My brother went to prison for stealing cars. His green card was revoked, how can he get it back?

Question

We're Hmong and we have no country to return to. So, what is his status? (non-immigrant/ illegal-immigrant/ or what?)

Answer 1

His status is determined by current immigration law.  Who revoked his green card and how?  Was it taken upon his request ?  Did he receive a correspondence from DHS?

Was he admitted to the US as a refugee seeking asylum ?

If your brother properly filed the Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card, he will be mailed a notice indicating a specific time, place, and date to appear for biometrics processing at an Application Support Center (ASC). The timetable varies considerably for the scheduling of the biometrics appointment. It should be noted that quite frequently, applicants will receive their appointment notice only a few days or a week in advance of the actual appointment date. At that appointment, the immigration official will take the Applicants fingerprints and photograph.

Under the large umbrella of the Patriot Act, which was enacted post-September 11, 2001, the Applicants fingerprints undergo a vigorous interagency check. Through this check, your brothers felony charges and any other criminal convictions he may have will surface. Unfortunately, by applying to renew his permanent resident card, he may trigger a Notice to Appear, (NTA) charging him with being removable from and/or inadmissible to the United States. If your brother is served with an NTA, his only defense may be a waiver based on hardship to qualifying United States citizen or lawful permanent resident relatives. Qualifying relatives do not include fiancés, but do include husbands and wives.

Before attending the Biometric Appointment, your brother should obtain certified copies of all of his criminal arrest reports and dispositions and bring them to a very experienced immigration attorney to review for potential immigration consequences. Failure to have the records thoroughly reviewed prior to attending the I-90 appointment could result in some very harsh consequences for him.

Answer 2

He is screwed.  Probably be shipped to Cuba.

Answer 3

he can't, stealing cars is a felony, they won't give it back to him but they will deport him!

Answer 4

the US will probably deport him, there is no getting the green card back,he will be sent back where he came from,

Answer 5

He is a felon now, and he will be deported.  He should have thought about what he was doing before he did it.  Where he goes now is totally up to him.

Answer 6

He can't get it back,ever. He will be deported.

Answer 7

He won't and should not get his green card back, he will likely be deported back to Vietnam.

Answer 8

He can't. He should have thought about the consequences before stealing other peoples property.

Answer 9

He has no status.  He's going to be deported back to Vietnam.

Answer 10

USCIS doesn't care if you have a country to return to or not, since he commited a felony he WILL be deported and never allowed back to US. They will NOT give him Green Card back, he has no status in the US anymore :(

Answer 11

Serves him right, maybe he should have thought about that before he started stealing cars.

Answer 12

He cannot get it back -- ever.  What country did he come from?  Laos?  Cambodia?  Wherever he came from, that's where he has to go.  He cannot remain here.

No sympathy for him.  He had a chance to come here and build a new life for himself, and American citizens have paid a fortune to give him education and opportunities.  He broke the law -- that was his choice.  Nobody cares where he goes as long as this worthless felon gets out of the country.

Answer 13

That's rough.

The fact is he committed a felony - that's a one way ticket back to his country of origin.  

He'll be sent to whatever country he is a citizen of.

I am sorry, but he messed up big time.

Answer 14

As an American, I can say with certainty that the good people of America do not want your brother around.

Hmong you are --  but you came from somewhere other than America, and I hope your brother gets sent back to wherever that is.  Repeat:  we certainly don't want him  here.  We have a surplus of domestic criminals and don't need imported ones.

Answer 15

Steal it?

Answer 16

It sounds like he is an aggravated felon because theft is an aggravated felony. If an immigration judge ordered him removed, his status is "deportee."