Importing husbands from abroad

Lifestyle Relationships
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There could be a surcharge as well :p

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Okay..never mind…I rest my case…Kush!

We only use WES for foreign credential evaluation…

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You can find a list for all the medical schools worldwide whose degrees are accepted.

Whether coming to the US or UK, you will need to take more exams to be able to practice in that country i.e. USMLE or PLAB.

My husband is coming from Pak and doing the latter. I don't have a problem supporting us both until he can work here and have been saving for years for this time (as there is no way we're living with family). He doesn't have a problem with me working, how I work or that I handle all the finances and big financial decisions. He doesn't like me stressing about finances though. I think the biggest stress for us both is going to be with him passing these exams and competing with British graduates for the jobs.

At the end of the day, it's all about the people involved.

But most people are silly. Husband thinks he can take it easy coz it's okay for him to rely on his wife and her family (I mean, they knew he didn't have anything right??). Wifey gets up the duff in the first year and quits job. Then they end up living with her parents while he struggles to find work/save money. Happy time!

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If you are that concerned about troubles of 'importing' a husband, why not just 'export' yourself for the husband?

I never knew there was any issue with education, its mostly their culture, thinking and way of life that makes them incompatible.

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Usman exporting yourself is hard because the lifestyle is less comfortable in Pakistani especially with rolling blackouts.

Anyways, it sounds like they will have to do some school before they can get fully settled here. I wonder if engineering degrees would help settle them faster? I don't want to him to depend too much on my parents.

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^ Yea only Nuclear Scientist can get a better job option . Make sure you get one of those .

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so, what's the going rate these days?

if the price is right, I'll go back to Pakistan and put myself up for importation/adoption.

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NaMaam, how are you? did you and your hubby talk about your marital woes? I hope our collective advice was useful to you. may God shower you and your husband with plentiful marital blessings.

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A 2-year bachelors is not acceptable in North America, but a 4/5 year bachelor is. Thus an MBBS or a Bachelor of Engineering from a reputable school is acceptable in North America (actually, anywhere in the world).

A new-comer engineer, regardless of him being an "imported husband", finds it difficult to find a job in North America even if having some experience from Pakistan. But it has nothing to do with acceptance of degree, rather it is just that employers don't know how good fit their experience in Pakistani companies would be for their own company.
Things are better for physicians, I guess. All they have to do is to pass USMLE in the US. (Don't know what it is in Canada). And a person with IT background Pakistan is on even safer grounds. In the good ol' days. I saw people "imported" from Pakistan by US companies based on their experience.

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Really?? When did they get hired? Did they apply from Pakistan or had contacts here?
My brother graduated from GIKI and he is applying in Universites here. We thought he atleast needs a masters from a university here before applying for jobs.

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Sister it was really helpful , especially when it comes from such an experienced bride as yourself . May Allah bless you with more kids . Ameen .

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well if they guy is intending to capitalize on his wife's nationality,status and finances then he worse than a card-box

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oh please. that's what arranged marriages are all about whether people want to recognise it or not. her and her family wouldn't do it if there wasn't anything in it for them as well.

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If this is the kind of thinking then why plan to "import" anyone from Pakistan in the first place?

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Pakistani men never do this stuff mate.it stands for the rest of the world

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amen

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Sarcasm. Right?
Pakistanis are as bad, and as good, as anyone else in the world. Pakistanis don't stand out in anyway from other people.

The reason I replied to you was that you were talking about an "imported" guy wanting to capitalize on his wife's fortunes and stuff. Sure it can happen. There are many people in Pakistani willing to do just that.
But I said that if this is what anyone who is abroad thinks about people in Pakistan then they should not even try to contact Pakistan's Export Promotion Bureau for such an "import".

You can only guess the intentions of people before marriage. People go through tragedies after marriage all the time. Imported or not.

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Does that also go for all the imported brides? Because that's what most desi guys living abroad are doing. They're going back to Pakistan to find a wife, unless they find some hot blonde willing to marry them.

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no it wasnt sarcasm.
my word stands
Pakistani men never do such stuff.

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i dont think so cause its husbands responsibility to provide for and maintain the lifestyle of his family.If he cant then he is good for nothing.
Lifestyle can vary depending upon social class and background.