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My primary objective is to resume life as an LPR. My masters will help me do that as it guarantees on-campus employment and residence in the short term, and a career in tech in the future.

Thank you so much for all the help, Mike! I have found a way out of Pakistan, if that doesn’t work I will be booking a round trip to Qatar. I leave in 3 weeks and am very nervous about the CBP. I really need help with polishing my narrative. I have my expired re-entry permit with me. I am scared I’ll confused them or myself by revealing too much. Can you please help me boil down my narrative?

Hi, I don’t know if people are still active here but the exit controls in Pakistan will not let me get through. Everyone keeps telling me to go to the embassy and “get a letter”. Is this possible? Is this even wise? Will I be able to present my case to the US Embassy and will they do anything for me, given that my classes are starting in August and I have full funding that I’ll lose if I don’t go? Because from what I hear from credible sources, going to the embassy will work against me. I could think about booking a round trip to Qatar, but again, I have no idea about exit controls in other countries. I read someone’s post on reddit that they were stranded in Istanbul because Turkish airlines won’t let someone board with an expired 10 yr GC and a renewal receipt. I am honestly so sad and so tired at this point. I wish I could just someone explain that none of this was my fault.

Mike’s got it right. Sorry for the confusion everyone. I reached out to people in the Pakistani immigration office, not the US. It’s Pak exit controls that won’t let me board. I have already bought an outrageously expensive one way ticket to JFK and I am super pressed for $$ right now. The round trip to Qatar will cost me a pretty penny so my goal is to get on this flight. But if that doesn’t work out, would Qatar not have the kind of exit controls Pak has? Would I be able to successfully board the flight to the US with my GC without any issues? Or is being sent back from Qatar a possibility?

Will do!

I am prepared for the CBP but the only issue I am now facing is immigration in Pakistan. I have asked through 3 different sources in the immigration office and all of them have told me that I will not be able to board the flight because I haven’t exited within 180 days, regardless of the airline. This has to do with the government body that controls immigration in Pakistan. If I book a round trip to Doha and then fly to the US, what if there are issues in immigration from Doha to US? I am not equipped to handle those as I don’t even speak the language or know anyone in Qatar.

I’ll be flying via Qatar Airways. My transit is in Doha. Can I expect any issues at Doha Airport? Is secondary inspection unavoidable? I am flying to JFK because it was recommended on VJ for being extremely busy. I’ll be studying on full funding and I honestly barely have the money to get started. After that I’ll be relying on my measly stipend for survival. If I end up with an NTA, I really don’t see myself being able to afford a lawyer. What should I do in that case?

Hi everyone! I got my green card in July 2014. That’s when I came to the US, I was 16 at the time. I (along with my mother and sisters) had to leave the US in Nov 2014 because the person financially sponsoring us could not afford for my sisters to continue college in the US and we couldn’t fight the decision because we really on them for everything. We got a 2 year re-entry permit, and planned to come back to the US in Dec 2016. Some cultural context before I continue, my dad passed away when I was very young and in my country women are typically not allowed to work so my mother and my sisters relied on the aforementioned financial sponsor after my dad passed. This person tragically passed away before Dec 2016, and we couldn’t go back because we could simply not afford to do so. I was then told that now that my re-entry permit has expired, I should consider my GC useless and invalid. This year I got into a US school for masters and planned to apply for an F-1 visa, assuming that I was no longer an LPR. I then found out that I am still an LPR and my best option is to travel on my valid unexpired (expires July 2024) GC. I have been outside the US for 9 years now. I have the following documents: - Unexpired GC - Expired 2 year re-entry permit - University admission letter, university employment letter for a graduate assistantship - Apartment lease documents - Death certificate of my financial sponsor - I was also taking care of my very, very ill grandfather who is my legal guardian in my home country, I have all of those medical docs I already have a ticket for August from Pakistan to JFK. I want to know a) if these documents would be enough to please the CBP, b) what narrative should I take? I was a minor when I left, and the decision was most certainly made against my wishes, do I have anything that can validate this argument? c) what questions can I expect to be asked? I have never encountered the CBP, and I have never traveled alone. I am generally quite an anxious and timid person. Any and all help is deeply appreciated. Thank you!!