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Question by Shan on Aug 20, 2024Hindi

Career

I have cancer in September 2020 ,i underwent surgery and chemo ..Till date there were no health issue and i'm regulary going for health check up.My H1B lottery got picked up for FY2025.This Cancer history in anyway will it affect my H1B stamping (Visa Denial).TIA

Ans: Here's a response you can use:

I'm sorry to hear about your past experience with cancer, but it's great to know that you've been in good health since your treatment and are keeping up with regular check-ups. Regarding your H1B visa stamping, your medical history should not directly affect the outcome of your visa application. The U.S. visa process primarily focuses on your qualifications, job offer, and the overall eligibility for the visa category.

While the medical history of an applicant can be a part of the visa interview or examination process, it generally does not lead to a visa denial unless there are specific concerns that might affect public health or if there are conditions that could require extensive public health services. Since you've been healthy since your treatment and are actively monitoring your health, this should not be an issue.

It's always a good idea to have documentation of your medical history ready if requested, but based on the information you’ve provided, your past cancer diagnosis and treatment should not be a reason for visa denial.

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Asked by Anonymous - May 18, 2024Hindi

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I got H1B lottery pick by consultancy.for going forward i need to pay money once visa stamping I need to travel by own and need to search job via that consultancy...but I feel this bit risk Bangalore I am getting 25lac per year..with (38 ys old)14 years experience.. so I am confused to take decision can you any one suggestion me pls..bcoz lottery purely luck.. My profile is linux with cloud support engineer About my family house wife and 2kids, Before this month end i needed to take decision to process H1B which is cost 5kusd

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Asked by Anonymous - Jun 24, 2024Hindi

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Sir, My relative, aged 55, was disgnosed wth Myelodyeplastic Syndrome with del 5q in 2020. She was treated in a reputed hospital OPD with tapered medication process. Present status stopped medications, for more than six months. As precautionary measure, planned reviews are desired. She is continuing health insurance for many years with no mention and no claims. Please guide us insurance related risks and relevant declarations while renewing the health insurance, based on IRDA regulations. Regards

Ans: You should have disclosed this medical condition at the time it arose despite the fact that you did not raise any claim.

Any change in health status of the persons covered in the health care policy should be updated to insurer well in advance before the renewal immediately after change of health status. In the absence of this, the healthcare provider can refuse any further claim for the person whose health status has changed.

Do it now, assess their response and then decide about next steps.

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Asked by Anonymous - Aug 11, 2024Hindi

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Hi Sir! My husband got selected on July 2023 H1B lottery. The consultancy filed our application on October 2023 and said it was successful. We were not called for the visa interview. However, the consultant is not getting a job offer for us and we are waiting till now. I want to know if our visa is valid. How long can wait? Keeping fingers crossed. Please let me know a possible solution for such issue

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Insurance, Stocks, MF, PF Expert - Answered on Nov 17, 2024

Asked by Anonymous - Nov 14, 2024Hindi

Money

Hello finance guru, I am 45 years old , with 2 kids. I live in a Tier-1 city with ~49 Crores of networth. This includes ~12 crores of investment in real estate (land and a flat at a prime location), ~34 crores in equity, ~1 Cr in Crypto and ~2 Cr in cash. I work in a pharmaceutical firm in an executive role and planning to retire in the next 1 year. My knowledge on finances is average and would like to seek your advise. I would like to generate ~2.5 lakhs per month for expenses from my savings and would like to double my networth in the next 7 years. Could you provide me help on the directions I can take to make this working?

Ans: Hello;

Deducting the real estate and crypto investments from your networth, we have 36 Cr.

You may invest 4 Cr each in 2 equity savings type mutual funds and 2 conservative hybrid debt oriented mutual funds.

If you do a 3% SWP from each of these funds you may expect a monthly payout of around 2.8 L (post-tax).

Balance remains around 20 Cr, while 2 Cr may be retained as liquid fund for contingency requirement, the balance 18 Cr you may invest in combination of mutual funds, PMSs and AIFs.

As you enter retirement phase your focus should shift from "maximising returns" to "decent returns with moderate risk" since return of capital is more important than return on capital.

Happy Investing;
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Question by Dharmesh - Nov 09, 2024Hindi

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Dear Sir, I am 53 yrs. I want to retire @60 with a INR 2.00 Cr Corps. Currently I have following SIP Total SIP 30000/- PM Axis Bluechip Fund - Regular Plan - Growth HDFC Mid-Cap Opportunities Fund - Growth Plan Aditya Birla Sun Life Pure Value Fund - Growth Option Aditya Birla Sun Life Equity Advantage Fund - Regular Growth Sundaram Mid Cap Fund Regular Plan - Growth Bajaj Finserv Flexi Cap Fund -Regular Plan-Growth Franklin India Focused Equity Fund - Growth Plan Franklin India Smaller Companies Fund-Growth HDFC Top 100 Fund - Growth Option HDFC Multi Cap Fund - Growth Option I have MF Investment @ 26.00 Lakh Current Value is @ 52.00 Lakh. I have Savings of Rs. 10.00 Lakh, PPF Rs. 5.00 Lakh, Share investment Current Market Value around Rs. 20.00 Lakhs. I don't have any Loan. Insurance INR 1.50 Cr. up age of 70. Per month earning around Rs. 1.25 Lakh. I have a Investment in real estate which can give my INR 40.00 Lakh at current Market Price & Gold Investment of INR 20.00 Lakh which I think sufficient for my daughter Marriage. Current Monthly Expense INR 40-50 K. I am in a new tax regime, so discontinue my ELSS saving and PPF Saving. Suggest how i can increase my Corpus for retirement.

Ans: Hello;

You may top-up your monthly sip by 10% every year for 7 years. This will grow into a sum of around 0.51 Cr.

The MF corpus and direct equity holdings worth 0.72 Cr today will grow into a corpus of 1.59 Cr after 7 years.

Therefore you may achieve your intended corpus of 1.59+ 0.51=2.1 Cr, 7 years from now. A modest return of 12% is assumed from MF and direct equity holdings.

2-3 years before 60 you should start moving your gains from equity funds to liquid or ultra short duration debt funds to protect it against market volatility.

Also good health care insurance for yourself and your spouse.

RE property you may sell at a later date to boost your retirement income.

Happy Investing;
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Insurance, Stocks, MF, PF Expert - Answered on Nov 17, 2024

Asked by Anonymous - Nov 17, 2024Hindi

Money

Hi, I am 34 years old with a daughter of 4 years old. I'm owning a site which costs 20 lakh without loan, 1 house which has loan of 40 lakh and one more site which has loan of 28 lakh. My monthly income is 1 lakh. And im a single mother. I also gets a rental income of 30k from the house.Im also investing in ppf which is around 5lakhs(total till now) , nps around 1 lakh(till now) and lic policy. I want to save for my kid future education and also repay the loan as early as possible. Also investing 10k per year for my daughter's SSY. Please guide me on this.

Ans: Hello;

Please clarify on investible income available after EMI, regular household expenses, NPS, PPF, SSY so as to recommend you other investment options.

Thanks;

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Insurance, Stocks, MF, PF Expert - Answered on Nov 17, 2024

Question by Rajarshi - Nov 17, 2024Hindi

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My father took a sbi life retirement plan @ 3lacs per year premium for 5yrs. He has completed 3premium payment (9lacs) but unable to carry on the policy. What should be our next steps to get our amount back? If we surrender.

Ans: Hello;

You may have to wait till completion of 5 years since their may be a lock-in.

After that they may provide residual fund value, after deducting surrender charges as applicable, as per terms of the policy agreement.

Please read the policy document carefully before signing up.

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Insurance, Stocks, MF, PF Expert - Answered on Nov 17, 2024

Question by Pratik - Oct 30, 2024Hindi

Money

Hello sir, I've successfully transferred pf frm Company A to B & now have raised request in Epfo frm C to B where C has approved and transferred to EPF but EPF has rejected with 15k wage error - I've raised grievances in Epfo nd in company C. What is the reason behind this remarks ? Is it something of mixing EPF nd EPS by company C?is submission of form 3A by company C to epfo resolve this issue ?if yes then how should I submit form frm Company C to epfo site?

Ans: Hello;

Your assessment seems correct, i.e. mixing of EPF and EPS contribution.

You may furnish it to EPFO through your current employer with an application for transfer request with revised and updated form 3 A enclosed.

This should resolve your issue.

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Question by Anirban - Nov 06, 2024Hindi

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My old pf of trust got transfered to curent pf account , both under same UAN no. I can see two pf accounts when i do account log in with UAN, but i can not withdraw from old account neither i can see combined ammount instead i see my old and current pf account. When i raised grievance i got reply from pf office that my old pf got transfered to cureent account. Now i can not raise new grievance within one month. How will i draw old amount or get get old amount get added in current account .please advise

Ans: Hello;

Since you had different member IDs while you were working for two different legal entities they are shown differently under same UAN.

If you want to transfer funds from old member ID to new member ID then you need to have a clear date of exit(DOE) mentioned.

Under the online claim option you can find One Member Transfer option. Just fill that form. submit the transfer request. Then select the present employer to approve your transfer details.

First it will be approved by the current Employer and after that it will be sent to Field Officer.

It will take 5 to 21 days for transferring your account from old member Id to new.

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Question by Anirban - Nov 06, 2024Hindi

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Hi sir, i am working in a company since 2010. That time i had pf under a old account in Bangalore as trust account till 2016 when my company got separated from parent comoany and we got new pf account in Gurgaon with same UAN no. We got a mail from company that we will raise online transfer from old to current pf account. When i do account login with UAN no , I can see two lines..one for old and another for current one with balances. When i tried to raise complaint through grievances I got reply from PF office that my old account transfered to new account, but under UAN I can see two accounts still and now able to draw amount from old account. So what will i do now to add old amount to new PF account's account.kindly advise

Ans: Hello;

Since you had different member IDs while you were working for two different legal entities they are shown differently under same UAN.

If you want to transfer funds from old member ID to new member ID then you need to have a clear date of exit(DOE) mentioned.

Under the online claim option you can find One Member Transfer option. Just fill that form. submit the transfer request. Then select the present employer to approve your transfer details.

First it will be approved by the current Employer and after that it will be sent to Field Officer.

It will take 5 to 21 days for transferring your account from old member Id to new.

Best wishes;

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Insurance, Stocks, MF, PF Expert - Answered on Nov 17, 2024

Question by Urmi - Nov 08, 2024Hindi

Money

Hello I am 37 years old . Following is my financial status 1. FD - 1.5 CRORES 2. MF - 25 LAKHS 3. PROVIDENT FUND - 27 LAKH 4. PPF 3 LAKH INVESTMENTS 1. MUTUAL FUNDS - 90 K per month 2. PPF - 1.5 lakh per year 3.PF - 5 lakhs per year 4.NPS - 10 K per month I have one flat. I want to retire at 47 years of age . I will have a pension of 3.5 lakhs after I retire . My present monthly expenses are 1.3 lakhs . My goals are 1. One child education 2. World travel 3.Own house . Can I retire at the age of 47 fulfilling my commitment.

Ans: Hello;

Let us try to put monetary value to your goals:

1. Child education: 1 Cr
2. World Travel: 40 L (for 2)
3. House: 1.5 to 2 Cr
Grand Total: 3.4 Cr

Current holdings:
1. FD- 1.5 Cr
2. MF-25 L
3. PF-27 L
4. PPF-3L

Ongoing monthly Investments:
1. MF-90 K
2. PPF- 12.5 K
3. NPS-10 K
4. PF-41.66 K

Value of current corpus and ongoing investments 10 years hence:
1. MF-2.51 Cr
2. PPF-27.49 L
3. PF-1.25 Cr
Grand Total: 3.76 Cr

Since your investment value is comfortably above your goal value means you can fulfill your goals as envisaged.

You have a assured pension after retirement despite that you are making disciplined investments into NPS is a commendable aspect.

It can help to boost your retirement income after 60.

Happy Investing;

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Insurance, Stocks, MF, PF Expert - Answered on Nov 17, 2024

Asked by Anonymous - Nov 12, 2024Hindi

Money

I am 46 years old, have a income of 2.8 lacs with variable pay every month after tax deduction. My total CTC is approx 66 lakhs/annum with stock. I have 2 flats worth 1.8 crores, one land worth 9 lakhs, one ancestral land worth 45 lakhs, have company stocks worth 20 to 30 lakhs. PPF current is 32 lakhs for 21 years of experience. My liabilities are home loan worth 80 lakhs. My monthly expenses including EMI is 1.8 Lakhs. My kid education cost 2-3 lakh per annum in Bangalore and she is 12 years in grade 7. Can you help me, how much I need to save every month, so I can have 6-7 crores in liquid money in 10 years and how much should I have for retirement plan by 65+

Ans: Hello;

You may start a monthly sip of 80 K and top it up every year by 20% to reach a corpus of 4 Cr after 10 years considering modest return of 12%.

The land parcels(45+9= 54 L) and company stock(20 L) if sold and the proceeds reinvested in mutual funds for 10 years may yield you a corpus of around 2.3 Cr after 10 years.

So you may accumulate a cumulative corpus of 4+2.3=6.3 Cr after 10 years, as planned.

If you invest 20 K in NPS per month you may reach a corpus of 1 Cr+ in 19 years from now.

You may need a corpus of 8 Cr to generate a retirement income of 2.8 L per month (post-tax) to cover your inflation indexed regular expenses sans the EMI.

Happy Investing;
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Relationships Expert, Mind Coach - Answered on Nov 17, 2024

Asked by Anonymous - Nov 15, 2024Hindi

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I am 39 year old single male, is it normal for not being married till this age?

Ans: Yes, it is absolutely normal not to be married at 39. Marriage timelines vary greatly depending on personal choices, cultural norms, and life circumstances. Societal expectations around marriage have evolved, and many people now prioritize other aspects of life, such as career development, personal growth, or meaningful relationships, over adhering to traditional timelines.

Being single at 39 could also mean that you're waiting for the right partner and connection, which is a thoughtful and mature approach. It's better to be in a fulfilling and authentic relationship than to rush into marriage due to societal pressure.

If you’re content with where you are in life, that’s what matters most. If you’re feeling uncertain or pressured, exploring what marriage or partnership means to you and aligning it with your values can be helpful.

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