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The American Immigration Homepage

http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Immigration/

This site was created as a class project and still provides useful information. Waves of immigration are looked at in their historical time frame and explained in a narrative form. There are some nice old photos as well. The explanations are rather brief but it is a good place to start researching immigration.

Author: Jonathan Lee and Robert Siemborski

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Law--Immigration

Keywords: United States

The Federation For American Immigration Reform

http://www.fairus.org/

The Federation for American Immigration Reform is a group desiring immigration law reform. They believe that the way to bring about reform in immigration law is through education so they have provided on site information and links designed to educate people about immigration law in the United States. This information includes legal, historical and contact information.

Author: The Federation For American Immigration Reform (fair@fairus.org)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Law--Immigration

Keywords: United States

Foreigner in America

http://www.foreignerinamerica.com/

A site which connects foreign visitors and new US residents to information they will need make the transition to living in the United States. While the publications that are reviewed here need to be ordered, the Our links:local know-how section lists links to free government and legal information that new immigrants might need. The resources here will also be beneficial to American employers who wish to hire foreign professionals.

Author: Lana O'Brien (Team@foreignerinamerica.com)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Law--Immigration

Keywords: visa; green card

Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

http://www.immi.gov.au/

All information you need to know about emigrating to Australia -- or immigration in Australia -- can be found at this site. There are lists of research and statistics, legislation and other information. There are also forms available on the site which you can fill out if you want to visit Australia, migrate to Australia, return to Australia as a resident, extend your stay in Australia as a student etc. (There are over 20 different types of forms!)

Author: Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA), Australia. (webmaster@immi.gov.au)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Law--Immigration

Regional & Country Information--Australia

Keywords: Australia

Siskind Susser Haas & Chang

http://www.visalaw.com/index.html

This law firm publishes bulletins about immigration law. They stress that this information is not legal advice, but they do try to keep up with the latest developments in immigration law. Their site contains immigration handbooks for Canadians and U.S. Citizens as well as a collection of documents about immigration.

Author: Siskind Susser Haas & Chang Immigration and Nationality Law (gsiskind@visalaw.com.)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Law--Immigration

Keywords: Law; United States; Canada

U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)

http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/

The official homepage of the INS. This site provides "timely and accurate basic immigration information and forms to current and prospective immigrants. Equally, the site is designed to draw people into the details and issues of immigration, to provide them with general information, stimulate discussion for informed debate and/or further research." All INS forms are available here, along with policy and procedural information on INS programs. The site also has Teacher and Student Resources, and a series called This Month in Immigration History.

Author: United States Immigration and Naturalization Service

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Law--Immigration

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Executive--Agencies

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