U.S. Immigration Made Easy (Edition 19) (Paperback)

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 tips on dealing with bureaucratic officials, delays, and denials strategies for overcoming 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 19th edition is completely updated to cover recent legal and fee changes including Trump administration efforts to end TPS for various countries and end DACA. NOTE: Does not cover naturalization. Review "Thoughtfully organized a vast amount of useful information." Library Journal “The clearest, most accurate explanations of immigration laws for nonlawyers thus far.” Immigration Today “Well worth the investment―considerably less than what one would pay for an hour’s consultation with a lawyer." Irish Echo “Highly recommended...instructive and explanatory.” United States Information Agency “Comprehensive, authoritative, thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, and now in a fully updated and expanded 19th edition, "U.S. Immigration Made Easy" is essential to help anyone get a visa, green card, or other immigration status. "U.S. Immigration Made Easy" addresses such issues as: Determining 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 tips on dealing with bureaucratic officials, delays, and denials; Strategies for overcoming low income and other immigration barriers; How to select the right attorney. "U.S. Immigration Made Easy" also provides detailed descriptions of application processes and helps you avoid traps that might destroy your chances. Of special note is the inclusion of an immigration eligibility self-quiz, which helps to match a person's background and skills to a likely category of visa or green card. "U.S. Immigration Made Easy" even covers the recent legal and fee changes including the Trump administration's efforts to end TPS for various countries and to end DACA.” Midwest Book Review, Library Bookwatch, James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief 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 University of Washington. Bray also blogs on Nolo's Immigration Law Blog.Richard Link practices immigration law as Senior Counsel with Tully Rinckey, PLLC in its Rochester, New York office. He currently serves as treasurer of the Upstate New York Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.