Seeking any advice on my case.

[RickV02 0]

Hello, I'm looking for some guidance about my case. I have been without going to the US for seven years without re-entry. Before leaving, I had applied for a re-entry permit, which has already expired, as well as my green card. Additionally, I applied for an SB1 visa, but it was denied.

Now, I'm planning on taking my chances and flying out. Is there anything I need to know before boarding or after I land? I'm pretty sure they are going to ask me a lot of questions, and there is a big possibility I might be denied entry. Should I need to sign something? Or do I have to avoid signing anything? Any advice is appreciated.

Also, it's better if I just filed an i-90 file and have the receipt? Can I apply for it while being out?

The last question I have is I'm from the Dominican Republic, can an airline deny the board just because my green card is expired or do I have several years without going?
My father became a U.S. citizen when I was a minor. Is there any possibility that I can acquire citizenship through him since I was a minor? I became a LPR in 2010. He became a citizen in 2007.

I know it was 100% my fault.  Just trying to know my chances.

[Timona 4,207]

You were a LPR since 2010 and toyve never naturuliall this while? Why? 

 

@Mike Eis an expert on this. But you're about to pay expensively for a one time use document. Should have naturalized..that was a cheaper option 

[Chancy 6,241]

1 hour ago, RickV02 said:

My father became a U.S. citizen when I was a minor. Is there any possibility that I can acquire citizenship through him since I was a minor? I became a LPR in 2010. He became a citizen in 2007.

 

Is he your biological father?  How old were you in 2010?  Did your father have physical and legal custody of you in the US in 2010?  Do you have documentary evidence of that?

 

Just to be clear -- your GC is a 10-year one, right?

 

[Mike E 11,739]

1 hour ago, RickV02 said:

there is a big possibility I might be denied entry

Legally, not possible. 
 

1 hour ago, RickV02 said:

Is there anything I need to know before boarding

Some airlines will not  board you with an expired 10 year gc, though legally they can. Avoid Delta airlines.

 

1 hour ago, RickV02 said:

The last question I have is I'm from the Dominican Republic, can an airline deny the board just because my green card is expired or do I have several years without going?

I have interacted with several people who have found themselves with expired GCs in the DR. None have ever escaped except one who found out he was a citizen.
 

 Apparently there is a cabal among all customer facing workers across all airlines in the DR to deny boarding.

 

Puerto Rico is so close to the DR, yet so far away. Got any friends with boats?

 

1 hour ago, RickV02 said:

My father became a U.S. citizen when I was a minor. Is there any possibility that I can acquire citizenship through him since I was a minor? I became a LPR in 2010. He became a citizen in 2007.

How old were you when you became an LPR?

[Mike E 11,739]

1 hour ago, Timona said:

But you're about to pay expensively for a one time use document.

I see no chance the embassy will give OP a boarding foil.

 

Unless OP is a U.S. citizen (and can prove it) or OP can find a way to Mexican / U.S. border, I think OP is stranded.

[RickV02 0]

34 minutes ago, Mike E said:

I see no chance the embassy will give OP a boarding foil.

 

Unless OP is a U.S. citizen (and can prove it) or OP can find a way to Mexican / U.S. border, I think OP is stranded.

Thank you for taking the time to reply.

[RickV02 0]

39 minutes ago, Mike E said:

 

 

How old were you when you became an LPR?

13.

[Mike E 11,739]

9 minutes ago, RickV02 said:

13.

And you lived with your father at any time  between the day you became an LPR and the day before your turned age 18?

Edited July 28, 2023 by Mike E

[Jawaree 717]

If U live with dad, was under age 18

and he was a citizen then u

are, U will need proof though, why

not try for a travel letter at

your consular in DR with

proof & answers why you

was away so long. Most 

Airlines will not board U

With an expired GC