. Immigration Made Easy

U.S. Immigration Made Easy

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Overview

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 21st edition is completely updated to cover recent legal changes owing to the new presidential administration, including the latest on DACA, U visas, asylum, and more.

This book does not cover naturalization. If you’re interested in U.S. citizenship, see Nolo’s Becoming a U.S. Citizen.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781413323672
Publisher: NOLO
Publication date: 01/30/2017
Edition description: Eighteenth Edition
Pages: 688
Sales rank: 1,118,643
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Ilona Bray is an author and legal editor at Nolo, specializing in real estate, immigration law, and nonprofit fundraising. She is coauthor of Becoming a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Immigration Made Easy, Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home and numerous other top selling books. Bray's working background includes solo practice, nonprofit, and corporate stints, as well as long periods of volunteering, including an internship at Amnesty International's main legal office in London. She received her law degree and a Masters degree in East Asian (Chinese) Studies from the Universityof Washington. Bray also blogs on Nolo's Immigration Law Blog.

Table of Contents

Your Immigration Companion Part I Getting Started: U.S. Immigration Eligibility and Procedures 1. Where to Begin on Your Path Toward Immigration 2. 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 Denials 5. Special Rules for Canadians and Mexicans 6. How and When to Find a Lawyer Part II Introduction 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 Employment 10. Getting a Green Card Through the Diversity Visa Lottery
11. Getting a Green Card as an Investor 12. Getting a Green Card as a Special Immigrant 13. Humanitarian Protection: TPS, DED, Asylee, and Refugee Status 14. After Your Approval for a Green Card Part III Introduction to Nonimmigrant (Temporary) Visas 15. Getting a Business or Tourist (B-1 or B-2) Visa 16. Getting a Temporary Specialty Worker (H-1B) Visa 17. Getting a Temporary Nonagricultural Worker (H-2B) Visa 18. Getting a Temporary Trainee (H-3) Visa 19. Getting an Intracompany Transferee (L-1) Visa 20. Getting a Treaty Trader (E-1) Visa 21. Getting a Treaty Investor (E-2) Visa 22. Getting a Student (F-1 or M-1) Visa 23. Getting an Exchange Visitor (J-1) Visa 24. Getting a Visa as a Temporary Worker in a Selected Occupation (O, P, or R Visa) Index

Interviews

This book has a long history, and I wasn’t its original author. In fact, I wish I’d known it existed when I was starting out in immigration law. Nowhere else will you find, between two covers, such a concise explanation of this complex area of law. Even in law school, one isn’t taught the nuts and bolts aspects of which immigration forms to prepare, how to document a persuasive application, and how to deal with the inevitable hassles when up against a huge, often slow-moving government bureaucracy. Adapting the book to the never-ending changes and adjustments in law has been a satisfying challenge. I’m hugely grateful for the help of practicing attorney Kyle Knapp, who went over this new edition with a fine-toothed comb to make sure it’s accurate, up to date, and streamlined.

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