Advice! Passport declined due to Asylum in USA

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Hero557

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Hi,

I was born in India, moved here to US in 1998.

I got my asylee status 4 years ago. Then I got my green earlier this year. But my indian passport had expired 5 years ago(before I got asylee status approved in US), I was a student then and I didnt worry much about it.

I applied for a new passport couple of months ago, letting Indian cosulate know that I have my US green card. They declined my request for new passport. The reason -"I had political asylum status here in US and on that basis it was declined". I'm an Indian citizen by birth. I dont understand why they would decline it now. I can understand the asylum part, but it has been a long time(9 years) since I moved to US.

Currently I have no valid passport. I cant travel anywhere.

Is there any way that I could get Indian passport?
 
I don't know if you can or not, but you can apply for US Re-entry Permit and use it as passport. It is pretty good.

Good Luck
 
If you sent them a copy of your GC, then its obvious they saw the category (AS6 i am assuming). They probably think you "betrayed" them by asking political asylum few years ago and now a NP. I dont think you have much a of choice than applying for a Reentry Permit (RP valid 2 years). Keep using the RP until citizenship. good luck.
 
Traveling Document

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/us...nnel=828807b03d92b010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

Hero557 said:
Hi,

I was born in India, moved here to US in 1998.

I got my asylee status 4 years ago. Then I got my green earlier this year. But my indian passport had expired 5 years ago(before I got asylee status approved in US), I was a student then and I didnt worry much about it.

I applied for a new passport couple of months ago, letting Indian cosulate know that I have my US green card. They declined my request for new passport. The reason -"I had political asylum status here in US and on that basis it was declined". I'm an Indian citizen by birth. I dont understand why they would decline it now. I can understand the asylum part, but it has been a long time(9 years) since I moved to US.

Currently I have no valid passport. I cant travel anywhere.

Is there any way that I could get Indian passport?
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Hero557 said:
Hi,

I was born in India, moved here to US in 1998.

I got my asylee status 4 years ago. Then I got my green earlier this year. But my indian passport had expired 5 years ago(before I got asylee status approved in US), I was a student then and I didnt worry much about it.

I applied for a new passport couple of months ago, letting Indian cosulate know that I have my US green card. They declined my request for new passport. The reason -"I had political asylum status here in US and on that basis it was declined". I'm an Indian citizen by birth. I dont understand why they would decline it now. I can understand the asylum part, but it has been a long time(9 years) since I moved to US.

Currently I have no valid passport. I cant travel anywhere.

Is there any way that I could get Indian passport?
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I went through same problem.
 
India and China are notorious for not giving benefits to Ex-asylees (now PR's) of their countries. And Certainly they have a point.
 
In a way im screwed then.
Only way is to go by re-entry permit then. I dont know anything about re-entry permit. Just curious, would I be able to travel outside US with that or what exactly does that give me as in passport?
 
Passport Denial

Hero557
What about after getting your US citizenship Indian emabassy can deny you visa too because (I think you will be in their system)
any comments folks.
 
jattindc1 said:
Hero557
What about after getting your US citizenship Indian emabassy can deny you visa too because (I think you will be in their system)
any comments folks.
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Thats a huge possiblity however I dont think they will do that. Once you are U.S Citizen, it doesn't matter if you are from mars..
 
I am having a hard time sympathizing... It makes perfect sense that if someone applies for asylum - or a protection from persecution of their native land - that they in essence cease to be a citizen of that country once the application for asylum is approved. It is an oxymoron (and ironic) to expect to get issued a passport from a country you are 'running' away from. The Indian Embassy in this case was justified not to issue a passport to a US Asylee.
 
I don't think you can go to you COP(india in this case) on Travel document. I think you need to get visa on your TD, which they will never give
 
LolaLi said:
I am having a hard time sympathizing... It makes perfect sense that if someone applies for asylum - or a protection from persecution of their native land - that they in essence cease to be a citizen of that country once the application for asylum is approved. It is an oxymoron (and ironic) to expect to get issued a passport from a country you are 'running' away from. The Indian Embassy in this case was justified not to issue a passport to a US Asylee.
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Amen.
 
Hero557 said:
Hi,

I was born in India, moved here to US in 1998.

I got my asylee status 4 years ago. Then I got my green earlier this year. But my indian passport had expired 5 years ago(before I got asylee status approved in US), I was a student then and I didnt worry much about it.

I applied for a new passport couple of months ago, letting Indian cosulate know that I have my US green card. They declined my request for new passport. The reason -"I had political asylum status here in US and on that basis it was declined". I'm an Indian citizen by birth. I dont understand why they would decline it now. I can understand the asylum part, but it has been a long time(9 years) since I moved to US.

Currently I have no valid passport. I cant travel anywhere.

Is there any way that I could get Indian passport?
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Use a Reentry Permit or a Refugee Travel Document. Either document will serve as your passport and mostly likely they will be better than your Indian passport.
 
Guys,

what if one was to apply for an Indian passport as an 'out of status' resident in the US? If the passport doesn't have any indication of the asylum status of the holder, then it is possible apparently. However, would the Indian consulate/embassy notify US immigration? I doubt it, so it's worth a try, no?
 
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LolaLi said:
I am having a hard time sympathizing... It makes perfect sense that if someone applies for asylum - or a protection from persecution of their native land - that they in essence cease to be a citizen of that country once the application for asylum is approved. It is an oxymoron (and ironic) to expect to get issued a passport from a country you are 'running' away from. The Indian Embassy in this case was justified not to issue a passport to a US Asylee.
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Some people apply for asylum based on persecution other than government. Some countries are aware of this and issue passports to their citizens even if they have asylum status in US.:rolleyes:
 
Well, I called the Indian Embassy here, in the Netherlands, and said that I was 'out of status.' They said they couldn't do anything except issue me an emergency travel letter thing to go back to India. I just wanted to know what their policy was.
 
cafeconleche said:
Well, I called the Indian Embassy here, in the Netherlands, and said that I was 'out of status.' They said they couldn't do anything except issue me an emergency travel letter thing to go back to India. I just wanted to know what their policy was.
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Why would you care?
 
You are right. I don't think there is any way for indian consulate to check when you have applied for asylum. USCIS won't share information with them. But then they will only issue you one way visa, which you don't want, i guess.
Indian consulate is very notorious.
I can understand principal application been denied but even dependents can't renew their passport. My dependents have asylee stamped by US immigration at POE, so i guess their passports are also useless now for going to COP. At least dependents shouldn't be treated like principal asylee.
 
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