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[quote=RRK;94090]You guys in Europe are robbed blind. Since US allows opening a bank account by foreigners, you guys may consider opening a US bank accout. You may use that to transfer money to India. Transferring from US to India is quite easy and there are several options. You may also use the US ...

[quote=R2I_Hyd;86118]Starting Feb 1st, EFT has been discontinued by RBI. I tried funds transfer through SBI to my ICICI NRE account using DD transfer and it took 10 days to settle from the date of request.[/quote] There is something called RTGS - which is the equivalent of a wire transfer, and you ...

[quote=backtomumbai;88465]Vckc , Thanks For the info ..How hard is it to get into this School ?? When do they start accepting applications ?? Its really great for kids who R2I after 1st/2nd Grade , where hindi /Sl becomes too much for them to cope .. Cheers Backtomumbai[/quote] I was in India in Jan ...

[quote=backtomumbai;88020]Hey Vckc , what's the IB program you are talking about ?can you shed some light ? thanks[/quote] Hi backtomumbai, check out [url]www.ibo.org/[/url] for more information on the IB program. Specifically to Podar - they have 3 school buildings, next to each other, in Santacruz ...

Hi Captainzatac,

we are probably going to ship a container to Mumbai, though currently not sure if we have enough stuff for a full container. Should know that in a few weeks.

cheers

vckc

Hi GPriya, currently you are not paying any Canadian taxes while working in the US because Canada does not have a territorial taxation system. Even after r2i you will not have to pay any taxes to Canada. Once you get a green card then you will have to file US taxes on your global income - US is the ...

[quote=ILuvHyd;87495]Vckc, I guess FSBO is "Sale by Owner". This is going to be my first sale of a house and want to do it quick and easy before R2I. Also, don't know if I would be able to sell it on my own in this market. If for some reason, the house didn't sell, I will have the realtor (hopefully ...

Excellent blog Iluvhyd. We are r2i this summer, though to Mumbai. Have to sell our house before we move as well. Was wondering why you are not planning to do a FSBO for your house. I am planning on going that route and (hopefully) save some real estate commissions.

Hi Captainzatac We are also r2i in May/June '08, to Mumbai - plan to live in the Mahim (W) area, so that we are close to the in-laws. I was in Mumbai for 3 weeks in mid Jan, primarily to get the school scene sorted out for my kids - 9y and 5y. After visiting 7 different schools I was able to get ...

"How much is enough" depends on where in India one is R2. The monthly expenses (excluding home) to live in Mumbai are probably about 150% of those to live in Bangalore or Chennai. If you have to rent a place in Mumbai, which is what we will be doing, that alone is easily about 3-4 times what it ...