Book Title:

U.S. Immigration Step by Step, 3E (Legal Survival Guides) (Paperback)
by Edwin T. Gania (Author)

Editorial Reviews:

Book Description

This new edition focuses on the specific changes that have been made in immigration procedures dealing with employment-based visas and work permits overseen by the Department of Homeland Security. These changes affect specific visas, available length of stays, requirements for issue of specific visas and companies that sponsor aliens in the U.S. as it relates to their business operations.

These changes are explained in a user-friendly, understandable manner. Written by an attorney who works with various kinds of immigration cases on a daily basis, this book explains procedures, documents, forms, immigrations laws and immigrant visa categories for the immigrant seeking green card status.

This new edition is divided into the main areas of who qualifies, how to file, which forms to file, when to file and what to expect. All of these areas are addressed in each of the many visa categories. Information concerning the new USCIS interview, the consular interview, immigration court and other general topics of interest are also discussed. Clear and concise explanations of the naturalization process, non-immigrant visas and how to find an attorney complete the text of the book.

About the Author

Edwin T. Gania is a graduate of the George Washington University Law School and a member of the Illinois and New York state bars. An American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) member, he currently practices immigration law at the law firm of Mark Jacob Thomas & Associates in downtown Chicago. Since 1979, the firm has handled thousands of immigration cases before the USCIS and immigration courts in numerous jurisdictions across the U.S.