Reshma12 said:
Sorry for the delay in writing, I was away on visit to my relatives.
---- you lost GC and passport. did you file Police report?
The reason I want to come back now is I was waiting for recovery of my father but unfortunately few months ago he passed away.
--sorry to know. if you can prove with documentation that you stuck because of your father health problem( reasons beyond your control)may be you can get SB1 visa from US consulate in India.
My husband had told me that he got his GC thro' employment and since we got married before his final stage was approved I was able to get mine, would that mean my green card is dependent on his? He is also still on Green Card.
--------- after you got GC your GC is not dependent . do you have copy of GC? remember your A#?
Also now I am doing a computer course, I have done B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science) in elecronics from India, I never worked before,
1) what are my chances of H1B or any other type of visa to come to US?
----------- you can get H1 if any US employer file for you but first try SB1 visa
2) should I disclose that I had Green Card and do not currently have it?
-------------YES
Thanks for your kind help.
get in touch with a lawyer in US or in India and provide your full details may be they can help you to get SB visa.
In India you can get in touch with them:
Lawyer in Bombay
oorvi Chothani is the correspondent attorney in Mumbai, India for Cyrus D. Mehta and Associates, P.L.L.C. She has graduated with an LL.M. degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and is admitted to practice law in to the State of New York. She may be contacted in Mumbai at (22)-2218-1372 or 98209 39666.
Chennai: Murthy law office, Phone 91.44.2499 6663
eMail :
info@murthyindia.com
read links for SB1 visa:
http://www.immihelp.com/greencard/returning-resident-visa.html
http://www.foreignborn.com/visas_imm/entering_us/12returning-residentalien.htm
http://foia.state.gov/masterdocs/09FAM/0942022PN.PDF
Permanent resident aliens who are unable to return to the United States within the travel validity period of the Alien Registration Card (less than a year), or the Reentry Permit, may apply for a special immigrant Returning Resident (SB-1) visa. To qualify as returning resident, you must show:
that you were a lawful permanent resident when you departed the United States,
that when you departed you intended to return to the USA and have maintained this intent,
that you are returning from a temporary visit abroad and if the stay was protracted, it was caused by reasons beyond your control and for which you were not responsible,
and that you are eligible for the immigrant visa in all other respects.&
If you have lost your permanent resident status, and you wish to apply for a Returning Resident visa, you must submit evidence to support the above requirements along with the “Application to determine returning resident status” (form DS-117) and pay a fee of $400 or the equivalent in euros. If the application for returning resident status is approved by the consular officer, the immigrant visa unit will send you information regarding the process of the returning resident (SB-1) visa.
If the returning Resident (SB-1) visa is refused on the grounds that the alien has given up his residence in the United States, a nonimmigrant visa may or may not be possible to obtain, depending on whether the applicant has established a residence abroad to which he will return. If the applicant wishing to return to the United States cannot submit convincing evidence of compelling ties abroad he may have to apply for an immigrant visa on the same basis by which he/she originally immigrated, if that is possible.
