Hi,
I got an opportunity to go to US on work visa for few months. My wife is currently pregnant. We are wondering if there would be significant benefits in having the delivery in the US itself. My wife can travel with me to the US on dependent visa. However, my work is estimated to end about 2-3 months after the expected delivery date. So, we will have to return to India with the newborn 2-3 months after the delivery.
I did some analysis and came up with pros and cons of my decisions.
Pros:
A. Great hospitals and better care
B. US citizenship
Cons:
A. Lot of uncertainties in getting the US birth certificate/passport/OCI within the short time frame of 2-3 months
B. Travel concerns for the newborn and the mother
C. Problems that come with maintaining US citizenship in India: periodic renewals, higher fees in schools and colleges (inputs from online forums only, no direct inputs from R2I people)
I will very likely return to work in the US in year or two for another term. So, it is not a big deal to drop this opportunity and have the delivery in India itself. I'm mainly considering this if getting US citizenship for the baby will be worthwhile all the efforts.
Please share your inputs on pros/cons of raising kids in India with foreign-passport/OCI.
I got an opportunity to go to US on work visa for few months. My wife is currently pregnant. We are wondering if there would be significant benefits in having the delivery in the US itself. My wife can travel with me to the US on dependent visa. However, my work is estimated to end about 2-3 months after the expected delivery date. So, we will have to return to India with the newborn 2-3 months after the delivery.
I did some analysis and came up with pros and cons of my decisions.
Pros:
A. Great hospitals and better care
B. US citizenship
Cons:
A. Lot of uncertainties in getting the US birth certificate/passport/OCI within the short time frame of 2-3 months
B. Travel concerns for the newborn and the mother
C. Problems that come with maintaining US citizenship in India: periodic renewals, higher fees in schools and colleges (inputs from online forums only, no direct inputs from R2I people)
I will very likely return to work in the US in year or two for another term. So, it is not a big deal to drop this opportunity and have the delivery in India itself. I'm mainly considering this if getting US citizenship for the baby will be worthwhile all the efforts.
Please share your inputs on pros/cons of raising kids in India with foreign-passport/OCI.
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