USCIS Updates the Guide for New Immigrants
Posted Dec 21, 2007
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a news release (32.1KB PDF) on December 11, 2007, announcing the release of an updated version of Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants. The new edition of the guide includes information essential for maintaining lawful permanent resident status in the United States and information on federal and community services concerning healthcare, the U.S. governmental system, naturalization requirements, settling into a new place of residence, schooling, English language, and adult education classes, preparing for emergencies, and information about various organizations that provide services to immigrants.
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Guide to be Widely Disseminated and Translated into More Languages
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The USCIS has indicated that it disseminates the new guide to people who are in the U.S. and those who are still in their home countries, but will be settling permanently in the immediate future. This is an effort to ease their transition into the new country of residence. The guide is being made available in English and 12 other languages, which now include Polish and Urdu. These two new languages were recently added to the list of languages spoken by some 32 million individuals in the U.S., as per the 2000 census.
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Conclusion
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The new guide for permanent residents in the U.S. is a step toward better integration of those who are newly admitted for permanent residence. While it provides a number of essential resources regarding maintenance of status requirements, it is also designed to acquaint new immigrants with general aspects of life in the U.S. We at the Murthy Law Firm encourage all of our readers, regardless of their immigration statuses, to review this helpful publication, as it may contain information on matters of general interest to anyone who is already in the U.S., or considering coming here.