1. Always try to book your air tickets from a reputed travel agency at least 3 months in advance.Before finalizing dates of journey check with your children for their convenient dates and days so as to pick you up at airport.
2. Parents should get all their medical check ups and treatments done before they arrive in the U.S. If they need any kind of medication, they should carry enough to last through their stay with their prescription.Carry one additional spectacles with you.
3.Medical Insurance for your stay in USA can be taken in your own country.However check with your children if they will be taking the same for you in USA.It is established by experience that taking insurance in USA is helpful as claims are settled quickly if necessary after illness.
4.Don’t bring food items. Especially fruits or vegetables!
You can bring dry condiments in powder form.But ensure that they are packed in double plastic bags so as to avoid smell to all other articles in the bag.
5.Carry your driver’s permit.After passing a driving test and a written test with local DMV dept. you can get a driver's license.
6.Carry with you minimum $ 500 for the journey.
7.Be vigilant while traveling. Avoid unnecessary talks with strangers.Do not carry their luggage for them. At the same time watch your luggage carefully and do not trust it to anyone even when going to the rest room.
8.Carry your passport in a safe place like coat pocket or purse.Also it is helpful to write down on a piece of paper passport no.,visa no., Flight No.,and address of your son/daughter where you will be staying.This information comes handy while filling out disembarkation & custom clearance forms while getting down from the plane.
9.While coming out,give confident replies to the questions asked by the Immigration and Customs Officials.
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