r2i forum

[QUOTE=madver;481470]Isn't your GC status or USC eligibility at risk with R2I at this stage? How did you manage to maintain GC status and USC eligibility with R2I?[/QUOTE] I have Reentry Permit for maintaining GC - helps for upto 2 years outsife US. I do not know if it is sufficient enough for USC ...

OP - I tend to agree with brokenarrow. Your desire to grow the kids closer to the family and everything is very genuine and everybody can relate to it. What I am finding in the recent couple of years (since I r2Ied) is that you are effectively losing the closesness with family - as everybody is too ...

ablautchalen - Do whatever your wife says!! Atleast you will not be split in the decision and you can have some peace in life!!! ;)

Wish you every best, Zen - for your happiness with move as well as your attempts to make a difference. Your thoughts are positive and you should continue to make a difference.

[QUOTE=zen;472786]Just curious - does anyone feel moral responsibility over going back to India and help for the betterment of the society? I have a good friend who R2I-ed & his wife was a scientist in US. She came across many American doctors who did lot of work in India for the under-privileged ...

[QUOTE=Desi2return;467565]
R2I in my case is not just about kids....so don't get me wrong. [B]Its what my wife desires at this point. [/B][/QUOTE]

Good call.. You are a wise man.. unlike me...:)

[QUOTE=roxstar;467603] When thoughts are so flickering you got to look within and figure [B]out your own mental balance[/B]. Sorry to be harsh but for big moves like R2I and R2A, nothing better to take a firm stand and see it through. You state that you are happy in India and that you find American ...

[QUOTE=vizagdesi;467611] We live in a apartment complex where there are no kids and there are no kids around our place. So, it is a lonely place for him other than school. Some times we really wonder, what are we doing here?? If we want our son to have his adult life in US, then why not let him grow ...

[QUOTE=tinu;467532]My reason to come back is my parents. They are my reason to stay here. Once they are gone, India won't feel like home to me. I highly doubt that I will want to stay here then.[/QUOTE] This was a strong reason for me as well, tinu...As we are in different city than my parents are ...

[QUOTE=gurusw;467535]Meditation in the morning, and keeping busy during the day is the only way out :)[/QUOTE]

Thanks gurusw...No wonder India is a land of Sprituality. We need to be very wise or spiritual to get into the mindset for living here - especially if you are coming back after a gap ;)