United States Immigration Visa Guide
by Richard Henry Maney, Esq.
Dedicated to our immigrants, whose dreams and courage
have helped shape this nation's vision.
The United States of America is a country founded and built by immigrants. The political and economic stability of the United States continues to attract foreign nationals on a worldwide basis. In recent years, because of increasing pressures to enter this country, the United States has been forced to pass increasingly restrictive laws regulating the entry of both immigrants and non immigrant.
Despite these barriers, it is still possible to obtain desirable non immigrant or lawful permanent residence status through planning and competent legal assistance.
This guide was designed to present some of the possibilities that exist for entry and working status in the United States.
The VISA GUIDE is intended as a preliminary outline for the interested foreign national. It is not a substitute for competent legal advice from an experienced United States immigration attorney. Because the immigration laws of the United States are complex, a competent immigration attorney should be consulted prior to making application for any visa to enter the United States.
The United States remains rich in economic, political, and social potential. The immigration frontier remains open to the foreign national who is willing to comply with the immigration laws of the United States.
For further information, please consult the end of this VISA GUIDE.
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INTRODUCTION
 Richard Henry Maney
Senior Partner
Richard Henry Maney is the founder and managing attorney of Maney & Gordon, P. A. For more than 25 years, he has practiced in the areas of U.S. Immigration
and Naturalization, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death, Civil Litigation and Products Liability law.
He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida in 1972. In 1974, he received his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida College of Law. Mr. Maney is a member of the Florida Bar Association and is Board Certified in the area of Immigration and Naturalization Law. He is also a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association and the Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers. He also serves as a mentor for other attorneys through the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
He has previously served as vice chairman and chairman of the Tampa Bay International Trade Council and is a former member of the Inter-American Bar Association and Leadership Tampa. Richard Maney is admitted to practice before the Florida Supreme Court, United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, and the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. His trial experience includes negligence, medical malpractice, robbery and murder jury trials. His products liability experience includes cases involving the Dalkon Shield, riding mower amputations, and silicone gel breast implants.
In 1983, Richard Maney authored the U.S. Immigration Law Investor and Business Visa Guide, which has been distributed worldwide through the commercial section of the U. S. Consulates abroad. He has also published the Amnesty Guide (1987); the Treaty Investor Visa Guide 1989); the Student Visa Guide (1992); and The Visa Guide (1995) (2000 2nd Edition). He is also a contributing author to the Florida Bar CLE, Immigration Law and Practice in Florida (1987). Richard Maney has served as an adjunct instructor for Hillsborough Community College. He has also acted as host to the local legal television show Cross Exam. He is founder and president of Community Action Project, Incorporated-Reading is Fundamental (RIF) of
Hillsborough County. This program has furnished more than 750,000 free books to elementary school children in the Tampa Bay area.
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