Dear Reader, The weather in Germany at present is even more reason to think about emigration or at least a well-deserved vacation to catch some rays for once. Whether you are already back from vacation or are still looking forward to it, we... More

*Results of 2004 are in *Finally - all winners of last year's green card lottery have been notified, the first in the middle of May already, the last no longer than one week ago. The American Dream has been especially successful this time -... More

*Visa processing fee - online payment now possible* Starting August 1, 2005, anyone applying for a US visa in German must fill out an online payment confirmation form in order to receive a secure payment confirmation. This conformation is necessary for your interview at... More

*US labor market growing* According to the most recent reports, the US labor market is growing slowly but surely. In June, there were 146,000 new jobs. According to that, unemployment decreased to 5%, an improvement compared to last month by 0.1%, the lowest unemployment rate... More

As we have announced in the Editorial, we will now inform you about the American education system. This will surely be a good preparation for a later integration into a foreign culture. Of course, for a family to really arrive in a foreign country,... 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

In today's How To section we present the personal experience of one of our customers who recently had his visa interview at the US consulate in Frankfurt on Main and was so kind as to document the process for us. We have included... More

www.uni-oldenburg.de/nausa Homepage of research center "Auswanderer in den USA" ("Emigrants in the US"), of the political science institute of the university in Oldenburg, Germany. You always wanted to know whether any of your ancestors emigrated to the US? Maybe you are more closely linked to... More