This guide is designed to provide immigrants with an understanding of the way immigration law works and information on daily life in the United States. It consists of two parts: (1) a section on immigration law, with an overview and detailed information on the types of visas available and sample immigration forms; and (2) information on American life, including overviews of: government functions (courts, licenses, immigrant rights, attorneys, police, firefighters); employment (outlook), job search techniques, employment services, resumes and interviews, growth occupations, corporations, starting a business, types of businesses, franchises, banking for businesses); finance and banking (services, currency, investment, credit, taxes); insurance (health, automobile, homeowners, life, and choice of insurance company); housing (buying, selling, renting, establishing basic services); food and shopping (restaurants, food shopping, supermarkets and convenience stores, shopping at department and specialized stores, malls, and catalog and television shopping, car purchases); health care (preventive and curative, sources of care, medication, staying well, living wills, emergencies, medical professionals, immunizations, fire safety); communications (telephone, mail, telegraph services); education (all levels, library services, English instruction); recreation and travel (entertainment, sports, activities, organizations, religion, holidays, travel by car, plane, train or recreational vehicle, climate, tourism); time zones and metric conversions; and public agencies (state chambers of commerce, embassies and consulates, immigration offices). (MSE) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education)