Government and Local Court Resources

Federal Government

• US Citizenship & Immigration Service
  
• Department of State
  
• Foreign Embassies in Washington D.C.
  
• Consulate General of Japan in New York
  
• THOMAS: US Federal Legislative Information
  
• United States Department of Labor
  
• Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook
  
• US Copyright Office
  
• Trademark Electronic Application System
  

Federal Courts in New York and New York State Courts

• New York State Unified Court System
  - Including Uncontested Divorce Packet plus check whether your potential counsel is in good standing
  
• United States Bankruptcy Court - Southern District of New York
  - Forms are in Acrobat PDF format
  
• United States District Court - Southern District of New York
  - Located in Manhattan
  
• United States District Court - Eastern District of New York
  - Located in Brooklyn

Links to Immigration
and Other Legal Resources

Disclaimer: I will not be responsible for content on any of the sites listed on my links page. You are hereby advised to exercise reasonable caution before relying on information gathered from these sites or engaging the services of any of the firms listed as below.

Corporate Law Links

• New York State Department of Taxation & Finance
  - If you sell your business, or need certificate to collect sales taxes for your new business, check this out
  
• CSC Corporation
  - Incorporation, filing, and UCC search service
  
• Small Business Advisor
  - Information to assist the entrepreneur in starting and operating successful business.
  

Immigration Resources

• American Immigration Lawyers Association
  
• Immigration Lawyers on the Web
  - The Hakes have put together an extensive collection of immigration law firm web sites as well as links to Internet immigration resources.
  
• O*NET ONLINE
  - List of job codes which replaced the Dictionary of Occupational Titles
  
• Visajourney.com
  
• Canadian Immigration Law Offices of Mamann & Associates
  
• Blair Hodgman, Canadian immigration lawyer
  

Other Resources

• Japanese Immigration Lawyers/Consultants
  
• Translators on the Web
  
• Law Forum
  - A national directory of law firms divided by specialty and geographic area.
  
• International Trademark Association
  
• Free Legal Forms from ALLLAW
  - Forms available in Acrobat (Non PDF) format.
  
• Law Practice Forms
  - Forms for general use available in Acrobat (Non PDF) format.
  
• Blumberg Excelsior
  - Company selling Blumberg forms and serving legal community
  
• 1-800-FILE-TAX
  - Web site that provides extensive US tax information
  
• Hiroshi Kawarazaki, Esq.
  - Japanese attorney admitted in Japan