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WHIFENWorldwide House of Immigrants for Financial Education Network
WHIFEN helps new arrivals integrate smoothly before they even arrive in America. We provide pre-arrival English classes, DV Lottery guidance, step-by-step help obtaining a Social Security card and work permit, encouraging initial medical checkups as soon as possible, and assistance translating official English mail.
Five things every new arrival has to get right
Each milestone is a financial blind spot where people lose time or money simply because nobody explained it. We explain it.
English classes
Master professional English for work, appointments, and forms.
DV Lottery
Navigate the Diversity Visa lottery and complete forms independently.
Social Security card and work permit
Learn the ABCs of securing both.
First medical checkup
We advise new arrivals to get checkups early to prevent sudden health crises and avoid costly medical bills.
Letters received by mail
We help you understand the content of letters received.
Three steps, one house
Contact us
Just arrived, arriving soon, or here for years and still struggling with the system. All three are welcome.
Attend our trainings
Paperwork order, first appointments, first bank account, and what to refuse.
Implement
Put the plan to work, with families who came before you, in English, French, and Lingala.
Most mistakes happen before the plane lands
Paying a stranger for a "guaranteed" lottery entry, signing an unreadable lease, or missing a critical medical checkup cost families time and money. Having arrived in 2010 and navigated these exact challenges firsthand, Godefroid founded WHIFEN to ensure new arrivals bypass these costly mistakes.
WHIFEN is a program of Freez 'hem Worldwide LLC.
Ask About WHIFENArriving soon, or already here?
Send us a message in English, French, or Lingala. We reply in less than a week.