SettleinUS

A field guide for new arrivals

Settling in America, made clear.

Plain-English visa guides, tax explainers, and free calculators for people moving to the United States — from working out which visa you need to understanding your first payslip. No sign-up, no sales pitch.

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Written for H-1B workers, F-1 students, and new green-card holders. Every guide carries the date it was last reviewed.

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Visa guides
10Visa guides
Free calculators
3Free calculators
Money sections
7Money sections
Review cycle
6 moReview cycle

Where to start

Your status decides almost every money question you will ask

How you are taxed, which retirement accounts you can use, whether you can work a second job, what happens to your accounts if you leave — all of it follows from your visa. Generic personal-finance advice skips every one of those.

So the library is organised the way your situation actually is. Find where you are below, or start from the visa itself.

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The tools

Calculators built for immigrant money decisions

Most financial calculators assume you have always lived here. These do not. All three run entirely in your browser — nothing you type is sent anywhere.

The library

Everything, sorted the way a newcomer actually needs it

01Banking & Credit5 guides02Taxes6 guides03Send Money Home3 guides04Investing4 guides05Insurance3 guides06Visa Guides4 guides

Largest cluster

Visas & Immigration

Requirements, process, fees, and timelines for US work, student, and family visa categories.

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How it is kept

Sources
Every guide links the USCIS or IRS page it came from
Dated
Each page shows when it was last reviewed
Independent
Not affiliated with any government agency

Choose your category

Start from the visa that applies to you

Each category collects the statuses that work the same way, with eligibility, filing steps, fees, and timelines for every one.

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Latest guides
01Visa libraryH-1B visa requirements, fees and timelineWho qualifies as a specialty occupation, how the cap and lottery work, and what the petition costs.02Visa libraryF-1 student visa, start to finishEligibility, documents, the interview, and what your status does and does not allow.03TaxesH-1B taxes explainedWithholding, FICA, state income tax, and why identical offers differ by thousands.04BankingHow to build U.S. credit as an immigrantA practical path from no credit history at all to a score you can use.

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Built by immigrants, for immigrants

Clear money systems instead of generic advice. Everything here stays free, carries the date it was last reviewed, and links to the government source it came from.

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