Dear Reader, Welcome to our newsletter. In our Stories & Lifestyle section, read how New York commemorated September 11, 2001. Due to construction work at Ground Zero, the commemoration ceremony had to take place elsewhere this year. A special event: on August 11, the... More

Official regulations for DV-2009 have been announced A few days ago, the State Department has announced the official regulations for the new lottery DV-2009. As The American Dream has already reported several months ago, two more countries have been disqualified because of too... More

*750,000 green cards have to be replaced* As US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced August 22, almost 750,000 green cards that have already been handed out will have to be replaced, because on these cards, the expiration date is missing. All those affected... More

*New York Times archives online free of charge* The sinking of the "Titanic," the life and death of "Billy the Kid," the "Battle of Little Big Horn," - the New York Times covered all of these. Now the newspaper, that is one of the... More

Nothing has ever united New Yorkers the way 9/11 did. Ever since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the collapse of the Twin Towers, the people in the city move closer together especially on commemoration days. The ringing of the bells,... 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