On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 09:13:29PM +0530, shiv sastry wrote: > 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)
A very good point. You can always send them to graduate school. (In fact, a classical advice for those wanting to save on tuition and living expenses is to do undergraduate studies in your home town, while still living with your parents, and only move to a prestigious/expensive/remote school for the graduate part). > 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. I've passed up the opportunity as well. And did the right thing in the retrospect. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
