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professional amb itions, enjoying rwo units, find themse lves in a quandary. incomes to meet the material aspirations The dilemma is whether to adapt to the of new migrants - all these factors seem Austra lian and to c ement their status in their new home. pers o nal lifestyle requirements

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Priyadarshini Chidambaranathan, Usha Rarriiiriujam Arvind, Roanna Gonsalves, Avi Chandiok, ·· LP Ayer, Komal Utsav Jagad, Chitra Sudarshan, Noel G deSouza, Ritam Mitra, Gaurav Surati, · Geeta Khurana, Tim Blight, Mohan Dhall: Mahesh Radhakrishnan, Minna! Kho na, Talia Kaur, Petra O'Neill, Shafeen /"1llstaq.

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Email: info@lindian link.com'.au www.indianlink.com.au ln recent yea rs, the m1mber of 457 visa holders and Indian students has increased substantially. Over a period of time, many decide to app ly for Australian permanent residency and l ook forward co their future down under They also get married, and the yo ung couple start their new li fe together. After a short struggle of fincling the right job, both of chem settle into a stabl e career and begin to en joy an independent lifes tyle.

0ne of the important chaJlenges facing a number of Indian Australian couples is how to plan for the growth of their famil y \'{fhile reunions w:itb parents and siblings are often dependent on the current rules of the Department of Immigration, it is the challenge of having their own children chat becomes a pare of personal and social group discussions for young couples of a certain age group.

\Xl itb no family pressures and social e,rpectations, the family unit consistin g of two becomes more adoptive of the local l.ifestyle. Late night get- cogethers with friends, the freedom to trn\7 el,