Starting over in the U.S.
Subtitle: after getting your green card : an indispensible handbook for immigrants
By: Elizabeth (Elżbieta) Baumgartner
Series: New American guides; New American guides
Publisher: Polpress Services
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Douglaston, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780977045303
Subjects: Aliens; Popular works; Handbooks, manuals; Foreign Visitors; Life skills guides; Emigration and immigration
Description: "Helps immigrants establish themselves in the U.S. after legalizing their immigration status. The book describes how to lay foundations for success by cleaning up problems caused by having stayed in the U.S. with a lapsed visa, by unauthorized employment, lacking American credit and employment history, falling victim of fraud, or being arrested"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: What Needs to be Done Right After you get Your Green Card; title: Your roadmap for life with a green card; title: More propblems with the immigration service after getting your green card; title: Formalities after getting your green card; title: Establishing yourself in America; title: Find good legal employment; title: How to Clean up Your Past; title: Settle your score with the IRS; title: Clean up your Social Security account; title: Get to know cpmpanies which gather information on people; title: Straighten out your credit history; title: Check the "other" consumer reports; title: Fight and prevent identity theft; title: Recover from unauthorized financial transactions; title: Fix your driving record; title: Clean up your criminal history.