Hi vivaangle21,
Honestly speaking, it is a very personal decision. Everybody has her own priority. You can ask yourself why you submit the application at the beginning. What's the reason? For your kids to have better chance of study? For you to have a change of living style? Or, some other family consideration? If the reason is more important than sacrifying your achievements and assets in HK, you can move on. If you don't think that you can handle the changes including frustration, adaptability, loss of control, you may need to think about it. Also, you might need to give your kids a head up on what will happen in the future and let them get involved too. A lot of people think that there might be a lot of working opportunities in US. I would say it depends on what kind of working experience, qualifications and expectation you have. Most of the people I know may not be able to get the same pay that they have in HK at the beginning. You may want to check if the industry you are working in HK has a high need of experienced workers here and what kind of pay level as well as qualifications required. If you only want an average pay job with basic benefits, possibly you won't feel disappointed. But, only with that, do you need to relocate to US and give up all the things in HK.
For your application, I believe that it takes average 7-10 years for you to receive the initial approval. You can check the website of www.uscis.gov for some ideas and information about immigration. My parents came over to here at least 10 years ago. My aunt applied my parents as well as me and my other siblings. It took 10 years for my parents to receive the visa. Since I and my 1st brother and my sister were over 21 years old already, we could not come with my parents. Only my youngest brother who was 17 at that time came with them. At the very beginning, they were so unhappy and cried in every phone call. We spent over HK$1000 on phone bill every month for the 1st half year. Gradually, they got used to the living here but did not mean that they are happy now. My parents still mentioned about how steady their living in HK before and felt so regret to come to here. But, they believed that they have given all their kids another option that other people may not have a chance to have.
So, you may have an expectation that your kids might be much much older when the visa is ready for your family. Do you think that they would like to study in US rather than in HK? Would it be importance for them to have more choices of education? Sometimes, the sacrifice made by the parents may not be appreciated by the kids. My youngest brother still thought that he's forced to come to USA even though he had the chance to go to university and he definitely could not have that in HK.
[ 本文章最後由 rose-mag 於 07-8-15 07:29 編輯 ]
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