> will you go through the hassle and expense of becoming a US citizen, even if that means giving up your Indian passport? In my experience the most common answ

> will you go through the hassle and expense of becoming a US citizen, even if that means giving up your Indian passport? In my experience the most common answer to that would be "Yes". There's a small percentage of people who do move across continents for a short time but most come here to settle down. Now the problem is that with the current visa laws it takes anything between 8-15 years to become a citizen (unless you are exceptional enough to get EB1). This is more complicated than the work visas issued in EU, UK, Australia, etc. which have a much shorter period for transitioning from work visa holder to permanent resident status. This is probably one of the reasons that people who move to the US don't settle down so fast because there's always the risk of being kicked out. Most people I know only go through the whole "settle down" process after they get the green card.