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How to use this book -- Basic immigration terms -- Government immigration agencies: how they work -- Greem cards. Green cards: an overview ; Getting a green card through relatives ; Getting a green card through an adoption ; Getting a green card through your fianc(e): K-1 visas ; Getting a green card through employment ; Getting a green card through the lottery ; Getting a green card through investment ; Getting a green card as a special immigrant ; Refugees, political asylees and temporary protected status ; Amnesty and special agricultural workers -- Nonimmigrant visas. Nonimmigrant visas: an overview ; Business and tourist visitors: B-1 and B-2 visas ; Temporary specialty workers: H-1B visas ; Temporary nonagricultural workers: H-2B visas ; Temporary trainees: H-3 visas ; Intracompany transfers: L-1 visas ; Treaty traders: E-1 visas ; Treaty investors: E-2 visas ; Students: F-1 and M-1 visas ; Exchange visitors: J-1 visas ; Temporary workers in selected occupations: O, P and R visas ; Inadmissibility -- Citizenship. Naturalization: becoming a U.S. citizen ; Discovering claims to U.S. citizenship ; Canadians and Mexicans: special rules -- Forms & resources. Appendix I. Directory of INS and DOL offices ; Appendix II. Tear-out immigration forms.