Helpful Resources and Links

Searching for a good "description" for your job? We've found this site to be the easiest to use:
http://www.stepfour.com/jobs/index.htm

INS Field Offices, listed by state:
http://uscis.gov/graphics/fieldoffices/index.htm

Good USA Immigration 1999 - The website for people dreaming of living in the USA:
http://www.wellesworth.com

INSURANCE SERVICES OF AMERICA - Whether you are immigrating to the United States, or are a US expatriate living overseas, they have high quality affordable health insurance available to fit most any need!
http://www.immigrationhealth.com

Tax information for foreign nationals:
http://www.payments.cornell.edu/Tax_FAQ_for_Foreign_Nationals.cfm

Foreigner in America Website - be sure to look through the whole site...there's SO MUCH information here! And great books to order!
http://www.foreignerinamerica.com/Foreigner_USx.html

Immigration Communique - Quick news tips and weekly updates on immigration issues
http://www.fedpub.com/immigration/communique

Need USCIS Forms? Download from here:
http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/index.htm

USCIS Fees: Check here:
http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/index.htm

USCIS Fingerprint information: Check here:
http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/index.htm

SITES TO CHECK OUT OFTEN

U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin - Check your Priority Date movement around the 10th of each month:
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_1360.html

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES and RELATED SITES

U.S. Department of State:
http://www.state.gov

Field office abroad: USCIS:
http://uscis.gov/graphics/fieldoffices/worldmap.htm

Learn about regulations, policies, fees, read their newsletter and download immigration forms. U.S. Embassy Pages:
http://embpage.org

A comprehensive web site on embassies in the United States and overseas. Or look at:
http://www.state.gov/www/regions_missions.html

Diplomatic and consular posts around the world

MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS YOU MAY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

Educational Testing Service for all English Proficiency Exams: (TOEFL, TSE and TWE)
http://www.ets.org

Find out about test center locations, schedules, registration information, computer based testing, sample questions and more.

International University Line
Evaluation of foreign educational credentials for education, work, and immigration. See More information on their website:
http://www.iul-world.com

SpanTran Educational Services, Inc.
http://www.spantran-edu.com

Providing translations, education and experiential evaluation
National Association of Foreign Student Advisors
http://www.nafsa.org

Of particular interest to PT / OT / SLP:

Physical Therapy
American Physical Therapy Association (APTA):
http://www.apta.org

Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT):
http://www.fsbpt.org

Occupational Therapy:
American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA):
http://www.aota.org

National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT):
http://www.nbcot.org

Speech / Language Pathology:
American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA):
http://www.asha.org

Professional Examination Service (PES)
http://www.proexam.org

Sylvan Learning Centers
http://www.sylvanprometric.com

U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act.
http://www.fourmilab.to/uscode/8usc/8usc.html

or The Federal Register -
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

FIND BOOKS ON OUR FAVORITE SUBJECTS!
Buy on-line at http://www.amazon.com

General Immigration Titles:
U.S. Immigration & Citizenship : Your Complete Guide - by Allan Wernick

U.S. Immigration Made Easy, 7th Ed - by Laurence A. Canter, Lawrence Canter, Martha Siegel

Immigration Law and Procedure in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series) - by David S. Weissbrodt Citizenship Made Simple : An Easy to Read Guide to the U.S. Citizenship Process - by Barbara Brooks Kimmel, Alan M. Lubiner

The Immigration Handbook : For Work, Investment, Study and Retirement in the U.S.A. - by Henry G. Liebman

Immigration Made Simple : An Easy to Read Guide to the Us Immigration Process - by Barbara Brooks Kimmel, Alan M. Lubiner

Immigration Questions & Answers - by Carl R. Baldwin

On Permanent Residency / Green Cards:

• Black Hole, Green Card - by Fintan O'Toole
• Green Card - by Joanne Akalaitis
• Green Card Blues - by Shay Healy
• How to Get a Green Card: Legal Ways to Stay in the U.S.A., 4th Ed - by Loida Nicolas Lewis, Len T. Madlansacay, Lolda Nicholas-Lewis
• Green Card : How to Apply for Permanent Residence in the United States - by Frederic C Hite
• The Green Card : How to Apply for Permanent Residence in the United States; An Overview What Is It? Who Can Have One? How Do You Get It? - by Frederic C. Hite
• Not for Illegal Aliens Only : How to get a Green Card - by Harold R. Kapner
• One Hundred One Legal Ways to Stay in the U.S.A. : Or How to Get a Green Card According to the Immigration Act of 1990 - by Loida N. Lewis

The Memory Coat - by Elvira Woodruff, Michael Dooling (Illustrator)
(Ages 5 - 9) An Jewish immigration story begins in the Russian shtetl and ends with an extended family coming to America to escape persecution. When the raids of the Cossacks drive the family to leave for America, Grandmother Bubba tries to get Grisha to leave his tattered coat: how will he pass the dreaded inspections at Ellis Island? If he looks too weak, the doctors might send him back to Russia. But the boy refuses to part with the coat because it is lined with the wool from his mother's coat, stitched by her for him before she died. When they get to Ellis Island, Grisha scratches his eye in a fall, and the doctor marks his coat with an "E." The family is frantic that he will be sent back to Russia, until Rachel has an idea: she turns the coat inside out, and Grisha gets through. In an interesting author's note, Woodruff discusses the shtetl and immigrant history, and also the true account she found in the Ellis Island museum of a child who got through the dreaded inspections after her family turned her coat inside out.

I Was Dreaming to Come to America : Memories from the Ellis Island Oral History Project - by Veronica Lawlor (Illustrator), Ellis Island Oral hist, Rudolph W. Giuliani
(Ages 4 - 8) The story of Ellis Island comes alive through the memories, personal accounts, and impressions of the immigrants who passed through it from 1900 to 1925, in a study enhanced by full-color illustrations.

Immigrant Kids - by RussellFreedman
(Ages 9 - 12) "A refreshingly un-woeful introduction to the experience of being a young urban immigrant around the turn of the century. . . . photos make the scenes real and recollections of immigrant childhoods give them a personal dimension . . . Concise, graphic, and designed in every respect to catch and hold the reader's interest."--Kirkus Reviews.

Watch the Stars Come Out (A Puffin Unicorn) - by Riki Levinson, Diane Goode (Illustrator)
(Ages 4 - 8) In this family story-within-a-story, a little red-haired girl curls up by her grandmother to hear how, long ago, another little girl and her brother crossed the Atlantic and came to America.

And others:
American by Choice : The Remarkable Fulfillment of an Immigrant's Dreams - by Sam Moore
This is the autobiography of Sam Moore, president and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the world's largest publisher of Bibles land inspirational works, whose rise from poor Lebanese immigrant to epitome of the American dream he attributes to the grace of God.

Arguing Immigration : The Debate over the Changing Face of America - by Nicolaus Mills (Editor), Toni Morrison (Designer), Nathan Glazer (Designer)
This remarkable collection of writings provides a wide diversity of answers to one of today's most emotionally charged questions. Spanning the whole political spectrum and covering issues from jobs and the economy to race and culture, it includes the strong opinions of writers and critics from Toni Morrison to Francis Fukuyama.

The Assimilation of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market : Employment and Labor Force Turnover (Garland Studies in the History of American Labor) - by Michael E. Hurst

Becoming a Citizen : Adopting a New Home (Good Citizenship Library) - by Fred Bratman
Examines the origins of citizenship and the role of the citizen and discusses immigration, illegal aliens, political asylum, the slave trade, becoming a citizen, and other related topics.

Being Here - by Jaime Espiritu
A novel about coming to America, alienation, assimilation and the process of becoming an American.