Hi Jacque,
being from India, there are so many things that i too would want to take. We have emotional values attached to a lot of things. there is stuff given to me by my parents during my wedding. heavy clothes(and indian dresses/embroidery work is very heavy)lot of jewelery-including heavy sets. out bed and furniture that we just got from my dad (i got married on 8th feb). all these things will have to be left behind. i wil not carry the jewelery, wil give it to dad to keep it in safe. as for my furniture, the bed and living room 8 seater sofa set, the chairs on which our wedding ritual happened, all this will go to my dad's place. i just picked some very pretty mattresses and throws/rugs, wil hv to give those as wel. for a simple reason that carrying all these would be too much of a hassle. when u r moving to a new town, u r starting a new life. with no old contacts to meet etc. everything wil be new, and who knows what we are going to face. also, i believe there is a problem with getting things like mattresses/carpets etc. they need to be quarantined.
as for saving, wel, we have been at it since forever now. there is a difference in indian currency and dollars. a dollar equals 37 indian rupees, so u can imagine how much we wil hv to save just to take some 8-10k with us. though with me and my husband working, and earning a decent amount, it isnt difficult. we have managed about 5k already. our acs application has just been filed, so we have good one yr and few months to manage those extra 5-10k that we would want to take with us.
what's your scene? what all has been done in terms of applications etc?