Monday, February 2, 2009

To emigrate, or not to emigrate: that is the question.

The Eastern Express recently carried a story, India welcomes SA's professionals: Doctors, dentists, pharmacists, architects need only prove their forefathers' origins in its 30 January 2009 edition. The question is: how many South African Indians would consider migrating to their land of origin?

Indiafrican, a blog initiated to create dialogue amongst Indians in Africa, is interested in exactly this. If you're a South African Indian, we'd like to hear from you. Please fill out the short Emigration Survey below and email it to indiafrican@gmail.com by no later than Friday, 13 March 2009.

Emigration Survey 2009

1. Your Age _______________
2. Your Gender _______________
3. Your profession ____________________________
4. Place of residence (suburb and city)
_________________________________________________
5. Have you ever been to India? Yes/No _______ If yes, what was the reason for your visit? (for example: work, vacation, I was born there) Please include the duration of your stay in India, for example: family vacation, 10-20 December 2007) _____________________________________________________________________________________
6. Would you consider migrating to India? Yes/No _______ Why/ why not? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. If you were to migrate to India, would you:
7.1 stay there temporarily, or permanently? _____________________
7.2 go there alone, or with family? _____________________________
8. What are your views of South Africa in general (in terms of its socio-economic
and political climate?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
9. What are your perceptions of India?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
10. Do you consider your homeland to be South Africa or India? ______________________

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