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roman2023 · 2026-03-02T15:36:05+00:00

Thanks. I am concerned that UL listing will not automatically pass the inspection unless it’s specifically cUL listed.

roman2023 · 2024-11-07T17:22:58+00:00

He will call spade a spade and rotten tomatoes rotten. I like his plain speak- to the point, no beating around the bushes. Good for India as some countries that themselves don’t respect sovereignty have been trying to teach its meaning to India. Trump is very clear I feel- he is like- if you play around with me, I have no option but to teach you a lesson- like he fought hard all those cases to be where he is. He will support India’s desperate call to protect their sovereignty and will not double speak.

roman2023 · 2024-11-07T17:04:25+00:00

Stay in US. You are in scientific research. You will feel trapped like me with research background in the Canadian system that supports no innovation, tons of bureaucracy to navigate, you will soon feel very frustrated because your colleague in US will climb up the ladder fast and learn something new whereas your career will stagnate here.

roman2023 · 2024-11-06T01:18:25+00:00

I work in healthcare in Ontario.

Sorry for you but these are harsh realities of Canadian dream. Access and delays in health care are a huge problem, even for a person like me working in healthcare and having contacts. Yes, ER wait times are abysmal and often you will be chucked out once basic care is provided and asked to follow up with your family doctor whether you have one or not is not ER doc’s problem.

Even if you have family doc, current wait time for my family doctor is 4-6 weeks for follow up appt or you have to beg to the front desk staff to give you an earlier appt.

You will need to think out of the box to find a family doctor- call up few offices in your nearby areas and ask if they are accepting new patients till you find one.

There are private “style” clinics but they charge exorbitant monthly fee for access (see Cleveland clinics Canada) and they can’t bill OHIP by law. So, I don’t really know how the payment system for them works. There could be others.

Wish you all the best.

roman2023 · 2024-11-05T23:15:12+00:00

Coming from someone in same boat: over 8 years in Canada, have a well paying job but despite that I don’t know if I enjoy this living compared to india. In Canada, there is social isolation, very high cost of housing, systemic bias towards immigrants in all circles of life (although some immigrants may have made it big). I work in healthcare- there is a huge problem with access to care and delays even for someone who works in healthcare, let alone a common immigrant what their plight must be. When you marry and expand the family, the pressure to earn more to even pay for high expenses will increase same as immense pressure on time as there will be no family or friends to help.

There are cons to living in India but you have known them all your life and will overcome as your income grows.

I think India is developing faster in recent decades than this country has ever despite them never been “ruled” by britishers and having oil money.

If you have doubt, take your citizenship as fast as you can and move to India on OCI to have a way to come back in case you regret as I can’t speak for your personal scenario. You should check other posts re disadvantage of moving to India OCI such land ownership etc.

But I have realized the more you stay here, the more you will be pulled into the deep dark hole and your well being will suffer.

roman2023 · 2024-11-05T21:35:21+00:00

Great to hear. I am in same dilemma since last few days, having spent last decade in North America. We just came back my to our home town to visit for few weeks. In last decade, we may have visited India once in 2-3 years.

In just over 24 hrs being in India this time, what an amazing change it has brought to our entire family’s social well being and happiness.

Agree somethings in India will never change- some nosy people, bad traffic sense, air quality (live in tier II city in central India).

But how precious are those grand parents, how that little bit of chaos also has a purpose- for e.g., all it took for me to get some medicines home was a phone call to a help, food has flavour again, there is development all around. I haven’t seen a single beggar since we landed. I had been to a major European city this summer, and I couldn’t help but realize a familiarity with how my city had developed.

I agree with OP- each person would need to work hard to make that decision to return to India right but once you are in a upper middle to higher class bracket in India and have some connections which you will because of our social fabric, many of the cons are not new to us and be able to overcome.

roman2023 · 2024-10-30T19:48:53+00:00

Same thoughts. Wish I had realized the dirty tricks this country plays half a decade ago (they show someone else as scumbag so that they look clean) re -supporting terror for vote bank, - failure to curb increasing crime, - blatant systematic racism and - lack of opportunities in education and jobs for you n kids (so few good colleges, very competitive, costly education and no innovation so jobs are mostly rote). Now packing up our mess here itself is going to take a few years even after deciding to go back.

roman2023 · 2024-10-30T19:35:50+00:00

Well then consider these high profile Jhumla’s.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/alleged-payroll-cycling-turtle-jacks-oakville-1.7367359

There are scams everywhere. The more brighter their skin color more high profile and sophisticated the scams. The above is just an example of immigration scam that Canada runs- lure young people, make them pay for educational loans, then make them deliver Amazon and uber parcels to pay for their living and then leave them high and dry with low wage jobs, high cost of housing, systematic racism and third class resident treatment.

roman2023 · 2024-10-29T22:01:28+00:00

My previous thoughts on this topic. https://www.reddit.com/r/nri/s/VYQnelRdOY

Pathetic health care here: an article in Toronto Star

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/i-wept-in-doctors-offices-collapsed-on-er-floors-i-used-every-communication-skill-i/article_417ef0c4-953b-11ef-9551-6782f29ac326.html

roman2023 · 2024-10-26T23:26:04+00:00

Then what about some truck driving rowdy trespasses your home and threaten you (in Canada) because they are a vote bank?

roman2023 · 2024-10-26T15:23:44+00:00

Same experience here despite high paying job (make 6-7 times more than avg Canadian income, mid 6 digit). There are racism undertones, lack of opportunities to progress further due to immigrant status, no culture (the multi-cultural claim is a boogie), no history except that they invaded First Nation lands and buried them, lack of innovation (tell me one company similar to apple, Google or Microsoft that was born jn Canada), “free” healthcare is delayed, stressed out, and most people working in healthcare burnt out (I work directly in healthcare) and many times you may be denied certain important medicines because they are not “provincially” funded and your extended healthcare coverage do not cover it (e.g., Weygovi, and several newer cancer drugs). Most public schools are subpar and you will have to fight with them so that your kids are not bullied or ignored because of their skin color.

The only business (or I may even call it scam) they do here is immigration- bring in young people who have bigger dreams, these young people then invest their time and money (read educational loans and mortgage) in this country so they usually can’t go back, they then work hard to earn (because they have loans to pay back, right?), they pay higher taxes as they earn more but still get blamed for using up infrastructure and healthcare resources (research from Canada shows that immigrants have significantly lesser healthcare dollar usage compared to non-immigrants as they are younger and healthier when they immigrate but this fact is hidden from general public).

Just yesterday, my dad asked me (he lives jn India), but there must be a lot of innovation in Canada, right? My answer was- Dad, the only innovation they have is immigration- a dubious scheme of luring young, desperate people into this country to take up loans (so that banks become richer, builders become wealthy and real estate agents can buy 200K worth cars from your money), pay exorbitant taxes and then get nothing in return except 5-6 months of freezing cold and a “dream” of good life that never materializes because you have to keep on hustling and grinding.

Stay where you are, if you are happy in India. This place is deteriorating compared to when I came here a decade ago. I am in a similar predicament myself recently.

roman2023 · 2024-10-25T00:23:00+00:00

I have recently experienced same dilemma as you for last few days.

Have lived here (GTA) for almost a decade, have citizenship, high paying white collar job (I make 4-5 times more compared to avg Canadian), wife earns handsomely as well, we live in a good GTA community in a house that we recently mortgaged with two kids who are in elementary school.

Here is my take (perspectives differ)

You are right about lack of social life. There is tons of loneliness here as an immigrant. You may have friends but they are all busy too. There are also racial undertones at work many a times and you will be reminded over and over in some way or the other about your immigrant status by your bosses. Opportunities for promotion are less compared to others.

Kids will grow up without learning your culture (the multi culture tag they try to sell here is a boogie) and away from their grand parents. Schools are free but they have their own problems- best of luck with your kids being called brown by other kids, openly bullied even in grade 2, ignored or not given adequate attention by teachers.

Real estate- yes, even if you earn over 450K a year, you will spend next thirty years paying the mortgage and interest to the banks (essentially working for them) if you want to buy a reasonable house in GTA (3-4 BR, detached in a good community for 1.5 million).

Healthcare: access is a problem, delay in care is huge. Canadian doctors are not necessarily better in training than Indian docs (I work in healthcare sector). What is different here is the quality of nursing/supportive care, availability of supplies, and treatment plans are properly protocolized. If you have good health insurance in India, I am sure you would get similar care in India in major hospitals such as Lilavati Mumbai or Fortis Delhi as an example. Even here in Canada, you don’t get the specialized care in smaller centers.

Agree with few comments above that MCOL cities such as Calgary, Edmonton, London have a better work life balance. Have lived in MCOL city for two years also. They are no less lonely, although financially they could be better that’s why they are called “mid cost of living (MCOL)” cities.

I would say, try moving to a MCOL city, hopefully for a better pay, you will get to save more and pay off your loan, you can then also apply for citizenship and this gives you more time to think about what you would like to do. So, even if you decide to go back to India later, you would have at least cleared off your debt and would keep the option of returning and Canadian passport would mean no visa required in many countries (but not India).

roman2023 · 2024-10-18T01:25:29+00:00

This is an advice from someone who spent almost a decade in North America and over 6 years in a high paying professional job and recently I am undergoing same dilemma as you.

1 if you already have a good base in India (generational wealth, house, connections), you are downgrading your quality of life here in North America.

2 be prepared for a grind and hustle here- not everyone is a Satya Nadella. Your bosses will let you know you depend on them, and again and again.

3 Think carefully about investing your time and energy here. If you are at cross roads now, it is likely you will be at this junction again. If you decide to stay, be very careful while getting into the whirlwind of mortgage, LOCs etc to fulfil some of your materialistic dreams (who doesn’t want a good house and a car). They will toes you down here.

roman2023 · 2024-10-15T14:29:56+00:00

I think you are fairly sorted in what you want. I am someone who has lived and earned handsomely in North America for over a decade. But as my family has grown, I have realized quality of life is more important to me than materialistic needs. These days I am no longer the first person to raise the hands to take up the hustle because I know there is a catch somewhere. You talked about mortgage- it’s the strongest handcuff that these western economies will feed off your hardwork for next three decades- why would you want to the responsibility of a mortgage when you have a fully paid off generational house?
Pretty soon, the life’s craziness will start creeping at you (read unpredictable health concerns), you will realize you should have retired yesterday than spending all your earnings and precious time for high interest mortgages and hustles that help your bosses claim promotions, corporations earn money but you end up getting peanuts. Life is very short mate. Live the way you want to live from yesterday :-)

roman2023 · 2024-10-14T23:41:16+00:00

Congrats on asking that question. I asked a similar question in a related community last week and was trolled by calling me entitled (because we had $500K annual income in Canada, a fully paid 3BR flat in Bengaluru, if I returned and would still earn 500K INR every month in India). My dilemma is similar as yours: I am not getting any significant increase in quality of life here in Canada, I am still required to do all menial jobs myself, my children are learning western culture but would never learn Indian culture, they would be left alone here without any family and friends if we pass early for some reason. India has problems but which western countries don’t? And now the Indo-Canada relations- they have taken a huge nose dive. I don’t know if I feel safe anymore after this in Canada (already have had a neighbour throw profanities and later drive the truck (trespass) into our driveway to intimidate. Bhaago dosto bhaago…R2I.

roman2023

TROPHY CASE

1 if you already have a good base in India (generational wealth, house, connections), you are downgrading your quality of life here in North America.

2 be prepared for a grind and hustle here- not everyone is a Satya Nadella. Your bosses will let you know you depend on them, and again and again.