Product Description

You're engaged or married to a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and all you want is the right to be together in the U.S. Should be easy, right? Not so fast. Information can be hard to find, the government bureaucracy isn't helpful, delays are inevitable, and there wasn't an easy-to-understand manual to the process -- until now.

Fiancé & Marriage Visas makes obtaining a visa and green card as painless as possible, helping you decide the fastest and best application strategy, whether you are married or unmarried, in the U.S. or overseas.

Easy to understand, this one-of-a-kind book:

* demystifies the immigration process
* points the way through the bureaucracy
* provides intensive instructions for each step
* prepares you for meetings with INS and consular examiners
* shows how to prove that your marriage is real
* takes you through the two-year testing period
* includes checklists of all the required forms and documents

Not only does Fiancé & Marriage Visas take you from the first step in the process to the last, it gives you helpful advice on protecting and renewing your green-card status. The book provides all the forms you need as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.

Whether you're the spouse or fiancé of a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident, with or without children, this is the book for you!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #899747 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 250 pages

Review
"Excellent resource for people who are trying to wind their way through the immigration service's byzantine rules and regulations..." -- Mark Silverman, Immigrant Legal Resource Center

It contains real-life, hands-on information that you won't find anywhere else... -- Lynne Parker,Supervising Immigration Attorney & Adjunct Professor,Santa Clara University School of Law

Review
"Contains real-life, hands-on information that you won't find anywhere else.... I'll recommend this book to my friends and to my graduating law students, who plan to practice immigration law."

From the Publisher
Don't let boundaries separate you from the one you love.

Customer Reviews

I Used This Book and Had No Problems
I used this book after marrying a foreign citizen who was in the U.S. on a student visa. I found it to have all of the information that I needed to do this on my own, without the help of an immigration attorney. You will also need to read the forms carefully, use common sense, and double-check everything before you send it in.

You would be crazy not to get this reference!!
My husband is from Germany and we 'discovered' one day that he would be in trouble if he married me without a fiance visa and going through the right channels. We were panicked and we found this reference online. With all of the good reviews, we decided to buy it, and it helped us unbelievably! We were able not only to find a better way to go about it, but it provides checklists for the option you choose, explains all of the possible scenarios that you may be in and which route would be right for you, and all the step by step instructions on how to fill out every single form. Do go onto the uscis.gov website for updates addresses for shipping your forms and the current fee information, but rely completely on this book for everything else!! We couldn't have made it without it! It kept us sane in our time of confusion and worry!

Great book- Super helpful!!
This book was so helpful when my now husband and I were going through the process of getting a fiancé visa. It helps to explain each step that needs to be taken, which is a huge helps as the BCIS does not offer this information. It gives you tons of information and resources that is a huge help and gives you a sense of ease through the stressful, long and expensive process of immigration. I highly recommend this book- it is worth it for peace of mind! I also found a lot of help from contacting my local representative's immigration department, who helps with finding out the status of your case, has access to immigration phone numbers and also can answer any additional questions that this book doesn't answer.