Dear Reader, welcome to our newsletter. This edition will focus on "traveling in the US." In our Stories & Lifestyle section, we will introduce you to the attractive travel destination (West) Palm Beach and in our How To section, you will learn how to... More

Later than ever before, on August 23, 2007, the State Department finally published the winners statistics for the green card program DV-2008. The result, however, was very nice. 1,469 people from Germany won, the highest number since 1999! 132 people from Switzerland won, and... More

*USCIS offers special service for soldiers* Members of the US military and their families who are stationed around the world will from now on be able to call US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) via a service number specially set up for them. On... More

*LTU cancels flights to the US on winter flight schedule* The market for low budget airlines is definitely anything bit boring at the moment - the main focus is currently on Air Berlin and its subsidiary LTU. On August 22, the aero magazine reported... More

Palm trees along the boulevards, a charmingly tropical atmosphere, green districts with prosperous villas behind stone walls or beautiful hedges are what best characterizes Palm Beach. The highlight of downtown Palm Beach is the Worth Avenue, one of the most exclusive shopping miles this side... More

In case our story about (West) Palm Beach caught your attention, we would like to recommend to you the Grandview Gardens Bed & Breakfast. Exclusively for the readers of this newsletter, the owners Peter Emmerich and Rick Rose provide a special offer: until November... 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

For European destinations or flights within Germany, cheap tickets are almost standard. The low priced flights usually depart from small or mid-sized airports, especially to destinations around the Mediterranean. It all looks kind of different if you are flying across the pond to a... More

www.nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp If you are looking for basic information about the US, this is the website for you. This homepage works like a virtual, colored atlas with many statistics about income, unemployment rate, earthquakes, precipitation, or "who voted for Bush." german.germany.usembassy.gov/germany-ger/img/assets/10256/paesse_0906.pdf This website gives you a clear... More