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Packing list for traveling to USA
1.T-shirts (round neck) - 8
2. T-shirts (with collar) - 3-4
3. Jeans (stick to blue/black) - 6-7
4. Formal shirts - 3
5. Formal trousers - 2
6. Undergarments - at least 15 pairs (very important)
7. Formal suit - 1 complete set
8. Ties - 2-3
9. Shorts/three-fourths - 5-6
10. Track pants - 2-3
11. Swimming trunks - 1
12. One traditional dress for festivals
EXTRA APPARELS:-
1. Towels (any kind)
2. Hand towels - 3-4
3. Leather belts - 1-2
4. Belt for jeans - 1
5. Formal leather shoes - 1 pair
6. Woodland all-weather shoes - 1 pair (very important)
7. Sneakers (optional)
8. Sports shoes (optional)
9. Sunglasses - 1 pair (any good brand is okay)
10. Socks - 6-7 pairs
11. Sweater - 1-2 good warm ones
12. A light jacket (you can get a thicker one once you land there)
13. A good umbrella (don’t get the cheap ones, they can’t stand the wind)
14. Handkerchiefs - 12 nos.
15. Hawaii slippers - 1 pair
16. Flip-flops
17. Bedsheets - 2
18. Blanket - 1 (optional)
19. Pillow covers - 3
20. A good wallet (leather) - 1
21. A wallet for passport
22. Shoe polish - 1 (don’t get liquid, might spill during travel)
23. Shoe polishing brush - 1
24. Monkey cap - 1
ELECTRONICS:-
1. External HDD (get the portable one)
2. If you already have a laptop, you may bring that.
3. A branded spike-buster.
4. Indian pin to US pin converters - 2-3. (very important)
5. A scientific calculator .
6. A good branded, decent wrist watch.
PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS:- Packing list for travelling to USA
1. Tooth paste - one large tube. Brands also available in the US - Colgate, Close-Up, Pepsodent, Aquafresh (Note: The Pepsodent here is not the same as the Pepsodent in India, it is owned by a different company, not by Unilever. (This is a very important fact))
2. Tooth brushes - 3-4
3. Soap - 1-2 bars. Brands also available in the US - Dove, Palmolive and Pears. If you don’t use any of these brands, then better get used to them. No use bringing lots of soap bars from India.
4. Shampoo - 1 bottle. Brands also available in the US - Head and Shoulders, Sunsilk, Dove, Pantene, Nizoral. Again, get used to any one of these brands.
5. Shaving razor(for guys) - A couple of disposable ones.
6. Shaving foam (don’t buy cream) - 1 small can
7. Cold cream - 1 bottle
8. Vaseline - 1 bottle
9. Good clean combs - 2-3
10. Comb cleaner/old toothbrush for cleaning the combs.
11. Soap cases - 2
12. Hair oil - 2 bottles
13. Deodorant - 1 can
14. Nail cutter - 2
15. Earbuds - 1 small pack
16. Sunscreen - 1 bottle
17. Lip balm - 2 tubes
UTENSILS:-
1.Pressure cooker
2. Pressure pan - 1.
3. Medium size kadai for cooking vegetables - 1
4. Serving spoons (of various sizes) - 3-4
5. SS Plate - 1
6. Kadai for boiling milk/water - 1
7. Knives - 3-4
8. Vegetable chopping board - 1
9. SS glasses/tumblers - 3
10. SS spoons - 3-4
11. Extra weights and gaskets for the cookers - 3
12. Chapati roller - 1
13. Butter knives - 2
14. SS forks - 2
15. Kadai for making sambar/dal - 1
16. Tea strainer - 1
17. Water bottle
FOOD ITEMS:- Packing list for travelling to USA
1. Ready-to-eat paste - 5-6 bottles minimum.
2. Rice - 3-4 kg for initial use
3. Maggi - 10-12 (minimum). You won’t get Maggi except in Indian stores. So carry as much as you can.
4. Some home-made sweets for yourself as well as for seniors you need favors from.
5. Pickles - 3-4 bottles
6. Some snacks - how much ever you want, for the initial days
7. All powders - chilli, garam masala, rasam, sambar, asafetida, other powders you use - 0.5 to 1 kg each
8. All dals that you use in cooking - 2 kg each
9. Salt and sugar - 0.5 kg each
10. Papads - 2-3 packs
11. Tamarind - 1 kg
12. Ginger-garlic paste - 2 bottles
STATIONERY ITEMS:- Packing list for traveling to USA
1. Pens - 3-4
2. Notebooks - 2-3
3. Pencils - 3-4
4. Erasers - 3
5. Sharpeners - 3
6. Key chains - 2
7. Staple machine - 1
8. Pins - 2 boxes
9. Glue sticks - 2
10. Markers - 2
11. Highlighters - 1
12. A4 sheets - 1 quire
MEDICINES:-
These are very important since for getting any specialized medicine , you need a prescription.
1. Cold, Fever - Crocin
2. Body Pain - Crocin, Combiflam
3. Indigestion, Gastric Problems - Gelucil, Zinetac
4. Throat Infection - Erythromycin
5. Allergies - Avil .25
6. Vomiting - Avomine
7. Tooth Ache - Combiflam
8. Cold, Head Ache - Amurtanjan
9. Stomach Pain - Cyclopam
10. Diarrhea - Lopomide
11. Dizziness - Diziron
12. Sprain - Esgypyrin
13. Common Cold - Vicks Vaporub
DOCUMENT LIST:- Packing list for travelling to USA
(1) Passport Xerox(5 copies)
(2) VISA Xerox (5 copies)
(4) I-20(5 copies)
(6) Original marksheets + Degree Certificate
(7) Attested marksheets + Degree Certificate (3 copies)
(8 Original transcripts
(10) University specific letters like admit, aid, forms.
(11) SEVIS fee reciept(3 copies)
(12) GRE Original +(5 copies)
(13) TOEFL Original +5 copies)
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