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A Gorkha Welfare Scheme (GWS) has been introduced for these ex-servicemen and their dependents.
Also, tax advice: Claim lots of dependents and don't get married (tax laws favor singles).
Another development that has in the past served as an immediate warning of U.S. use of force: the withdrawal of nonessential State Dept. personnel and their dependents from embassies (in Israel and Kuwait), and of U.N. inspectors and humanitarian aid workers from Iraq.
Most public and private employers that offer health-care benefits to employees provide coverage to the spouses and dependents of workers without a commensurate increase in employee contributions.
Most immigrants are supposed to have sponsors who stand ready to make sure they do not become public dependents.