fob.fyi

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An information and tools hub that helps new immigrants settle into life in the U.S.

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“Fresh Off the Boat,” shortened to fob.fyi, is an information and tools hub for foreign nationals who have just arrived in the United States and need practical guidance and computational tools for immigration, tax, and financial planning.

fob.fyi gathers the small, recurring tasks that every new immigrant runs into — figuring out taxes, cropping a passport photo, tracking a green card priority date — and puts them in one approachable place.

The tools are deliberately privacy-focused: the browser-based utilities run locally on the user's device, so sensitive inputs like financial figures never leave the browser.

Highlights

  • Audience: foreign nationals newly arriving in the U.S.
  • Privacy-first — browser tools run locally
  • Immigration, tax, and financial planning in one hub

Key Features

  • Browser-based tools

    A collection of privacy-focused utilities that run locally in the browser, including a time zone converter, a passport photo cropper, and a financial calculator.

  • Tax resources

    A tax estimator for 2025 federal and state income tax obligations, with coverage across all U.S. states and source countries.

  • Green card tracker

    A visa bulletin tracker that monitors priority date progression for both family-based and employment-based green card categories.