Everyone who comes to USA have to undergo some initial setup process. Its mandatory for everyone 🙂 The idea of this blog is to give a basic introduction to all the important on line resources that you would need during your day-to-day life. The idea is NOT to give any location specific details and be generic about the resources. I covered a specific topic about How much is “enough” in US in a separate blog.

If you have any specific sites to be included in the following list please do send them to me an i would be glad to add them.

Apartments:

• www.rent.com
• www.apartments.com
• www.apartmentratings.com

Immigration / Travel Insurance:

• www.VisitorsCoverage.com
• www.path2usa.com
• www.murthy.com
• www.uscis.gov
• www.immigration.com
• www.immihelp.com

Pay Check:

• www.paycheckcity.com
• www.salary.com

School Ratings: [from Suneetha]

• www.greatschools.net
  

Cost of living comparison:

• www.payscale.com
• www.homefair.com
• www.bestplaces.net
• www.cityrating.com

Car Rentals:

• www.enterprise.com [they have VERY good deals and prices]
• www.avis.com
• www.hertz.com
• www.dollar.com

Vehicle Research:

• www.edmunds.com
• www.vehix.com
• www.cars.com

Shopping:

• www.deals2buy.com
• www.slickdeals.net
• www.craigslist.org
• www.walmart.com
• www.circuitcity.com [always expensive]

Low Cost Airlines:

• www.jetblue.com
• www.virginamerica.com
• www.airtran.com

Flight/Hotel Reservations:

• www.priceline.com
• www.kayak.com
• www.hotwire.com
• www.orbitz.com
• www.expedia.com
• www.travelocity.com

Hotel Specials:

• www.hotels.com
• www.hrs.com
• www.vacationrentals.com
• www.vrbo.com

Desi Entertainment/Community Sites:

• www.usadesi.com
• www.tana.org
• www.bata.org
• www.sulekha.com
• www.teluguone.com
• www.baymasala.com

Online Hindi/Telugu Music:

• www.idlebrain.com
• www.raaga.com
• www.andhravilas.com
• www.telugufm.com
• www.ragalahari.com
• www.saradaga.com
• www.indiafm.com

Online TV :

• www.techsatish.tv
• www.tvdekho.com

Online Language Translators:

• http://dict.leo.org
• http://babelfish.yahoo.com

Online Music / Downloads :

• http://www.chillingcafe.com
• http://www.zaramasti.com/page/2
• http://www.andhramp3.com
• http://www.mp3hungama.com
• http://www.indianchild.com
• http://www.onesmartclick.com
• http://www.thenisai.com/telugu/songs
• http://forwardfever104.blogspot.com
• http://forum.indimovi.com
• http://www.Cooltoad.com
• http://www.doregama.com
• http://www.bollyfm.net