Personal property can be felt or touched. Examples include furniture, cars, jewelry and artwork. However, cash and checking accounts are not tangible personal property. The law is unsettled as to whether computer data is tangible personal property. Compare intangible property.

1.Payable-on-Death Bank Accounts

2.Retirement Accounts

3.Transfer-on-Death Registration of Securities

4.Transfer-on-Death Registration for Vehicles

5.Joint Ownership

a) Joint tenancy with right of survivorship

b) Tenancy by the Entirety

c) Community Property With Right of Survivorship

6.Revocable Living Trusts

7.Gifts

8.Simplified Procedures for Small Estates

a) Claiming Property With Affidavits -- No Court Required

b) Simplified Court Procedures

A: The H-1C work visa is a nonimmigrant visa which allows foreign nationals to enter into the U.S. to perform temporary services as a registered nurse in a health professional shortage area as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor.

A: The F1 student visa is a nonimmigrant visa issued by a US Consulate to an alien student who is pursuing a full-time course of study in a US academic institution at colleges, universities, conservatories, academic high schools (subject to strict regulations) and institutions with language training programs.

You may get a new Certificate of Naturalization by submitting an application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document (Form N-565) to USCIS. You may obtain an N-565 by calling the USCIS Forms Line (1-800-870-3676). Submit this form with the fee to your local USCIS office. It may take up to 1 year for you to receive a new certificate. If you have one, you may use your passport as evidence of citizenship while you wait for a replacement certificate.

A: A person may become a U.S. citizen (1) by birth or (2) through naturalization.

Making a Will is the only way you can ensure your assets will be distributed according to your wishes when you die. Studies show that at least 40% of Australians do not have a valid Will. If you die without a Will your estate will be distributed according to a Government formula and, if you have no surviving relations closer than cousins, your estate will pass to the government.

Probate is a process in which the court decides who receives assets that were owned by a person who has died. Assets are anything a person owns with value, such as property, cash, etc.

Estate planning is the process by which an individual, family or a counsel of professional advisors, who are familiar with your goals and concerns, your assets and how they are owned, and your family structure, arranges the transfer of assets in anticipation of death. An estate plan aims to preserve the maximum amount of wealth possible for the intended beneficiaries and flexibility for the individual prior to death.

A widow or widower

A Will is a recorded document that provides for the division of property after death. The drafter of the Will establishes how their property and assets will be divided when they have passed away. Wills are not probated until after the death of the deceased.

A: LCA stands for Labor Condition Application, which is filed with the US Department of Labor as part of H-1B petitions. Basically, an LCA is a document that contains a series of attestations including, among others, an agreement to pay H-1B employees at least the "prevailing wage" for the offered position.

Think of a trust as a place where you put your assets before they are released to the people or organizations that you designate to eventually receive them, it is a legal entity and so are you. Because you and the trust are separate legal entities, anything you transfer from you to the trust becomes property of the trust. Trust is a kind of document which you executes to transfer some or all of your property in to it.

America's highest court, which has the final power to decide cases involving the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, certain legal areas set forth in the Constitution (called federal questions) and federal laws. It can also make final decisions in certain lawsuits between parties in different states. The U.S. Supreme Court has nine justices -- one of whom is the Chief Justice -- who are appointed for life by the President and must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Most states also have a supreme court, which is the final arbiter of the state's constitution and state laws. However, in several states -- most notably New York and Maryland, where it's called the "Court of Appeals," and Massachusetts, where it's called the "Supreme Judicial Court" -- the highest state court uses a different name.

A: Generally, when an alien holding an H status (H-1B or H-4) has stayed in the U.S. cumulatively for six years, that alien is prohibited from further extending his/her H status. Instead, the alien is required to change to a non-H status or stay outside the U.S. for one year before reentering as an H status holder.