Posted by: ssNY September 8, 2008
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Been There, Done That.. and agonized over it in the beginning.
Having said that, simply put, Go For the U.S. Citizenship, for the reasons below (in no particular order and reasons)
1. Carrying a US passport lets you go to any country in the world (and now think of how hard it was for you to get a visa to the US with a Nepalese passport)
2. With all due respect to you all, we are, to some extent, all biased, racist, etc. etc. etc... But, Nepalese on Nepalese are the worst, I feel - especially at the airport or other border crossings. "Coming from America? Chance to make some dough from these golden geese." Just flash your US passport and pretend you don't speak or understand Nepali, they will not give you hard time at all. If inquisitive greedy customs officer says, "You are a Nepali, or have a Nepali Name", reply, "I was born in the U.S.".
3. Flash your very respectable US passport even to the coolie at the airport. After he helps you bring your heavy luggage past the customs and the immigration and asks you for twenty dollars, you say, "Ma Nepali ho. Malai thag chhas?". If you can fool even him, you have passed the test.
4. At the Malpot and other offices, they are not concerned with your passports. As long as you have your 'nagarikta', which the US government has no clue or does not care, offices in Nepal does not care either. But, be mindful of your 'enemies'... they can spill the bean and you will be running back and forth to the very bureaucratic and bakshish waiting Nepali officials. So, do what you have to do. Sell your properties, transfer them to ones who you trust, or whatever...
5. Those of us who are in the US are for a reason... many in Nepal (and other countries) would sell a limb to get here. Live here. Work here. Get US citizenship. Travel the world, including Nepal, anytime you want, as long as you can afford it. Just think of it as your ancestors who came to Kathamandu from somewhere else, leaving everything behind or selling everything they had in the village. Do the same thing, with a belief that If you want, you can always go back to Nepal - by giving some bakshish or goosh, EVERTHING CAN BE FIXED.
Having said that, simply put, Go For the U.S. Citizenship, for the reasons below (in no particular order and reasons)
1. Carrying a US passport lets you go to any country in the world (and now think of how hard it was for you to get a visa to the US with a Nepalese passport)
2. With all due respect to you all, we are, to some extent, all biased, racist, etc. etc. etc... But, Nepalese on Nepalese are the worst, I feel - especially at the airport or other border crossings. "Coming from America? Chance to make some dough from these golden geese." Just flash your US passport and pretend you don't speak or understand Nepali, they will not give you hard time at all. If inquisitive greedy customs officer says, "You are a Nepali, or have a Nepali Name", reply, "I was born in the U.S.".
3. Flash your very respectable US passport even to the coolie at the airport. After he helps you bring your heavy luggage past the customs and the immigration and asks you for twenty dollars, you say, "Ma Nepali ho. Malai thag chhas?". If you can fool even him, you have passed the test.
4. At the Malpot and other offices, they are not concerned with your passports. As long as you have your 'nagarikta', which the US government has no clue or does not care, offices in Nepal does not care either. But, be mindful of your 'enemies'... they can spill the bean and you will be running back and forth to the very bureaucratic and bakshish waiting Nepali officials. So, do what you have to do. Sell your properties, transfer them to ones who you trust, or whatever...
5. Those of us who are in the US are for a reason... many in Nepal (and other countries) would sell a limb to get here. Live here. Work here. Get US citizenship. Travel the world, including Nepal, anytime you want, as long as you can afford it. Just think of it as your ancestors who came to Kathamandu from somewhere else, leaving everything behind or selling everything they had in the village. Do the same thing, with a belief that If you want, you can always go back to Nepal - by giving some bakshish or goosh, EVERTHING CAN BE FIXED.