Immigrating and Moving to the USA: A Practical Guide

Moving to the United States can be an exciting prospect filled with possibilities, but it can also be an overwhelming task weighed down with confusing red tape, logistics, and paperwork. Not to mention the challenges of navigating a different culture and social system once you arrive. It’s hard to know where to begin.

The good news is, whether you’re still in the preparation phase, or you’ve already relocated, this guide is your new best friend! An immigration attorney and a certified public accountant have teamed up to provide the most commonly needed information based on their extensive work with families and businesses relocating to the United States. Having answered thousands of questions about immigration law, taxation, and general life, their guide serves the actual needs of real people.

And you don’t have to start on page one. Simply scan the table of contents or index to find the relevant keyword or topic, and flip to the corresponding page to get your answers right away. Their straightforward, easy-to-understand explanations are designed to help you navigate US systems and culture, so you can make the best decisions possible for you and your loved ones.

Get started on your new American life today!

Michael B. Dye, Esq, has worked in various capacities with the US government for more than fifteen years. He's a former diplomat with extensive experience in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Latin America--the US embassy in Mexico City being one of his posts among numerous US embassies and consulates worldwide. Dye is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and is admitted to practice law in California and the District of Columbia. He's an active member of the American Chamber of Commerce in both Japan and Singapore. 

Jeremy Stobie has extensive experience in investment banking, private equity, due diligence, forensic accounting tax and finance in the international marketplace. He is a US certified public accountant, a certified fraud examiner, certified in financial forensics by the AICPA and is a chartered global management accountant. Mr. Stobie holds the position of founder and managing director of CPS Family Office, a multi-family office based in Singapore, which offers a broad range of services to family offices and international families, including due diligence, cross-border tax and structuring, citizenship and immigration by investment, family governance and US tax compliance and planning.