Devising A Plan For Next 15 Yrs Is Important Or Not.

Hi,
I recently moved to US. My kid is in elementary. My husband and I want to settle down in a place and have a stable environment for our kid and ourselves. But this visa issues(long wait for gc), kid being born in India are making us to reconsider US as a place to stay for long term. But our friends (esp close to him who have been min 6 to 10 yrs) are saying that we are overthinking and we cannot plan on anything that happens beyond 5 yrs after hearing our other options. I understand they suggest a plan that seems good for us from their point of view. Decision will be ours. But i am kind of surprised abt the point that they say is you can plan only for next 5 yrs and not more than that. Anything can happen on the way so planning for long term is not wise. I would like to know your views as well.

 

@Rihana and @mangai I am in the same page as you. I usually plan things. I think having a plan would help me get things done more effectively, at least for most of the time. I can achieve at least some of it. Yes I agree both base and alternative for such crucial decision.

Our friends do add that its completely unnecessary thinking for next 15 yrs, calling the situation same for them as anyone could back to India due to job crisis or if any new laws enforced for immigrants. They have US born kids and are here for 6 to 11 yrs and all have got EAD long back waiting for GC.

That looked too hypothetical for me. I wanted to have a decent plan at least for my daughter.
Money for college & her visa status are two main things I am considering.

Thanks for your insights. Please do share if there is any resource to learn about school system/US college education that helps Indian born kids.

 

She is in grade 1. We have not applied even for PERM. my husband's new employer had said that it will take another year to initiate the process.

Our friends say we would need 15 to 20 K annually with instate tuition fee. Does this depends on the state I am living in?

Work/life balance is so admirable in the US. In India, we worked like 12 hours and suffered severe health issues. So I am with the US on this point.

 

We are in late 30s and that's the reason for little anxiety. Just trying to give best for the kid. And going back to India is not the only option I am considering right now. Since almost all of my close relatives have moved out of India/planning to move out, I don't have to settle back in India. That will be my last option. I am thinking about other countries who do not have much visa issues or can foresee a stable environment for us.

But I really appreciate where we are now, US has definitely brought some peace in our life, esp with work and financial confidence.
If we couldn't find out any other option, US would still be our option to settle down before India.