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Moving Abroad on

by jacksparrow

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How accurate is this story of every NRI software engineer in the US?

[Copied from LinkedIn] The 12-step Script that an Indian Software Engineer, who arrives in the USA, mostly follows ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿญ As a student, work hard to fulfil 3 goals (A) Pay off the Student Loan (B) Get a job anywhere in USA (C) Get H1-B approved (This one is the most important goal). Simultaneously make elaborate plans to return back to India within 5 years ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฎ H1-B approved Enjoy the influx of Green Currency. Buy a Toyota Camry or Honda Civic or Nissan Altima. Also, buy a property somewhere in India ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฏ Invite Parents from India on Visitor Visas. Take them on the Char Dhaam Yatra- Niagara Falls Statue of Liberty Charging Bull in the Wall Street White House ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฐ Go to India, finalize a Girl, and get married in 3 weeks - Of course it's arranged marriage Come Back to the USA with your newly married Spouse ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฑ During weekends & lunchtime with other Indian friends, endlessly discuss 3 topics (A) When are you going to get your Green Card, & what is your priority date currently? (B) How Modi is transforming India (C) Cricket ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฒ - Buy a Home in the U.S Have 2 kids. Spend the next 15 years dropping them off to various Classes, attending Birthday parties, & visiting Home Depot for various Home projects. Invite in-laws from both sides (him/her) every six months to help in house & for kids. Step 7 Green card waiting is over. You got it. ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ 8 By the time, you are in 40s, you have saved enough Funds. The plan for returning back to India has not worked out. Now find new ways to spend money. Buy a Tesla or BMW or Mercedes Also your India properties aren't lucrative anymore as INR has further depreciated against USD so enroll into a difficult struggle of selling off the properties in India, paying a hefty Capital Gains Tax in India and remitting the funds back to the US ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ 9 Now comes the time for a midlife crisis. Another shiny new Car, bigger Home, Green Card, & a