Baumgartner, Elżbieta. <br/><br/>
Starting over in the U.S. :  after getting your green card : an indispensible handbook for immigrants / 
Elizabeth (Elżbieta) Baumgartner. 
 - Douglaston, NY :  Polpress Services,  c2009. 
 - 264 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - New American guides .
 - New American guides. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>What Needs to be Done Right After you get Your Green Card -- Your roadmap for life with a green card -- More propblems with the immigration service after getting your green card -- Formalities after getting your green card -- Establishing yourself in America -- Find good legal employment -- How to Clean up Your Past -- Settle your score with the IRS -- Clean up your Social Security account -- Get to know cpmpanies which gather information on people -- Straighten out your credit  history -- Check the "other" consumer reports -- Fight and prevent identity theft -- Recover from unauthorized financial transactions -- Fix your driving record -- Clean up  your criminal history. 
<br/><br/> "Helps immigrants establish themselves in the U.S. after legalizing their immigration status.  The book describes how to lay foundations for success by cleaning up problems caused by having stayed in the U.S. with a lapsed visa, by unauthorized employment, lacking American credit and employment history, falling victim of fraud, or being arrested"--P. [4] of cover. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780977045303 0977045307 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008939789 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aliens--United States--Popular works.<br/>Aliens--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Visitors, Foreign--United States--Life skills guides.<br/>Emigration and immigration.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JV6543  / .B38 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>342.73082