Hello! USA, Everyday Living for International Residents and Visitors

The Fifth Edition of the classic book, Hello! USA, which has helped over 15,000 newcomers make a smooth and informed entry into the US. provides practical information about American life and culture for international individuals and families traveling or moving to the U.S. Overview maps of the U.S. with climates and distances between major cities; charts on converting European-American clothing sizes, Centigrade-Farenheit temperatures, American and metric measurements; samples of job resumes and cover letters, day-care applications, and college-application essays; step-by-step instructions for renting a home, buying a car, filing a tax return; illustrations of social security cards, visas, medicine labels, baseball and American football playing fields. Tells you what to say when applying for a loan, introducing yourself at a party, leaving a message on your answering machine. Includes updates of every URL and telephone number, plus pages and pages of brand new material on getting connected on line, registering for school, searching for a home, banking, shopping, cooking, finding medical care and more.244 pages. Useful for more than a year after moving to America.