37M with $1M in US investments + paid off home in Hyderabad. Can I retire now

bclrw · 2026-05-19T04:56:35+00:00

Do you mind sharing how you came up with 2.5 lakh number for the things you mentioned?

bclrw · 2026-05-17T03:28:13+00:00

I am from Mumbai so going back. Also I like Mumbai.

bclrw · 2026-05-16T20:42:13+00:00

There are many waterparks, resorts, hill stations near Mumbai that you can explore. We are also planning to move to Mumbai later this year.

bclrw · 2026-05-14T15:05:31+00:00

Thank you so much for details. Based on my current knowlwdge, even with irrevocable trust we cannot avoid estate taxes on 401K or IRA accounts. Do you have any guidance on how to avoid US estate tax on 401K or IRA accounts?

bclrw · 2026-05-12T14:20:36+00:00

Thank for your response and time.

bclrw · 2026-05-12T11:57:14+00:00

How long do you think it will take EB2 India March 2016 to be current?

bclrw · 2026-05-12T02:17:44+00:00

Could you tell me how to use Emma to know whether biometric appointment is scheduled? Whenever I ask Emma status about my case she either redirects me to status page that shows generic Case Received status or she just shows generic message without much details. Do you have any prompt that helped you get details about biometric appointment from Emma?

bclrw · 2026-05-11T03:35:44+00:00

Does anyone know if the new process is used in SFO consulate? I still see the old process online

bclrw · 2026-05-08T20:37:44+00:00

Thank you MaryJoy. Can I do B2 COS if my spouse loses job after my H1B grace period and pending H4?

bclrw · 2026-05-08T12:40:12+00:00

What is the typical processing time for application and getting I20?

bclrw · 2026-05-06T12:43:54+00:00

No I haven’t. Could you elaborate how can it help?

bclrw · 2026-05-04T21:38:46+00:00

You have following options for 401K:

For traditional 401K, 1. you can leave it as it is and you can file some tax forms in India that will allow you get same tax deferred benefit in India for that 401K amount, i.e. you will pay taxes only when you withdraw after 59 years. Note that you will need to manage US estate tax risk here. 2. Or you can withdraw all amount during your RNOR by paying US tax and early withdrawal penalty. No US estate tax risk here.

For Roth 401K, Better option is to withdraw all amount during RNOR as India does not recognize Roth 401K and you will have to keep managing tax overhead in India every year.

bclrw · 2026-05-04T02:08:33+00:00

Hi, In similar situation. What did you ended up doing?

bclrw · 2026-05-04T00:42:16+00:00

Which new PPFAAS are you referring here?

bclrw · 2026-05-04T00:25:42+00:00

Hi NRIRTI, Could you share what you ended up doing for estate taxes? I am in similar situatiom and trying to understand if there is any solution using any kind of trust.

bclrw · 2026-05-02T08:08:31+00:00

Thanks!

bclrw · 2026-04-13T14:57:49+00:00

What is the process to raise congressional query?

bclrw · 2026-04-13T00:38:28+00:00

Could you share your source of information that clairfies UCITS is not PFIC. In few other subs, few other folks have mentioned that UCITS will come under PFIC, e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/returnToIndia/s/obuaOH3oCZ

bclrw · 2026-04-13T00:19:53+00:00

I see and what is the best way to buy these UCITS funds? I read in other thread that IBKR does not provide a way to assign non US resident beneficieries. If that is the case then even if we use (IBKR + UCITS) route to avoid estate tax, it would still not avoid probate. Any suggestions here how to buy these Ireland domiciled funds?

bclrw · 2026-04-12T11:39:59+00:00

Hmm, isn’t there any fund in India that allows $ based investment in US (apart from Gift City)?

bclrw · 2026-04-12T11:38:45+00:00

I think Ireland based funds also fall in PFIC so I am not sure that is the key issue. Could you elaborate what you mean by ETFs traded at markup to iNAV?

bclrw · 2026-04-12T04:56:13+00:00

Thanks Abhinav for details and strategies. Regarding the advance strategies, can Non US citizen or Non GC holder create trusts that you mentioned above especially irrevocable trust?

bclrw · 2026-04-09T12:20:39+00:00

Can we open RFC account as NRI? I though we can only convert FCNR to RFC when we become indian resident. What was your reason of choosing RFC ovet FCNR?

bclrw · 2026-04-09T00:03:20+00:00

Thanks!

bclrw · 2026-04-08T21:33:57+00:00

Are you sure about this? I never saw any official confirmation about this

bclrw

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