My friends has a dilemma. Eight years ago he came from Kazakhstan to the U.S. claiming asylum fearing persecution for his political beliefs. Those fears were real and a couple of years ago he finally obtained his green card. He hasn't seen his family in eight years and his elderly mother is ill so he would obviously love to return to his homeland to see his mother, perhaps for the last time. In the past few years he senses that the political situation has changed enough that he feels that the risk of returning home and being questioned, (or worse), by the Kazak authorities is worth seeing his family again. His dilemma is when he returns to the United States. He knows that he is breaking the rules of his green card and that he could be deported when he renters the U.S. but what he doesn't know is how likely it is that the immigration officers would question him on his return and how seriously they would treat a case where someone here in the U.S. with asylum status returned to the country where they are supposed to have fled fearing persecution. He and I have heard stories about Chinese residents with asylum status being refused re-entry after they returned from their home country and we have also heard other stories of asylum status green card holders walking through immigration without any problems.
Does anyone here have any experience in such a situation? This is worrying him a lot and he would like to get a clearer idea of the likelihood of problems upon his return. Thanks.
Does anyone here have any experience in such a situation? This is worrying him a lot and he would like to get a clearer idea of the likelihood of problems upon his return. Thanks.
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