Dear Reader, Summer is finally beginning and many of you will probably again use their well-deserved annual vacation for a trip to the US. That's why our Stories & Lifestyle section will this time inform you about the rules of etiquette in the US.... More

Our customers have been waiting for news about the green card lottery results for a long time. The last applications have been submitted in January of 2005, four months ago by now. The good news first - we have indeed already been able to... More

*H-1B - News *US Citizenship and Immigration Services has finally published the application requirements for the additional 20,000 H-1B visas. According to a press release of March this year, it looked like those would also be available for people without a master's degree. This regulation,... More

*False alarm* A pilot recently flew his one-engined Cessna into the restricted airspace over Washington DC and caused temporary panic in the Capitol and the White House. Just minutes after the plane popped up on the radar screens alert levels were raised to red... More

You can't argue with the fact that the giant USA has something to offer for everyone - and you should always adjust to different customs in a foreign country. The cultural diversity in the US makes it rather difficult to define rules of etiquette... More

Below, you will, as usual, find a selection of visa questions we have been asked by our customers over the last few days. Please note that none of the answers below is an actual substitute for individual consulting and can only touch on the... More

This edition's How To section is dealing with the issue of internships in the US. We would like to thank our partner praktika.de, this How To would not have been possible without them. *QUESTION:* I am interested in an internship in the US. What... More

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