TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baumgartner,Elżbieta
TI  - Starting over in the U.S.: after getting your green card : an indispensible handbook for immigrants 
T2  - New American guides
SN  - 9780977045303
AV  - JV6543 .B38 2009
U1  - 342.73082 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Douglaston, NY
PB  - Polpress Services
KW  - Aliens
KW  - United States
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
KW  - Visitors, Foreign
KW  - Life skills guides
KW  - Emigration and immigration
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; 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
N2  - "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
ER  -