Monday 24 March 2008

Bringing your family over once you win and are here

After you win the US green card lottery, you can bring your family to the United States. But before you bring your family members to the country, you should have proper planning on how to stay, where to stay and how to manage, everything.

The first and foremost is that you should have a source of income in which you can afford to live along with your family in the country. You should not think that after your family members come to the country, you will think of increasing the income.

Secondly, you should have a house either on rent or of your own to stay in the country. You cannot take for granted that after your family members come to the country, you will look for a house for residence.

If you have children, you should also plan beforehand how and where your children can study - is there any school nearby your residence or they have to travel to reach a school. Think of, can they manage if they have to travel by public transport.

Besides, you have to take care of the language needs of your family members if they are not proficient in English. For that you can help them at home by practicing in speaking English.

If you have plan that your spouse will also work, apply for jobs before s/he comes to the US. If s/he is able to get a job before coming to the US, then you will have another source of income.

Apart from these, there are many things that you have to take care to manage a family in a country which is new to you and your family. You have to buy all household items from kitchen chores to furniture, electronic items and everything needed to live. Take the help of internet. You can know about everything through the website.

Article Source: http://www.articlerich.com - By: Manu Goel

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