I would be almost 50 years old by the time I get my US citizenship. Hoping to get my GC in a few years. And I just turned 40. I have already made my money and can comfortably retire in India. Is it worth waiting for a GC and US Citizenship for another decade? I already lost my Dad and my Mom lives alone in India. I and my sister and a few of my relatives keep visiting her though. Because of her medical issues, she cannot move to USA. Plus she doesn’t like it here. My son is growing up and I feel the school education system in decent schools in India is much better. Both me and my wife are getting old as well and we have already traveled the world and done everything we wanted to and came to US for. My wife’s parents are aging as well and she is their only daughter. So we have been thinking of leaving our jobs and focusing on our kid and our parents and also on our health. The amount of money we have earned would be good enough for an upper middle class lifestyle in India and we don’t aspire to live a very luxurious life. The only thing which is keeping us in US is this GC and citizenship and we have been debating if it is worth to give another decade of our lives to it. And we would be too old at 50 to reap any benefits out of it at that time. Our son can of course come to USA like we did but he is too young and because of our decision to move back, he might end up waiting like us to get a GC. But that is too far fetched a thought. I don’t see a benefit of getting a GC at 45 and citizenship at 50. Please let me know if you think otherwise.
Depends if you want a backup plan or not. No country is 100% safe from geopolitical instability these days and an extra citizenship gives you another option. You can pass this down to your kid too. It’s much easier for your boy to travel, study, and work abroad in the future with an American passport.
I’m in the same boat Thinking really hard of getting Out of this GC queue You can keep getting opinions and feedback, but at some point you’ll just see a sign, and you’ll know. When that happens, don’t second guess Thanks for starting this thread!
If your objective of moving to USA was to make money and achieve financial freedom , then I think you have achieved your goal. It would make sense to go back and spend time with parents. They are not going to be here forever.
Yup this hits most closely to the heart man.
Just ask yourself, if this was to be the last day of your life, where and with whom do you want to spend it with. Recursively solve !!!
Go home, relax and enjoy life
Let's say at age 55, what would you regret most, not having GC or not spending time at home and with parents
Go home relax enjoy life, stop chasing GC and TC. Time for you to enjoy your previous 20 years of hard work.
There’s a whole lot of aging going on here. Maybe focus on the here and now and not the future?
Your questions have answers in them