《GETTING INTO AMERICA THE UNITED STATES VISA AND IMMIGRATION HANDBOOK》

PART I: THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS1

1. A General View of Immigration3

2. Your Attorney14

PART II: NONIMMIGRANT VISAS19

3. Nonimmigrant Visas: General Information andBackground21

4. Nonimmigrant Visa Categories34

5. Special Nonimmigrant Procedures71

PART III: PERMANENT RESIDENCE87

6. How to Get Your Green Card89

1.Family Reunification: Immediate Relatives and First, Second-, Fourth-, and Fifth-Preference Aliens110

8. Work-Related Immigration: Third- and Sixth-Preference Aliens and Labor Certification118

9. Exemption from Labor Certification: Schedule A134

10.Political Refuge, Asylum, and Humanitarian Parole143

PART IV: SPECIAL CATEGORIES153

11. Performers, Writers, and Artists155

12. Domestic Workers164

13. Doctors170

I4. Students177

15. Illegal Aliens184

16. Businessmen and Investors187

PART V: TAXATION AND NATURALIZATION191

I7. Taxation193

I8. Naturalization198

APPENDIXES211

1. District Offices of the Immigration and Naturalization Service211

2. Regional Offices of the Immigration and Naturalization Service214

3. Preference Quota Classifications215

4. Nonimmigrant Visas216

5. Form 1-94: Immigration and Naturalization Service Arrival/Departure Record218

6. Form 156: Nonimmigrant Visa Application219

7. Form 1-539: Application to Extend Time of Temporary Stay221

8.Form Iq34: Affidavit of Support222

9. Form 5o6: Application for Change of Nonimmigrant Status225

10. Form Iq26: Report of Status by Treaty Trader or Investor227

11. Form I-2oA: Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status229

12.Form 1-538: Application by Nonimmigrant Student for Extension of Stay, School Transfer, or Permission to Accept or Continue Employment231

I3. Form I29B: Petition to Classify Nonimmigrant as Temporary Worker or Trainee233

I4. Form I47IC: Notice of Approval of Nonimmigrant Visa Petition or of Extension of Stay of Nonimmigrant H or L Alien236

15. Form ETA-75o: Application for Alien Employment Certification237

16. Form IAP-66: Certificate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor (J-I) Status241

17. Grounds of Excludability243

18. Form G-325A: Biographic Information244

I9. Form OF-I69: Preliminary Questionnaire for Residence (Sometimes Known as Packet Three)245

20. Form OF-179: Biographic Data for Visa Purposes256

21 Form 230: Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration258

22. Form 1-485: Application for Status as Permanent Resident259

23. Form ER-53n 1-485 Supplement for Issuance of 1-551262

24. Fingerprint Chart263

25. Form I-6oI: Application for Waiver of Grounds of Excludability265

26. Form I-I3I: Application for Issuance or Extension of Permit to Reenter the United States267

27. Form I-13o: Petition to Classify Status of Alien Relative for Issuance of Immigrant Visa269

28. Form I-14o: Petition to Classify Preference Status of Alien on Basis of Profession or Occupation271

29. Schedule B: List of Occupations273

30. Form 1-59o: Registration for Classification as Refugee274

31 Form 1-589: Request for Asylum in the United States276

32 Form N-400: Application to File Petition for Naturalization282

33 Form N-470: Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization Purposes285

Index287