--- shiv sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 03 May 2007 5:51 pm, Shyam > Visweswaran wrote: > > The devil is in the details. > > Indeed. The devil IS in the details. Thanks for > the inputs anyway. > > When I work out the economics of getting a > Green card and weigh cost against > risk in the short, medium and long term, India > appears to be a better bet for > me and my family. I can do more for them from > here. However, I will mull > over what you have said and see if the > knowledge makes any difference. My > decision would probably be different five years > from now, but with my kids in > a fairly crucial phase of their lives the > instability of moving may not be > beneficial to them and will be completely > disastrous for me (and therefore > potentially disastrous for my kids) > > Everyone I know who wanted to go to the US, > went on his own merit and I think > my kids should be able to do that too. If not, > my current thinking is that > they will gain nothing from depending on me to > get them there by virtue of a > family Green Card. I probably won't do that and > I will (probably) be the > second generation from my family to have passed > up the opportunity to live in > the US. My father did that in 1945. > > shiv >
I agree with you that getting a green card is not needed even if your kids want to go to a US univ later on. In fact, getting into a graduate program in the US hardly depends on whether your kid has a green card or not. Except in medicine where things are turned on the head; but then graduate education in medicine aka residency is really not education but an apprenticeship for setting up shop in the US. Doing undergrad in India followed by grad in US, if educationally inclined, is the way to go. And if your kid chooses to go that way the absence of a green card is not a handicap. shyam __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
