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Travel to the USA
Passport- Where to apply
Visa procedure
Getting the best deal on air tickets
What to ask a travel agent
Travel tips
Useful packing tips, luggage information
When things go wrong while traveling
Medical Insurance - important?
Hotel booking, Car rent

Living in the USA
Bringing family to the US
Getting ID's - SSN, TIN, Drivers license, etc.
Children education
Important things you should know while in the US
On dependent visa? How to spend time in the US!
Facts about USA lifestyle
Interesting differences :- India v/s USA
How to invite parents /relatives to the US?
Planning to buy a car?
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Calculating Your Expenses and Evaluating Your Budget

Visa & Passport

 

 It costs approx. 3000-5000Rs for obtaining the tourist visa for application, visa including other miscellaneous expenses. For more information see the U.S. consulate in India site. For passport, it may cost another approx 2000Rs including miscellaneous expenses
 
Air Tickets The expenses involved in tickets may range anywhere for economy class from 30,000Rs. to 70,000 Rs. The cost of the ticket depends on many factors like :-

Class of Travel: If you are traveling by economy class, the ticket will cost as mentioned above. Traveling by business class costs a lot more , almost as double as compared to economy class).
 Travel Agent: A lot depends on the travel agents. Generally buying the tickets directly from airlines falls costlier than buying it from a travel agent. Click here to get a list of travel agents who deal in booking airline tickets and give reasonable rates for the tickets.
 Time of Travel: There are high and low seasons. Usually, from February till March end and from September till November end the prices for the tickets are low (approx. 35000 Rs. otherwise it is approx 55,000 Rs.)
 Destination: Depends what your destination is in USA. Accordingly, the fare may change. Ask the travel agent about several options if you are not rigid on your place of destination.
 
Food Fast food centers may cost $3.00 per person like Burger King, Mc. Donalds, Subway,Taco bell, etc. Eating food from restaurants is generally expensive and may cost anywhere from $8-20.00. Cost will differ depending on the cities. Fast food items are not cheap at most of the airports!! Indian restaurants usually cost around $10-15.00 per person. Click here to get some of the restaurants (India and other cuisines) in big cities in USA and their prices.
 
Site Seeing This again depends person to person and on many other
factors whether you are traveling with your relatives or friends who are already living in USA etc. If you know what places you are going to visit, you can have a rough estimate after getting an idea of air travel cost, car rental costs etc. and visiting the web-sites of the tourist attractions in USA. Click here to find out what are the popular places to visit in USA.
 
Transportation Traveling by air within USA can cost approx. $100.00-200.00. Click here to find good air deals for the tickets within USA. Typically, people travel by car or go by road if the distance is not more than 1000 miles. For more information on transportation, click here.
 
Stay If you are going to stay with your relatives or friends during your trip, then it is going to be cheaper. Otherwise, generally staying in a motel costs anywhere from $40-50 per night. Click here to get the exhaustive citywise list of hotels and motels and their rates.
 
Shopping In USA While entering India you can clear goods upto Rs. 20,000 in value 'duty free'. Goods brought in excess of this are chargeable to duty as per prevailing law. Accordingly, do the shopping in USA. If you are not bothered by customs duty, then it differs from person to person. So, keep some amount for shopping while estimating expenses for your USA trip.

See Central Board of Excise and Customs, India for more information.
 
Miscellaneous There are other expenses which are unexpected expenses like getting medical treatment in case you meet with an accident or you fall sick. Or if you have to extend your ticket because of certain reasons. Or because of theft!! Click here to get a medical insurance.
 

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