A guide for new immigrants to adapt to life in the United States

# American Immigrants # Introduction Every new immigrant family needs to open a new bank account when they come to the United States. In addition to opening a bank account, credit cards are also very important in the United States. Everything in the United States will take your credit history into account, so new immigrants must apply for credit cards and accumulate credit records as soon as they arrive in the United States. The following is a guide for new immigrants in the United States to adapt to life compiled by KaoNet. Welcome to read!

A guide for new immigrants to adapt to life in the United States

1. If you open the phone to the United States and use the China calling card to answer the call, the price will be too high. At this time, you need to apply for an American calling card for domestic contact in the United States.

If you want to call back to China, you can choose to buy an international long-distance phone card, but Skype software is popular at present. Download Skype software, and you can make domestic calls online in advance, which is cheap and fast. At the same time, the popularity of QQ and WeChat on mobile phones makes communication between the United States and China more and more convenient and simple.

2. Take the driving test

If you have a valid driver's license issued by China, you can drive in Washington with the original China driver's license. Once you drive on the road, you need to buy vehicle insurance to avoid possible problems. The state law does not explicitly require that the driver's license must be translated or notarized in English, but it is recommended that you keep the English translation. Meanwhile, you need to apply for a driver's license from your state as soon as possible.

Step 3 buy a car

America is called "a country on wheels". Due to the underdeveloped public transportation, it is almost impossible to move here without cars. You should also consider buying a car when you arrive in America. Buying a car in America is similar to that in China, but there are also differences. If you buy a new car, the price of the new car consists of the following parts: car price, tax, license fee and labor fee. If you want to bargain, you can start with the car price, because the tax and license fee are fixed.

Step 4 buy medical insurance

When you arrive in America, you must buy medical insurance as soon as possible, just in case. People who apply for medical insurance will get a medical insurance card, and the hospital will settle accounts with relevant insurance companies according to this card and number. When the insured seeks treatment due to illness or injury, he must inform the insurance company as soon as possible and ask for an application form for insurance payment.

5. English learning

Language may also become a problem that every new immigrant must solve after coming to the United States. The American government also attaches great importance to the languages of new immigrants and new residents, and has specially set up ESL courses. These courses are offered in community colleges, and new immigrants can go to the community college where they live for consultation.

6, consulting tax matters

Since the United States files tax returns in April every year, it is recommended to consult professionals about tax returns as soon as possible after arriving in the United States.

7. Understand American society and actively participate in community activities.

After completing the above eight necessary life links in the United States, new immigrants can temporarily settle down, observe the living environment around them, make more attempts and adjustments, and further adapt to the new life of American immigrants.

Second, the way of American professional immigration

There are many ways to immigrate to the United States, in addition to direct and simple marriage immigration and relative immigration, there are also professional immigrants.

Employment-oriented professional immigrants * * * have five priority categories: EB- 1, EB-2, EB-3, EB-4 and EB-5.

The first priority of EB- 1 includes three categories: EB- 1A immigrants with special talents, excellent professors or researchers of EB- 1B, and executives of EB- 1C multinational companies. The first priority is characterized by the fact that there is no need to prove the shortage of labor force and the number of immigrants is abundant, but the beneficiaries are required to have great achievements or energy.

The second priority of EB-2 includes two categories: EB-2 high-tech talent migration, unconventional national interest exemption (NIW) and conventional EB2 work permit PERM. NIW does not need jobs, labor shortage certificates and employer support. For conventional EB2, the employer must prove the shortage of labor. The work of an employer should require at least a master's degree or above, or a bachelor's degree plus five years of work experience.

The third priority of EB-3 includes two sub-categories: EB-3 is an employer-sponsored immigrant, and the job of applying for a green card requires a bachelor's degree or at least two years of technical experience, so it is classified into a sub-category. Those who do not require academic qualifications and skills are classified into another subcategory. EB-3 employers also need to prove labor shortage.

EB-4 fourth priority: religious visa. This requires church organizations to come forward. Beneficiaries should serve the Ministry of the church.

EB-5 Fifth Priority: Investment Immigration. A commercial entity that meets three conditions and invests $6,543,800+0,000 or $500,000 in the United States; Create or increase 10 full-time jobs for American workers. Investment funds should prove their legal sources.

Article 3 the cost of American immigration

1, immigration agency fee

When choosing a suitable immigration agency, the applicant needs to pay a service fee ranging from RMB 20,000 to RMB 60,000 (generally, 40% is paid when signing the contract, 40% is paid after the materials are reviewed by the Immigration Bureau, and the remaining 20% is paid after the applicant is interviewed by the Guangzhou Consulate). Usually, applicants can protect their rights and interests by installment payment;

2. Project management fee

Usually, the project management fee will vary according to different projects, generally around 40 thousand dollars;

3. Attorney's fees

American investment immigrants involve the collection and arrangement of many documents, and are generally represented by professional lawyers. Before the lawyer submits the relevant documents to the Immigration Bureau, the applicant still has to pay about $65,438+$5,000 in legal fees;

Relatives immigrants account for the vast majority of all immigrants. If you have eligible relatives in the United States who are citizens or green card holders, they can submit an application to the immigration office to confirm your relationship, so you can get a green card.

Relatives who can apply for a green card include spouses, parents, children, brothers and sisters of American citizens, spouses and unmarried children of green card holders. Although the amount of relative migration is large and looks simple, there is a huge drawback that the scheduling period is too long, ranging from 6- 12 years.

Cost: The application fee charged by the government is relatively low.

Time: Due to the large number of applicants, the scheduling and overall cycle are longer.

Success rate: the success rate is high, but only if the applicant meets certain relations with American citizens or green card holders.