Dear Reader, Welcome to our newsletter. The green card lottery winners have been determined! In addition, we have researched the online US election campaign for you, where the race for the US presidency has already started. Find the results of our search in the Stories... More

US immigration reform has failed: no amnesty for illegal immigrants, but US green card lottery saved The immigration reform bill, actively supported by President Bush, did not get the necessary majority in the US Senate during the decisive vote on June 28, around noon. After... More

*USCIS announces changes effective July 30, 2007* US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has introduced new "direct filing" regulations for the submission of form I-129F, I-131-, I-140. I-360, I-485, I-765 and I-907 effective July 30, 2007. Direct filing simply means that the forms have to... More

*Emigration museum in Hamburg, Germany opened* At the beginning of July, the Hamburg Emigration Museum BallinStadt was opened on Veddel Island in the Elbe river. Where once was the historic emigrant city set up by the HAPAG shipping company under its president Albert Ballin between... More

The US election campaign started rather early, since a new president won't be elected before November 2008. But the candidates have been positioning themselves online for weeks already - while in the past years the internet had only been used for fundraising, this time... More

Below, you will 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 real issues.... More

It is vacation time and if you are planning to go to the US, we recommend reading the following text on the different conversational habits of Germans and Americans. The original text was published in the weblog "USA erklaert" (USA explained) usaerklaert.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/warum-amerikaner-briten-kanadier-nicht-sagen-was-sie-meinen/. "Hey, how are you?"... More

http://www.canyondechelly.net/ The Navajo tribe lived in Arizona, and today travel agencies offer tours through the wonderful sceneries around Canyon de Chelly. Navajo guide Adam Teller is one of them, and you can even stay at his Antilope House Find more information about the tours on... More