
Originally Posted by
nishant2200
K, not being realistic or being in dream can lead to loss of precious time and planning. For example, there are various young guys in my company, who have PDs in 2010, 2011. They all affectionately call me bhai, and I remind them time and again of how this entire system moves, and how much dependent we are on SO. There is one guy, whose mother is alone in India. He read somewhere about a supposed thumb rule of PD + 5 years for green card. There is another guy, who thinks dates automatically move one year at least every year. These guys are like 25-26 years of age, single, and there are various avenues, countries, open to them.
My personal belief, at least at this point is to be on the conservative side, because immigration relates to lot of important life decisions for many people.
And a good balance of judgement is only obtained when there are both conservative, as well as optimistic dreamers, in any forum, I believe.